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Cuts in athletics mean
cuts in the big image
The Oregon athletic department Is on the edge.
Announcements have been made mirroring the effects of
the recently-defeated ASUO ballot measure that ashed for In
creased student funding. In brief, the department Is facing a
$400,000 shortfall.
Wielding the budget-cutting axe was athletic director mil
Byrne. You can bet his job had Increased In diff iculty In re
cent weeks. It seemed that cutting some minor sports was
the first, and most likely, option.
Minor" in this case means ones that don t generate
substanslve revenue for the department. These are programs
characterized by relatively small budgets that for examplr
force careful management of scholarship monies.
In essence, full-ride scholarships are rare and coaches
must painstakingly divide their resources among the
greatest number of athletes possible.
From the Sidelines
by Joe Arndt & Dennis Fernandes
These are. In fact, programs run on a shoestring.
Possible eliminations of any of these programs — tennis,
softball gymnastics, swimming or wrestling, perhaps — are
frustrating. These arc programs that are presently building
or already are traditionally successful. These sports have
produced a handful of NCAA championship-caliber athletes
In the past school year. ..* .
But that s not the sole reason to mourn their possible
demise. By dropping these sports, the University loses a bit
of the tradition of Oregon athletics, and this tradition affects
the.entire Institution. I'm talking about the big picture.
There Is no doubt that the basis of the University s
reputation is its academics. We d be fooling ourselves to
think otherwise. But the association of this school as bucks,
as In Oregon Ducks, Is predominantly one promoted through
our sthictics. .
Believe it. people Identify schools with what they see and
hear about them. I‘m talking athletics and academics. And a
school s athletic programs are dominant, undeniable tools
for constructing a university's public Image.
Athletics however provide a window for those who
otherwise would not have contact with the University
When the expansiveness of a school s Image-enhancer
like athletics, is lessened, there will be a negative effect It
won t be sudden but. rather eventual. It may not be ini
mediately recognized., but it wlll Influence other* in various,
intangible ways. It may not even be measurable, but It will
be there: • ■ •
-;-These losses wouldn't matter as much If our, athletic
department was misusing funds or embroiled in a scandal of
some'sort. I'm amazed at what these athletic programs, sup
ported majnly through private donations and ticket
revenues, achieve for this school.
It's so much more than victories and championship
trophies.
Acknowledging the athletic department's ballot measure
defeat, the majority of those who voted have their own
priorities for where money should be spent. But I argue that
a well-funded athletic department — and not a lavishly fund
ed one as some think it may be - that attracts the widest
and most diverse attention pays dividends beyond casual
evaluation.
*•' Think about It. . 0
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The Trailblazer experiment Is over, and it was
unsuccessful.
Sentiments aside. I sincerely feel that Dr. Jack Kamsay.
Portland s 62-year-old head coach, should resign and let so
meone else give the Blazers a shot in the arm for a while.
This was to be the season when the team would gel”
after a trying experience last year, which netted a disappoin
ting 42-40 record. The team s gelling process was composed
of a I 2-game losing streak, two talented but unhappy off
guards. the Darnell Valentine trade and the loss of center
Sam Bowie.
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