Oregon athletic department uses state money for academic needs

[tlongII]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2010/10/oregon_athletic_department_use.html

For the better part of a decade, University of Oregon officials have touted the athletic department's economic self-sufficiency, a rarity in the world of big-time college sports. But for at least nine years, athletics has used hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from the university's general fund to cover the cost of academic support for athletes, according to files obtained by The Oregonian.

The general fund has paid nearly $8.5 million over the past nine years for academic support for athletes, which includes exclusive tutoring and counseling, increasing sixfold from less than $300,000 in 2002-03 to a budgeted $1.8 million this academic year.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

And your point is?

 

[tlongII]

They need to stop lying.

 

[Wheels]

isnt that a good thing to spend money on academics? I dont get it.

 

[BGrantFan]

isnt that a good thing to spend money on academics? I dont get it.

Seems like they are using general fund money earmarked for academics to help educate athletes. Why is this a bad thing? Is it illegal or something?

What is the scandal?

How does this relate to the athletic department being self-sufficient in paying for athletics? So odd.

 

[BGrantFan]

The reader comments after article make more sense than the actual article.

Isn't Bachman assigned to the Beavers by the O?

 

[BengalDuck]

Did you read the article? The academic people actually require that their money be used towards that kind of program to enforce certain regulations on staffing, hours of operations, etc.

But don't let facts get in the way of your smear.

 

[MickZagger]

I don't know what it is, but the O, has had a vendetta against UO for a few years now. Starting with Canzano and his infatuation with the Belotti family.