Wednesday, June 14, 2017

UNO looks at cuts, fee increases, wage freezes to balance athletic budget after move to Division - Rick Ruggles , World-Herald

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s move to Division I athletics came with the promise of big-time college games, but it also has come with bigger financial woes and worries. Now in its second year as a full Division I program, UNO battles to increase revenues, cut expenses and fulfill a pledge that moving into Division I would stabilize athletics financially and solidify Maverick sports as a respected force on campus and in Omaha. A public records request by The World-Herald shows that many strategies, large and small, have been considered or deployed over the past year to right an athletic department that gushed with budget overruns in 2015-16. http://www.omaha.com/news/education/uno-looks-at-cuts-fee-increases-wage-freezes-to-balance/article_13e7f7a4-196c-5d28-abd3-9e958b2b7d02.html