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(>Blinl savs Iuiil^cl < tils, tnuplnl with
\( \ \ saui turns, signaled tin downfall
<il the « lux il s program.
“ 1 lie N( A \ leipmrmrnls went up tu
tin- |« nnt wIn ti' in i oni|xir in I )ivi\u hi
I \. \iiii had in have .1 hi.(IlMi seat
stadium anil average 17.000 in
attendance," ( ) 111 ten savs " I hr I.u I
that we didn't have an iiih ampus
stadium and that nr weir mils
averaging V2hh Ians a game wmild mil
allow us in dn that
I nng Br.it h nl I h la Is t rali/r d l hr
Irani multi not star in Division I \ hul
npird in < ant cl the piii){iaii! i aihri
than pl.n in a lowet division
"Ur liinkrd scriouslv al j^i11nju» to
Division 1 \\ hut tinned it dovsn
ipm kl\," hr savs "Ur |iisi lrIt like we
isould Ih I Kiln oil tlioppmg thr spoil,
and ho|iehtllv. when things gel IxMtri,
ur i an hung il li.u k "
Bill (all A krinp. a |tuuoi al I ong
Brae h. sa\s lovsri division plas isould
have lieen bottei than none al all
"Kirn il ion don’t want to hr a
toolhall plater, d vmi see ( al Stale,
lung Brai h, on ihr television, mu ir
gonna isanl In lieenme a pail ot it, hr
sals
hemp, islio heads the Bl.u k Student
1 moil at I ong Brat h, sais main ol die
lilai k student alhlrtrs on t ainpus
irlird on the toolhall prog!am in star
m st hikil — something no one seemed
li i (onsidci
“Thr team wasn’t even given a
t hunt e,” hr saw
Bui in the end, tough eeonomii
times iillimalrh are rr.sponsihle lot
killing the programs.
“We hinught mi |late Ml (narhing
great (.eorge] Allen and hr did a great
job. hul it |iisi wasn’t enough to keep us
above water,’’ O'Brien says “With the
budget ( uls m the slate ol ( alifornia.
out situation pist gm progiessiveh
worse ovei the last three or four years."
flic univrrsiti’s hinds have lieen (lit
sPORh
FOOTBALL
ON THE
BRINK
When it comes to pay or play, some
schools have opted out of the race
The ultimate fumble: WIN SMU recover from a string of toeing season* and funding cute?
In $!(5 million m three scars and arc
slaird lo be cut In $l.r> million more
ilm year.
In the meantime, loothall coat lies at
colleges and universities (tapped in
stagnant economic times are waiting
out the storm, hoping that when the
game resumes this tail, then lot kcr
rooms, too, won’t Ik* empty
"I think other sc hoots are going (<>
have to take a look at then programs,
and some ot the small institutions are
going to have to fate reality and see
that tliev i an t co.itmue to plas Dis isi< >n
l-A ansmore, and some mas see that
dies will have to diop then programs
i oinpleteivO'Brien savs.
Sometimes though. .1 compromise
i .111 lie icai lu ll
\i lowson St.iu- l in Maivland.
nilii nils .lie till piemen1 mg .1 plan to
save the loolhall team, vvliic li i loxed the
si avin last veal with a I II) record
1 ovvsnn will si ale li.uk Its loolhall
piograrn in the next two to three years,
moving toward a non xeholai ship
piogiam By doing this, univcrsitv
oliicials hope In xave $100,1 MMI.
Dan <)’( oiinell. a siHikesman toi the
lowson athletu ilepartinent. s.tvs the
move is a compromise to keep the
team \ simil.n lomproimse saved the
Western K1M1 tlick\ I team, whn h went
H-H last season
I he umveisitv 1 111 WKl s Budget
horn almost $ I million to $ lf>0,000 loi
this season, a move to keep the
program from Being cut completely,
savs iV.11 is Bi 11 kman. assoi iate athletii
direi toi tor business .tllaiis.
“We aie eoiiipeling toi people s
enteitamment ilollats. and il we don't
pul a good piodui I on the field, we will
lose that 1 even lie to other loi 111s ol
enteitaimneiit,” he savs
In the end the fate ol a loolhall
progiam tests on its ici ord, () < oiinell
savs.
“W hen von aren't winning, people
look at v011 and xav 'what do we need
ltl.it toi he savs
I ake Soiittiein Methodist t hi
Dallas
SMI . .1 (illicit' lull III lootn.lll
tradition, is trying id liml wavs id
rliminalr athlrtii department details
in i-\< css of $ I million
I In- tram, wlm li finished 1-10 last
srason, i r |iot (nlI\ sullrrrd a $4.8
million loss last scat aloin- President \
Krnnrlh I’m- s.ns adinimsti atm s
t on side t etl deficit icdiu ris. ranging
tiom t-lnnilia(lMg si hnlarshtp athlrtii s
to dio|i|iiiig SMI athlrtii trams to
playing in a town division
But SMI lir ad loot I).ill loath loin
Rosslrs is tigtiling thr drop, rvrll
though his tram’s hrsl in mil is ‘J-1*
Mill r I OS' l
"I think, loothall is iiki hig m I rxas
and in thr Dallas .lira, and I don’t
think siudrnts. alumni oi riti/rns of
Dallas would r\rt Irt that happrn.
Rosslrs sals. I ht-s all know that
Southrin Methodist would not Ik- the
pl.u r it is IikI.is without athlrtii s "
I hr drtu it is irlatrd to lough
rionomii lintrs in grnrral, Rosslrs
sass. anil oner thr I rxas and national
economies u ImhiikI SMI will Ik- hai k
whrir it wants to Ik-. "Wr’ir grtlmg lrvs
monrs ilonatnl fiom our alumni and
from all out other sources, and that's
just thr was things arc rconomit alls
Rosslrs suss
Rur 1 Athlrtii Dim tor Bubbs Mas
s is s administi a lots thrrr dri idril to
krrp thr liMithall piogram in Division I
A play, drspilr speculation that a $‘V7
mill. >n drill it would Ion r of fir lals to
consider slit ing thr athlrtii program.
“1 don’t think dropping thr ftKilhall
piogram oi going to a smallei division
is a solution to out problem at all," he
Continued on I’agi’ >n
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