UNM athletics facing ‘extremely tough decisions’ to balance expected $7.8 million deficit - Will Webber, The New Mexican

Despite an annual budget that tops more than $32 million — a figure approaching two times the amount of its downstate rival at New Mexico State — The University of New Mexico’s athletics department is having a nearly impossible time making ends meet. Now under the microscope of the university’s board of regents as well as an increasingly impatient public, the department is facing the very real possibility of eliminating programs to help pay down an operating deficit estimated to reach $7.8 million by the end of the current fiscal year. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/unm-athletics-facing-extremely-tough-decisions-to-balance-expected-million/article_935b615c-f861-582c-bfe4-0f00519ebd75.html