[Spiny_Norman]

Here is another perspective from someone who has been a senior member of the athletic administration - https://www.insidetrackgarycavalliblog.c...indest-Cut

Summary - the 11 sports were sacrificed to pay for bloat elsewhere in the AD.

Holy Hannah, that's an extraordinary amount of bloat.  From three to five to 37 administrators?  It's interesting how we've come full circle on the Sears Cup discussion, from football revenue covering the costs of other sports, to expansion of those sports, to contraction of those same sports to cover football bloat.  Leviathan must be fed.

I will add my own observation - how many Development personnel do you think Athletics lists on the Staff Directory? 8, 10 maybe? 17. There are 17 Development employees listed. Seems like a lot to me, especially when you consider that they leverage the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs (who are all volunteers) to do a lot of the relationship development at the local level. But maybe they need more based on the financial shortfall (said with tongue firmly in cheek).

[Spiny_Norman]

Here is another perspective from someone who has been a senior member of the athletic administration - https://www.insidetrackgarycavalliblog.c...indest-Cut

Summary - the 11 sports were sacrificed to pay for bloat elsewhere in the AD.

Holy Hannah, that's an extraordinary amount of bloat.  From three to five to 37 administrators?  It's interesting how we've come full circle on the Sears Cup discussion, from football revenue covering the costs of other sports, to expansion of those sports, to contraction of those same sports to cover football bloat.  Leviathan must be fed.

I will add my own observation - how many Development personnel do you think Athletics lists on the Staff Directory? 8, 10 maybe? 17. There are 17 Development employees listed. Seems like a lot to me, especially when you consider that they leverage the Buck/Cardinal regional chairs (who are all volunteers) to do a lot of the relationship development at the local level. But maybe they need more based on the financial shortfall (said with tongue firmly in cheek).