USF will have to consider faculty layoffs and make other painful choices to meet the COVID-19 budget crisis, but one option is off the table. “No, we’re not considering eliminating athletics,” President Steve Currall said Friday. His comment came during an online forum for faculty and staff at a time of palpable anxiety over a state mandate to cut the university budget by $36.7 million this year, with further reductions likely in 2021-2022.
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