Byme brings high profile attitude
to Athletic Department in trouble
Athletic Director faces tough choices
for funding problems in coming year
By Paul Morgan
Emerald Reporter
Main tilings have i.hanged
tor the Oregon Athletic Depart
men! since Hill Byrne became
Athletic Director in Ion-)
Along the rim ot Autzen Sta
dium one can see skv suites
and a new press tai ilit\ I he
recent S! ’) million renovations
.it ttavvvard field have lilted
Kugene and the DniversiK out
of the dark ages in track and
field.
In what tormerlv was a sec
tion of gravel parking lot out
side Autzen Stadium, now
stands probably the largest nr
complishment in Byrne's ten
ure The l.en Oassanova Alh
let ic t ienter
Phase II was completed this
summer and has provided com
plete facilities for weight train
ing sports medicine and new
locker room and equipment la
cilities to replace inadequate
rooms in Autzen
All are symbols of a new,
high profile attitude in the Ath
letic Department And Byrne
has done most ot it w ithout
help from the state
Besides bringing new tacili
ties to realits Bvrne has also
slice c-eded in attrac ting alien
tion to the issue of athletic s
funding
In much ot this interview,
the 4) year old Boston. Mass
native laments the lack ol state
funding for the non-revenue
athletic programs at Oregon,
and how the absence ot fond
ing has put the Athletic Depart
mrnt in a very tight situation
()1)H: Last spring, the Oregon
State Board of I liglier I due a
tion voted to raise the enroll
ment caps at the state- universe
I ic-s I low will that dec ision
benefit youi department and
how do you leel about it
li\ KXt I understand we in
going to rt-i t-ivt- about StilMl.OOO
worth of tuition waivers from
that, but I haven't seen am
money vet I'hat’s what 1 un
derstand and I'm thrilled about
it ()ur actual cost ot tuition is
more man tit.it tint ,nn time
toil (.in ye I Millie relief it is .1
terrific help
As far ,is tire rest of the ini
pact it has I'm sum that the
fai ii11\ has a few more students
fo teat h. and I'm sorr\ it was
the only alternative the state
felt it had It is a short term so
lotion, and one that I hope the
legislature will address in the
very hear future
()DI I low do vuu think the
Legislature should address it '
flVW.V/- I think they should
use tax dollars to fund ( idle
giate athletics |Ust like every
other state in Amerii a
There yvas a proposal to fund
women s uthletu s in ttlT'l and
the Legislature killed it State
Hep. Vera k.tt/ to he spec itn
And nn hope is they will real
i/e they made a mistake and
that, m particular, young worn
en deserve the same opportuni
ties as young men So we are
Irving to make a I axe
On the other hand we did a
good job making a i ase tor our
selves with Ballot Measure >
because at least then we got
some relief w ith the Sports Ac
lion Lottery, even though we
haven't seen any of the money
\t least the Legislature is ayvare
of the need, and that's why we
think w e have a better < ham e
this time around
(It )H Do you think a sm i ess
lul football program will help
out the bid to the Legislature
H)'h!XI Ac tuallv it may
Work 111 jllst tile opposite III
tfial some people may think we
aie trying to buy our way into
the Hose Howl I think that was
the term Hat/, used last time
And I kuoyv that people wham
you read letters to the editor,
think that all of this money is
going to the football and men's
basketball teams But in reality
those teams generate a lot moia
money than yye spend on them
Where the money is really go
ing is the I..’ non revenue
sports
(>111 I low do you counter
the argument between binding
athletic sot .11 ademK s ’
Kill K\ rnc
HYKS'I- I i ertainis wouldn't
want In sa\ that we .ir<• as mi
purl,int as i am it rescan h or
even i uring tlif i iimmuii i old
because ivi: art' nut What ivc
offer is a well run, well man
aged program that represents
the I -niversitv well and offers a
different wiiidtm toi outsiders
to view the institution
It people would rally around
a i hemistrs class the was they
rails' around the football team,
there pnibablv wouldn t be ans
need toi a football team Bill
Ihes don't So we provide one
ol the best publii relations ve
hides the si in>ot has I couch
that I is saving it has to he well
run and well managed It we
were causing embarrassment
like t lies were at Southern
Methodist t niversitv. or d vve
had the same kind ot ongoing
problems like tiles have at Ken
till k \ or ()k I a hmna then I
pmbalils Wouldn't he out heat
mg the hushes the w as I am
Bui we have done a good job,
and have done it the right was
Komebodv has to make the
point that we i an t i untinue to
have football patrons subsidize
t rai k a ml iielcl I he sucres-, ot
the women's volleyball team
shouldn’t rest completely on
how the men's basketball team
dm--, hut that is what is hap
polling now
( )l )l I „ist s ear s mi had to do
some heavs lobbying to get the
lluiks into the Independent e
Turn to BYRNE, Page lb
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