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San Jose St. is a I-A football program that many at the Big Sky think will be moving down to I-AA (and into the Big Sky). This has been one of the reasons that they have not moved forward with an invite for NDSU and ourselves. Although this vote was symbolic in nature, it is on the record.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...8471749.htm?1c
Academic Senate vote could lead to end of football at San Jose State
BY BECKY BARTINDALE
Knight Ridder Newspapers
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (KRT) - In a move that could threaten San Jose State University's 110-year-old football tradition, the Academic Senate voted by secret ballot Monday to limit funding for sports teams and recommended withdrawing from Division I-A and the Western Athletic Conference altogether.
The action is meant to send a strong signal to the new university president - who could be named as soon as Tuesday - that in tight budget times, academics take priority over football. . . .
Although the senate vote is only symbolic, Brent said he hopes will counter what the president will hear from a group of very loud boosters who don't have the best interests of the university as a whole at heart." . . .
The university could substantially reduce spending by eliminating Division 1-A football, Brent said. He said San Jose State could stay in Division I and play all other sports in the Big West Conference, which does not require its members to play football. The university also could play Division I-AA football in a different conference. Today, San Jose State is one of six among 23 CSU campuses that fields a football team, and one of three in Division I-A.
In a four-page e-mail that was circulated on campus, Interim President Joseph Crowley called for all interested parties to talk about the future of Spartan athletics. He urged against voting to withdraw from Division I-A, though he supports scaling back general fund contributions to 35-45 percent of the athletic budget.
Figuring out what to do with the athletic program requires "careful, comprehensive examination of the financial and other ramifications for the university," Crowley said. He suggested that a withdrawal could hurt financial donations from alumni.
That resonates with Ed Mosher, class of 1952, a donor who serves on several university committees, most of them involved with fund-raising.
"If San Jose State threw out Division I football, I'd write them out of my will, never step foot on the campus again and resign all the boards I'm on because they would become just another mediocre state university," Mosher said. . . .
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...8471749.htm?1c
Academic Senate vote could lead to end of football at San Jose State
BY BECKY BARTINDALE
Knight Ridder Newspapers
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (KRT) - In a move that could threaten San Jose State University's 110-year-old football tradition, the Academic Senate voted by secret ballot Monday to limit funding for sports teams and recommended withdrawing from Division I-A and the Western Athletic Conference altogether.
The action is meant to send a strong signal to the new university president - who could be named as soon as Tuesday - that in tight budget times, academics take priority over football. . . .
Although the senate vote is only symbolic, Brent said he hopes will counter what the president will hear from a group of very loud boosters who don't have the best interests of the university as a whole at heart." . . .
The university could substantially reduce spending by eliminating Division 1-A football, Brent said. He said San Jose State could stay in Division I and play all other sports in the Big West Conference, which does not require its members to play football. The university also could play Division I-AA football in a different conference. Today, San Jose State is one of six among 23 CSU campuses that fields a football team, and one of three in Division I-A.
In a four-page e-mail that was circulated on campus, Interim President Joseph Crowley called for all interested parties to talk about the future of Spartan athletics. He urged against voting to withdraw from Division I-A, though he supports scaling back general fund contributions to 35-45 percent of the athletic budget.
Figuring out what to do with the athletic program requires "careful, comprehensive examination of the financial and other ramifications for the university," Crowley said. He suggested that a withdrawal could hurt financial donations from alumni.
That resonates with Ed Mosher, class of 1952, a donor who serves on several university committees, most of them involved with fund-raising.
"If San Jose State threw out Division I football, I'd write them out of my will, never step foot on the campus again and resign all the boards I'm on because they would become just another mediocre state university," Mosher said. . . .
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