Without taxpayer money, UNI could lose all sports - JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD, Des Moines Register

The University of Northern Iowa can only modestly cut general fund money from its athletics budget before threatening the Division I status of its sports programs, university President Ben Allen said Friday.Currently, UNI’s athletic department receives $4.45 million from the university’s general fund. Allen is proposing that the general fund’s support be cut by more than $200,000 by 2015. The athletic department’s budget is $11.6 million this year. Trimming general fund support by much more than $200,000 would mean the university would seriously consider eliminating all sports at UNI because of lost revenue related to the loss of Division I status, Allen said in an interview with The Des Moines Register.“I think we’re pretty close to the edge of what we can cut and maintain competitiveness,” he said.