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WrestlingTerp · 05-21-2008, 08:22 AM

RYou:

Trust me, Dr. Yow was under pressure to drop programs from her budget people not that long ago. Football wasn't winnning so we weren't getting our maximum revenue from ticket sales, we were under a consent decree from the OCR, and she inherited a large capital debt from Andy Geiger when he left for Ohio State. She resisted, probably a year or two longer than she was advised to.

She got burned by the Commission hearings when she proposed the gender quota be relaxed to something like 7% of the campus gender ratio vice the 1% cap we currently operate under. Funny that, when people claim there are other ways to comply, the WSF and NWLC were up in arms over a relaxation of the sticter quota. Hmmmm.....

Five years ago only 4 of our 12 men's teams were fully funded for scholarships (football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer). The rest ranged from half (like wrestling) to none (golf). Football and basketball success resulted in more donors to the Terrapin Club, which funds our scholarship bill. Before that happened we used to have to cover part of the scholarship bill from operating funds. Once those contributions increased, and we started selling out football games, she was able to expand the women's sports with water polo and competitive cheer.

This provided the underfunded men's teams the opportunity to raise money to add more scholarships as a four year "bridge" to the hoped for increase in donor monies. As a result wrestling became fully funded, as did men's tennis and golf. Track added quite a few scholarships from what I think was only 3, swimming and diving added some, and baseball added a couple. Wrestling raised more money, and had more people contribute, than any of the other sports. That sent a message to the department and they took notice.

05-21-2008, 08:22 AM	#9 (permalink)
WrestlingTerp AA Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dayton, Maryland Posts: 621 My Mood: Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0	Re: ASU Kids... Where are they headed? RYou: Trust me, Dr. Yow was under pressure to drop programs from her budget people not that long ago. Football wasn't winnning so we weren't getting our maximum revenue from ticket sales, we were under a consent decree from the OCR, and she inherited a large capital debt from Andy Geiger when he left for Ohio State. She resisted, probably a year or two longer than she was advised to. She got burned by the Commission hearings when she proposed the gender quota be relaxed to something like 7% of the campus gender ratio vice the 1% cap we currently operate under. Funny that, when people claim there are other ways to comply, the WSF and NWLC were up in arms over a relaxation of the sticter quota. Hmmmm..... Five years ago only 4 of our 12 men's teams were fully funded for scholarships (football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer). The rest ranged from half (like wrestling) to none (golf). Football and basketball success resulted in more donors to the Terrapin Club, which funds our scholarship bill. Before that happened we used to have to cover part of the scholarship bill from operating funds. Once those contributions increased, and we started selling out football games, she was able to expand the women's sports with water polo and competitive cheer. This provided the underfunded men's teams the opportunity to raise money to add more scholarships as a four year "bridge" to the hoped for increase in donor monies. As a result wrestling became fully funded, as did men's tennis and golf. Track added quite a few scholarships from what I think was only 3, swimming and diving added some, and baseball added a couple. Wrestling raised more money, and had more people contribute, than any of the other sports. That sent a message to the department and they took notice.