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Budget Council recommends athletics budget cut of over $1.3 million

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The recommended Budget Council budget cuts which included an athletics budget cut of over $1.3 million.

The exact figure of the recommended cut is $1,346,259 from university funding. That would be a 5.7 percent reduction of the athletic program's 2017-18 proposed budget of $23.6 million.

The $1.3 million signifies an approximate 8 percent reduction athletics is bearing for the overall $15 million deficit.

"Everyone across the university will share in some part of this pain," President Timothy Caboni said in a press conference following the meeting. "They certainly will share in some portion of the reduction.