IRVINE, Calif. — UC Irvine Intercollegiate Athletics, faced with cost-cutting measures due to the state economic crisis, is discontinuing several of its sports programs, effective Aug. 1. The five affected sports are men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s rowing, and sailing. These moves reduce the number of intercollegiate sports sponsored at UCI to 18 [...]

Tabby Soignier of the (Monroe, La.) News Star files this report on the budget challenges the University of Louisiana-Monroe athletic department faces due to the current economic recession. ULM athletic director Bobby Staub appreciates operating a budget much like his coaches enjoy their players – lean with little to no waste to get in the way. When [...]

Michelle Gardner of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports on the creative steps athletic directors of schools within the California State University system are taking to reduce travel costs. Cal State San Bernardino athletic director Kevin Hatcher has a dilemma. His volleyball team planned on traveling to Hawaii in August for four matches to begin the season. [...]

USF’s athletic department has trimmed its budget for the 2009-10 school year by 0.8 percent, with $32.3 million projected to be spent on the school’s 17 teams and support staff. USF released its new budget Tuesday, and the biggest cuts are in team travel, which is due for an 8 percent cut, and in administrative expenses, [...]

Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle reports on Texas A&M’s decision to remove 17 positions from the school’s athletic department. COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M athletic department slashed 17 jobs on Thursday in a budget-crunching move. “The cuts came across the entire spectrum of the department,” Aggies athletic director Bill Byrne said. “This difficult decision came [...]

Due to a 20% decrease in fundraising, the University of Central Florida is forced to make budget cuts within the schools athletic department. Here is a report filed by Iliana Limón of the Orlando Sentinel. The UCF Athletics Association’s fundraising has dropped 20 percent from last year, prompting the school to make significant budget cuts. UCF [...]