Best thing I read today.
from At a College, Dropping Sports in Favor of Fitness
"Officials at the college, whose 2,100 students make it the size of some high schools, decided last year to eliminate the athletic department. The college had 80 athletes spread across seven sports, but the athletic budget was roughly $900,000 for the 2012-13 academic year — from an overall operating budget of roughly $100 million.
“I was startled,” Spelman’s president, Beverly Tatum, said. “It seemed like a lot of money for 80 students.”
Every school in the NCAA should do the math, should look at the health habits of their student body, should follow Spelman's lead.
GO HERE
from At a College, Dropping Sports in Favor of Fitness
"Officials at the college, whose 2,100 students make it the size of some high schools, decided last year to eliminate the athletic department. The college had 80 athletes spread across seven sports, but the athletic budget was roughly $900,000 for the 2012-13 academic year — from an overall operating budget of roughly $100 million.
“I was startled,” Spelman’s president, Beverly Tatum, said. “It seemed like a lot of money for 80 students.”
Every school in the NCAA should do the math, should look at the health habits of their student body, should follow Spelman's lead.
GO HERE