Interesting thoughts from Jessie Squire on BGSU athletic director to drop men's track:
"The first criteria used to decide which sports to cut was money. The men’s track program’s annual expenses total $179,000 (less than 2% of the athletic budget). It does generate revenue, though; over $54,000 from NCAA Sport Sponsorships and Scholarship Distribution funds alone. Add in the tuition of 42 student-athletes and State of Ohio funding for in-state students, and the men’s track program bring in a total of $436,978 to the University-a net GAIN of over $257,000! It may be interesting to note that in the 2000-01 school year, football and men’s basketball combined for a LOSS of over $1.9 million! So much for using money as a deciding factor." For more updates on where Bowling Green currently stands, visit www.savebgtrack.com. Thanks, Tom Borish www.mactrack.net
