The Administrative Task Force is looking for ways to make the athletic department more self sufficient and has been tasked with making a recommendation by next May on whether to cut a male nonrevenue sport.

While that sounds dramatic I think it is something athletic departments need to consider all the time.

If they do cut one, my guess would be tennis, soccer or baseball. I think the BoT needs to get a plan together to get attendance up with QUALITY students, who stay and get a degree.

I think the BoT needs to get a plan together to get attendance up with QUALITY students, who stay and get a degree.

Give ISU a call and see what they are doing. ISU's enrollment, incoming test scores and graduation rates are at a all time high.

Oh god, here we go again

We are headed down 6 pages of posts, 1 isu troll, and capping it off with the race card.

How about they cut five high priced administrators instead? That never seems to happen............

(12-13-2016 10:51 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  How about they cut five high priced administrators instead? That never seems to happen............

+ 1

The most expensive non-revenue sport would likely be baseball. If you cut that program you are saving what $300k per year from athletics...

BUT then you are cutting athletic scholarships for student where that money is actually going TO the university. So really you are actually saving something closer to $200k per year. While also hurting the image of the athletic program.

I would much rather see one $100k+ position in the office than any SA cuts.

It would be wrestling. The AAC doesn't have it as a sport....

Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier
Senior Administrative Assistant/Director of Personnel Lisa Stocksdale
Chief of Staff/Senior Associate Athletics Director/Finance and Operations/ Senior Woman Administrator Debra Boughton
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Facilities and Event Operations John Cheney
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services Melissa Dawson
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Compliance and Administration Jerome Rodgers
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Sport Administration Jay Vickers
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Collegiate Advancement & External Affairs Ryan Sedevie
Office Support Specialist Lynsey Bernardy
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services
Associate Director Megan O'Quin
Associate Athletic Director Monique Bernoudy
Academic/Tutor Coordinator Maureen Smunt
Office Manager Leonard LeGrand
Business Manager Lesslie Erickson
Account Tech Jennifer Brown
Account Tech Beth Chilton
Account Tech Sheila Wagner
Associate Athletic Director (FB/Administration) Donna Turner
Associate Director (FB, W TEN, SB) Joe Summins
Assistant Director (MBB, M SOC, M TEN) Jeremy Reid
Assistant Director (VB, WBB, M GOLF) Matt Scheerer
Graduate Assistant (GYM, XC, T&F) Hannah Ossman
Assistant Athletics Director/Compliance Kiera Miller
Compliance Coordinator Scott Foelske
Graduate Assistant Michelle Batty
Graduate Assistant Marcus Everett
Assistant Athletics Director/Development Andrew Joannides
Director of Premium Sales Clifford Bottigliero
Administrative Assistant Amy Schmidt
Equipment Manager (CV) Evan Klepec
Equipment Manager (HS) Paige Shinberg
Director - Convocation Center Heather Priest
Associate Director - Convocation Center Eric Schultz
Assistant Athletic Director - Facilities and Event Operations
Director - Facilities Operations Matt Gonzalez
Senior Event Coordinator Jori McCullough
Senior Event Administrator Julie Ream
Senior Event Administrator Jason O'Quin
Program Assistant - Event Coordinator
Arena Physical Facility Supervisor
Arena Physical Facility Supervisor Andrew Collins
Arena Physical Facility Supervisor Stephen Siebler
Information Technology Administrator Justin Kline
Assistant Athletic Director/Marketing & Game Experience Morris White
Graduate Assistant Anthony Sperando
Graduate Assistant Michelle Nelson
Assistant Athletic Director/Ticket Operations Chris Radford
Ticket Sales Jennifer Ferris
Ticket Sales Kevin Troyer

Tell me again why cutting a sport is an option?

Yea fire the ticket sales people. Clearly the stadiums are full.

If the above list was in the private sector it would be 1/3 the size.

(12-13-2016 12:25 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Tell me again why cutting a sport is an option?

Unless I counted wrong, 50 people, versus the website's heading for sports: seven for men and nine for men. Yeah, hard to justify all these people's salaries versus reducing the number of student-athletes.
One big question, IF dropping a sport is such a necessity, how come STF's great Master (bation) Plan never even hinted at such a move?
If you're going to drop baseball, why bother with relocating McKinzie Field?; if men's and women's tennis are not a priority, why list a "new tennis complex"? why show the location for a new Olympic Sports Complex if wrestling, women's gymnastics, men's or women's golf, have a limited future? If it's all to be paid for "from 100% private funding/donations" as HuskieJohn re-stated in another thread, then what difference does the state budget crisis have to do with any kind of announcement, even if it would be to say "some aspects of the initial plan have been amended."

(12-13-2016 10:51 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  How about they cut five high priced administrators instead? That never seems to happen............

Not cut, but two VPs just announced they are leaving:

http://www.niutoday.info/2016/12/13/vice...e-leaving/

In the grand scheme of things, will it matter? No one is following men's tennis, soccer, cross country, etc. We can barely get people to show up to NIU Football and men's basketball.

(12-13-2016 04:45 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  

(12-13-2016 12:25 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Tell me again why cutting a sport is an option?

Unless I counted wrong, 50 people, versus the website's heading for sports: seven for men and nine for men. Yeah, hard to justify all these people's salaries versus reducing the number of student-athletes.
One big question, IF dropping a sport is such a necessity, how come STF's great Master (bation) Plan never even hinted at such a move?
If you're going to drop baseball, why bother with relocating McKinzie Field?; if men's and women's tennis are not a priority, why list a "new tennis complex"? why show the location for a new Olympic Sports Complex if wrestling, women's gymnastics, men's or women's golf, have a limited future? If it's all to be paid for "from 100% private funding/donations" as HuskieJohn re-stated in another thread, then what difference does the state budget crisis have to do with any kind of announcement, even if it would be to say "some aspects of the initial plan have been amended."

If there are 2 more Women's sports right now than Men's, why the hell are they axing another Men's sport?!?

(12-13-2016 09:48 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  If there are 2 more Women's sports right now than Men's, why the hell are they axing another Men's sport?!?

Are you really totally oblivious to Title IX?

(12-13-2016 11:22 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  

(12-13-2016 09:48 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote:  If there are 2 more Women's sports right now than Men's, why the hell are they axing another Men's sport?!?

Are you really totally oblivious to Title IX?

I would guess he's not. Rather, he's indirectly questioning the foolishness that is Title IX.

If it means cutting a women's sport to even out the number of men's and women's sports, I'm okay with that. But I am not in favor of cutting women's sports over men's sports to save money. I am a proponent of Title IX and believe that women's sports add so much to college sports. If it weren't for Title IX, would we have women's volleyball, basketball, soccer, and gymnastics? Maybe not. Women's basketball is my favorite sport at NIU - even over football and men's basketball. It is truly a joy watching the women play, and I'm looking for great things to come with Coach Carlsen.

(12-13-2016 07:57 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  In the grand scheme of things, will it matter? No one is following men's tennis, soccer, cross country, etc. We can barely get people to show up to NIU Football and men's basketball.

It matters to those men's tennis players, soccer players, and cross-country runners.

While I understand it is simply shouting into the wind around here most of the time, NIU has an Athletic Department, not just a Football Department.

The cross country team had one of its best seasons in school history this past year and had a runner qualify for nationals. That program is doing some big things under the current coach. It is too bad not many have noticed the success.

Title 9 call for general access and "equality", but not necessarily spending the same amounts on woman's and men's sports right? Sounds like the NIU admin is showing extra title 9 teeth on its own, not cool.