In 2009, under then-Athletic Director Jim Sterk, WSU announced a budget shortfall of more than $1 million. This was a time when the economy was still in the toilet, and nearly every industry was facing budget doom. The shortfall back then forced Sterk and WSU to tighten things up and make it clear that WSU wouldn’t be cutting any sports.
Fast forward almost 14 years and now-Athletic Director Pat Chun is making the same announcements, at least when it comes to tightening the budget and cutting sports. But the college sports landscape has changed immensely since then, and so has WSU’s budget shortfall, which the school announced yesterday is a whopping $11.