FUNDING Continued from Page 6 sc ale in areas sue h .is fm ilities maintenance A long-term solution to the problem now waits for the next meeting of the State Legislature in January. One possible' ave nue is to tie couple the Oregon Lottery's Sports Ac turn funds from the general lottery fund and use that to help supple ment the athletic budgets The university athletic de partments were to have1 re reived money generated by the Sports Action game hut when the lottery did not bring in enough money to covet its gen eral fund predic I ions t he uni versities were left with only about $401).00(1 ' It has been lip to the 1 .egis lature. and this w ill fore e the issue." said Rep David I)i\ (I) hugene) "More often than not the Legislature has shirked the responsibility." l)i\ said he is interested in separating the Sports Ac then money Irom the general lottery lund. which would generate approximately $.1 to $a million a year for the athletic depart inents lie said he believes Aye yyould see some growth if yy e put some money into it Thomas Hartlett. t li.uu ellor tor the Oregon Stiite System o) Higher Kiiuciition. said anothei option is to take money from another program to help with the (iefii it, hut added there are no hinds available "The question is. vvhil li is the lesser ol some had solu tions, " he s,iid Neither Brand nor Bartlett would speculate on what the l egislature might do, and both said they are waiting to see vvii.it .11 tion it takes Here is the option that no one wants to consider: Oregon i mild drop out of the I'ac dli 10 (inherence or drop intercolle giate athlete s t he Board meet mg tame in the wake of state ments made In Brand in a re cent Ktigene Keg/sfer (iu.ird ar tide, in vvhii h he said that it athletic s do not receive some kind of help from the state the l'Diversity mav have to drop out of the Pai 1(1 I te went on to sa\ he would ralliei see ( lo gon drop athlete s altogether tli.in move to .1 less prestigious i onferent e Brand's comments were ia beied .is si ,ire t.u lit s .mil ",i bunch ol bull In some lot ,d legislators. but in his defense lie said lilt1 [tress had sensa Iionali/.ed'' his statements I think we got their alien tinn,'' lie said |l hopping out ot the I’ac 10) IS the most due predit turn you i mild make V\ e are not i oiitemplatiiig that light now Brand stressed the impor lain e ot being atliliatetl w ilh the I’ai 10 Membership in the I’at 10 in addition to ad vantages athletically also has advantages at:ailemit ally lie saitl 'I ’niversitics like pen pie. are know n In the i ompam tlun ket*p I would rather be as sot iatetl with iierklev ami Man lord than w ith Idaho Stale I bis would he a nun h worse imiversitv it we didn't have collegiate athletics at this level he said Athletic I licet ini Hi!! Ilvrnc was un.iv ailable for comment The l hiiversitv nets about Si r, to SJ i million from its .it filiation with the I’.n 111 even vear through gate receipts .uni Rose Bowl profits. Brand said II the l ’ mversit v dnipped out ol the conference that monev would be lost hut the i ost of running the athletic depart ment woulil remain the same " This is vv here vve are, ' Hart lelt said "We don't have main options (Lifting the enrollment i ap) is exai tlv i onlrarv to what we want to he doing, hut there are times when you have to deal with the problem "This is one ol those tones he said Dan Williams, l University vice president for adniinislru turn expressed com ern about the situation " I his reverses the enroll ment trend." he said Io solve one problem we are i teat mg another It is a good solu lion in that it shows that the Hoard is interested, but it is pist a beginning.' "It's very interesting. Bland sail! I've spent a vear telling people about the problem with the academic funding, hut I didn't get nearly the attention compared to when I talked about athletics and that wor ries me 1 1st Quality Futons. Handmade in Eugene The Best in Oregon! 164 W Broadway Downtown Mall l i v / y G Open 7 days a week 343-3622 FURNISHINGS FUTONS 17 COBURG RD. RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF COBURG RD AND CENTENNIAL BLVD 683-8669 NOW FEATURING COUNTRY NATURAL BEEF! NORTHWEST GROWN — NO HORMONES OR STEROIDS — NO FEED ADDITIVE ANTIBIOTICS — WE FEATURE U.S.D.A. CHOICE BEEF! I Precision Cuts Grand Opening * At Our New Location! PRK isiON l- i ANDTANNING SPECIALISTS IN CUTTING HAIR” Open 9-9 M F. 9 7 Sat. Closed Sun 484-3143