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Waste of money | 1:27 a.m. July 8, 2009
Who is paying for all this travel for the UVCC teams? Who is paying for all these scholarships? It is ridiculous that UVCC has been upgraded to "University" status in the first place, and even more ridiculous that they are actually spending all this money to try to compete at the Division I level.
Mike Johnson Fallon NV | 7:57 a.m. July 8, 2009
UVU hasn't been UVCC since 1993. The school was known as UVCC only from 1987 to 1993--a period of 6 years and that changed 16 years ago, with the addition of bachelor's degrees and renaming to Utah Valley State College. With the addition of master's degrees in 2008, they received university status like WSU and SUU.

In the year that ended 30 June 2008, UVU reported $6,342,439 in athletics revenue and $6,275,175 in athletics expenses. This places them roughly on par with SUU and more than 4 times what Salt Lake Community College earns and spends and about twice what Dixie State earns and spends. UVU's athletics budget is about 70% of Weber State's at $8.85 million.

The then UVSC went Division I, because when they began exploring Division II, the NCAA imposed a moratorium on new Division II programs. At the time, UVSC had about 7000 upper division students and competition in the NJCAA no longer made sense. UVU has now completed a 7 year transition, successfully meeting the requirements each year and has been in compliance with Division I rules for years now.
Re: Waste of money | 8:12 a.m. July 8, 2009
You are, quit moaning and pay more taxes and fees.
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Really? | 9:01 a.m. July 8, 2009
They call that a conference? Sounds more like a joke to me.
UVU | 11:26 a.m. July 8, 2009
Why does everyone care if they are a conference or Div 1, let them do whatever the flip they want.
Why care? | 12:21 p.m. July 8, 2009
Ummm because they are spending our money as taxpayers and students--not to mention they represent the city and community.
pastor88 | 10:33 p.m. July 14, 2009
Couldn't they just compete in the 5A and keep it all in state.Think of the savings. It would be huge. And they might even be competitive.

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