Chancellor Lombardi Announces Budget Reductions 7/9/02 University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor John V. Lombardi today announced the plan for implementing budget reductions totaling $ 2.55 million in athletics. The plan received input from the athletic budget advisory committee, comprised of faculty and athletic department staff, and was developed in consultation with Athletic Director Ian McCaw and the Board of Trustees Ad-Hoc Task Force. Central to the budget reduction plan are a series of intercollegiate athletic program adjustments and reductions that total nearly $ 2 million in savings. (more)
UMass Announces Cuts To Athletic Budget 3/11/02 AMHERST, Mass. - In an effort to respond to fiscal realities and to strengthen the campus's athletic base, the University of Massachusetts is reducing its number of intercollegiate sports from 29 to 22 at the end of the current academic year. The seven sports to be eliminated are: women's volleyball; men's and women's water polo; men's and women's gymnastics; men's tennis; and men's indoor track and field. The cuts will allow the University to reallocate some scholarship funds, and will allow UMass to re-main in compliance with Title IX and exceed the law's proportionality requirements. (more)
