(03-28-2019 03:09 PM)dogdangit Wrote:  The University sent out an email today stating that next year's budget is $28 million short. In that same email they stated athletics has to cut 18% of their budget for next year. Now I don't know what athletics exact expenses are but it usually has hovered around $25 million. If that is true then they're looking to cut at a minimum $4 million. You can kiss the idea of firing Montgomery goodbye.

Does this consider all the revenue that NIU generates? Revenue from the big games, donations, ticket revenue, sponsorships, licensures, etc. Does NIU expect Athletics to generate enough revenue to subsidize the academic side?

The bottom line is this: Everyone keeps saying that NIU is destitute and can't find enough money even for deodorant cakes in the urinals. If this were truly the case, then NIU and Athletics should seriously consider dropping athletics completely. Yes, that means loss of a lot of revenue, but apparently that never enters the equation anyway. If they are running at a such a loss and are destitute as some people claim, they need to shut down athletics at NIU, because we will never stop hearing about "budget issues".