[Vision2020] One school's thoughts..

[Jack Van Deventer]

If SJSU is considered as being apathetic and apathy is measured by 
attendance, realize that SJSU’s average attendance of 15080 met NCAA 
standards and exceeded UI’s attendance (which did not meet the standard).  

That, after the UI tried to give away thousands and thousands of free 
tickets.  Even free there were few takers.  Way to stir the pot, Carl!

Jack
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Jack Van Deventer
jack@moscowUSA.com

---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>
To: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846@hotmail.com>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:38:29 -0700
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] One school's thoughts..

> Carl -
> 
> If you check out the history of the San Jose State University 
> Athletic Department (by conducting various searches from their 
> website), yo will find that SJSU has been considering eliminating 
> their football program (as well as other sports) for some time.  The 
> reason:  apathy.  Like University of Louisiana at Monroe, they have 
> had extremely poor ticket sales to sporting events.
> 
> Do you realize that ULM had just over 2,000 in attendance at their
> homecoming game last year.  SJSU had just over 5,000 at their homecoming
> game.  Idaho had 14,000 (and this was the fourth straight losing 
> season).
> 
> As you can see, SJSU's athletic programs were/are costing them more 
> than the revenue they realize.
> 
> *as I head out the door to buy my season tickets*
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Tom Hansen
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > Behalf Of Carl Westberg
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:16 PM
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] One school's thoughts..
> >
> >
> > Without saying I necessarily suggest a similar symbolic gesture at the
> > financially beleagured University of Idaho, this was in this morning's
> > Spokesman-Review:  "San Jose State's Academic Senate has voted to limit
> > funding for sports teams and recommended the school withdraw from
> > Division 1
> > and the Western Athletic Conference.  The 21-11 vote, conducted by secret
> > ballot Monday, is only symbolic and was intended to send a message to
> > incoming president Paul Yu that academics should come ahead of
> > football in
> > tight budget times.  The Academic Senate - a group of faculty, students,
> > staff and administrators that advises the president - proposed
> > that savings
> > from athletic funding be transferred to academic programs."  Stirring the
> > pot.......
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                                                      Carl Westberg Jr.
> >
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