To cut costs, ASU cuts 3 sports

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SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 5/14/2008 on www.azcentral.com [flag]
Lisa Love remembers one of first budget meetings she attended at Arizona State. The warning from President Michael Crow and university planners to the new vice president for athletics in July 2005 was that the athletic department was too large for its operating budget and needed to be reduced. "My response was we need to invest in making money," Love said. "Let's see what we can do to move the ... [link]

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AZ State Cuts 3 Sports; Keeps Dennis Erickson
Published 5/14/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Arizona State continued to show sensitivity and acute public relations skills by cutting three sports from the university yesterday to save money. Men’s wrestling, men’s tennis, and men’s swimming have been sliced from the actuarial tables, resetting the team totals to eight men’s and 12 women’s squads. ...

ASU drops the nuke on men's wrestling, swimming, and tennis
Published 5/14/2008 by Jake at Building The Dam: Front Page Posts
... Oregon recently cut it's wrestling program in favor of baseball. The newest wave of cuts comes from the campus of Arizona State, where Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love and by ASU President Michael Crow have decided to end men's wrestling, swimming, and tennis in order to cut costs.  AZCentral.com has the full story.  Men's diving is being retained so the number of ASU sports drops from 22 to 20. Varsity sports still being funded are football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's and women's ...

Morning Oatmeal: Half Week roundup
Published 5/14/2008 by jtlight at Addicted To Quack: Front Page Posts
... Also, ASU is cutting a 3 sports for budgetary reasons: wrestling, swimming, and tennis.  This is despite ASU's significant success in wrestling over the past 25 years.  I guess we're not the only ones who can complain about sports cuts. ...

Morning Oatmeal: Half Week roundup
Published 5/14/2008 by jtlight <info@addictedtoquack.com> at Addicted To Quack: Front Page Posts
... Also, ASU is cutting a 3 sports for budgetary reasons: wrestling, swimming, and tennis.  This is despite ASU's significant success in wrestling over the past 25 years.  I guess we're not the only ones who can complain about sports cuts. ...

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