The president's involvement will NOT depend upon if they like sports or not. This is not a popularity contest. The president's will be involved with this because it affects their bottom line -- money. Eliminating scholarships will save the school money by lowering their cost. In some cases the schools may make revenue greater than the costs of their hockey programs, and eliminating the scholarships may also reduce revenue even greater than the reduction in costs if the resulting team quality is lowered to such a degree that fans, students, and alumni quit buying tickets and university paraphernalia and if the advertisers associated with hockey pull their support also. The reduction in scholarships that reduce hockey quality at DIII schools can cause some universities to lose a source of profit (excess revenue that is used to cover other costs) and if this happens, the presidents have a reason to be involved even if they do not like sports. Presidents like money and the affect this vote has on money is the point to make with them. If alumni and other fans of the university tell the presidents they will reduce their contributions to the university if it does not have a quality division-one hockey team, then the presidents may vote to keep the scholarships. If on the other hand the vote as seen as a cost saving measure, then good bye DI hockey at DIII schools.

Nathan Eric Hampton 

 

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> From:         Stephen Roth
> Reply To:     Stephen Roth
> Sent:         Friday, December 5, 2003 10:59 AM
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> Subject:      Re: who votes?
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> Charlie Shub noted:
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> >Normally, the institutional vote is decided with input from many
> >stakeholders (student athletes, coaches, far, AD, academic advisorsm
> >financial aid advisors) and then officially cast.
> 
> That's true for many institutions; however, it really depends on the internal culture at each campus.  A strong president, interested in athletics, can either get lots of input or not; in any event he/she will make the decision.  At other schools the president may not care about sports at all, and the AD may likely make the decision with as little or as much input as he/she cares to obtain.  A number of schools will route this proposal through their athletic board, which will consider & debate, then forward a recommendation to the president and/or AD.
> 
> I suppose if I were going to lobby anyone at a D-III school, however, it would be the president -- regardless of what the campus process may be.  (Unless, of course, my father-in-law was the chairman of the board of trustees....).
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> --Steve Roth
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