University Daily Kansan, October 16, 1981
Page 9
Non-revenue sports funding concerns Big Eight schools
By EILEEN MARKEY Staff Reporter
Funding for non-revenue sports is a main concern of college athletic departments, but budgets for those sports vary significantly at most Big Eight schools, Bob Marcum, KU athletic director, said yesterday.
“One of the biggest concerns is non-revenue sports,” he said. “You have to be concerned when you look at what sports are being dropped.”
Jon Burianek, athletic business manager at the University of Colorado, said Colorado had dropped softball, baseball and men's and women's swimming in the past two years.
"We can't drop any more," Burianek said. "We've got to have eight sports to remain eligible."
The National Collegiate Athletic Association requires that schools sponsor a minimum of eight sports and compete in Division I its ton draft.
Currently, the Big Eight Conference has only three schools that sponsor gymnastics and five that sponsor swimming.
Marcum said schools in other conferences around the nation were dropping sports to balance their budgets.
ALTHOUGH ALL schools face the possibility of being forced to drop sports, some Big Eight budgets are more stable than others. Conference athletic officials attributed budgeting contrasts to differences in university policies, locations and competitive strengths.
"Look at the Western Athletic Conference. They've dropped sports too," he said. "I think our conference is representative of many." Last year, the University of Kansas won the national championship, but Marcum said he didn't anticipate dropping any more sports.
"We haven't considered it at this time." he said.
KU's non-revenue strength is swimming. Since 1968, men consistently have been conference champions. Women have won the conference championship efery year since 1975.
But despite an impressive record, KU swimmers must operate on a single foot. They attend the University, on the other hand, Oklahoma, on the other hand, has trouble keeping its
swimmers afloat despite a $190,000 budget, according to Robert Smith, Oklahoma's athletic business manager.
"I think our non-revenue sports have been doing more with less than anyone's in the conference," Marcum said.
COLORADO KEEPs a strong tennis program rallying with only $65,000. KU's tennis team nets $22,000, while Missouri's gets
"Our athletic program here at Missouri is going to be inherently different than those at other schools" he said.
John Rawlings, assistant athletic director at the University of Missouri, attributed its sports to the school's philosophy about sports.
Missouri shapes its athletic program around a five-point philosophy that promotes academic excellence above all, and supports gymnastics as a high priority non-revenue sport. Rawlings said.
A TRADITIONALLY powerful football school benefits from increased revenue and is better able to revenue sports, Rawlings said.
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