Earlier this month, UNLV officials pointed to dwindling attendances and poor-performing teams as the primary reasons for the athletic department’s near $5 million budget deficit for the 2016-17 academic year.
On Thursday, the Board of Regents Athletics Committee did not want to hear the excuses from UNLV brass.
“There’s some serious problems with UNLV athletics,” Regent Trevor Hayes said. “I think it’s irresponsible to pinpoint it solely on performances on basketball, which is a completely self inflicted wound by a botched basketball coaching firing and search.
“The bigger issue is, and I want to know from President (Len) Jessup two things.