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per the Daily:
After a presentation on the school’s funding, graduation rates and overall ranking in the Big Ten, senators asked school leaders about how the athletics department could to change its culture.
Kaler said Minnesota had more Big Ten titles last year than Wisconsin and Iowa combined, but the wins went unnoticed because revenue sports such as football and men’s basketball didn’t echo the trend.
“In order for us to be proud of Gophers athletics, football and men’s basketball need to be premier programs,” Kaler said. “Football and men’s basketball drive the boat in terms of revenue.”
Kaler said hiring Athletics Director Mark Coyle and investing in the Athletes Village project were two ways the University has tried to improve the programs.
He said to raise the quality of the University’s athletics department, it had to start with investing money in people.
P.J. Fleck, the Gophers new head football coach, was recently given an five-year, $18 million contract — the costliest in University history — after previous coach Tracy Claeys was fired amid fallout from a sexual assault scandal.
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017/02/mn-senators-question-kaler-on-athletics-med-school-rankings
Go Gophers!!
After a presentation on the school’s funding, graduation rates and overall ranking in the Big Ten, senators asked school leaders about how the athletics department could to change its culture.
Kaler said Minnesota had more Big Ten titles last year than Wisconsin and Iowa combined, but the wins went unnoticed because revenue sports such as football and men’s basketball didn’t echo the trend.
“In order for us to be proud of Gophers athletics, football and men’s basketball need to be premier programs,” Kaler said. “Football and men’s basketball drive the boat in terms of revenue.”
Kaler said hiring Athletics Director Mark Coyle and investing in the Athletes Village project were two ways the University has tried to improve the programs.
He said to raise the quality of the University’s athletics department, it had to start with investing money in people.
P.J. Fleck, the Gophers new head football coach, was recently given an five-year, $18 million contract — the costliest in University history — after previous coach Tracy Claeys was fired amid fallout from a sexual assault scandal.
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017/02/mn-senators-question-kaler-on-athletics-med-school-rankings
Go Gophers!!
