Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

NCAA saves UNLV athletics $1,800

UNLV athletic director Mike Hamrick welcomed an official e-mail notice from the NCAA on Friday morning that will save the Rebels $1,800 in the 2009-10 academic year.

More than a month ago, the governing body of collegiate sports announced that it will suspend membership dues for all of its schools for the next year.

That’s between $900 and $1,800, depending on which division a school competes. UNLV, a Division-I program, is at the upper end of that range.

“That’s three recruiting trips for our volleyball coach,” Hamrick said. “That’s uniforms for your cross-country team. That’s how I look at that.

“What that says is the NCAA is very sensitive to what its institutions are going through right now, with the economic and financial situation. And I praise the NCAA for that.”

Hamrick recently announced budget cuts, from funds UNLV receives from the state, that affected his annual budget of about $26 million.

The NCAA will save its members a total of $1.3 million. The release Hamrick received Friday morning said that the savings were part of a national effort to relieve fiscal pressure on schools during an economic downturn that is affecting all of higher education.

“The NCAA was able to cut some things and tighten their belt a little, to put that savings back to the institutions,” Hamrick said. “Even though that’s not a significant amount of money … it sends the right message. The NCAA can survive without getting that $1,800.”

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