{"id":437087,"date":"2020-06-24T08:57:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=437087"},"modified":"2020-06-24T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:10:53","slug":"university-of-connecticut-proposing-to-cut-mens-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/university-of-connecticut-proposing-to-cut-mens-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Connecticut to Officially Cut Men&#8217;s Swimming and Diving (UPDATE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>UPDATE: <\/em>The University of Connecticut will officially cut men&#8217;s swimming, along with three other sports, after the 2020-21 school year as part of an overall plan to cut four athletic programs from the school.<\/p>\n<p>The university is trying to erase a $10 million deficit brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The athletic program was bringing in $40 million in revenue, and spending more than $80 million. The university had been receiving $40 million in university subsidy and athletic director <strong>Dave Benedict\u00a0<\/strong>was asked to cut $10 million from the subsidy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/sports\/college\/hc-sp-uconn-athletics-budget-cuts-20200625-20200624-34hbdod3a5ck7fekotouzwqmta-story.html\">According to the\u00a0<em>Hartford Courant<\/em><\/a>, the school had proposed to cut four athletic programs, which became public Wednesday during a Board of Trustees meeting in which it was made clear the athletic department\u2019s budget is unsustainable, especially as the school faces a significant shortfall following the virus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \">\n<p class=\"\">Athletes whose programs are cut will be able to stay on scholarship for a full year, with the cuts taking affect after next academic year. The other three sports that have been proposed to get cut include women&#8217;s rowing, men&#8217;s cross country, and men&#8217;s tennis. The schools will also offer fewer scholarships for men&#8217;s golf and men&#8217;s track and field, as well as reducing operating expenses by 15%. 124 student athletes will be affected by the cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Connecticut, with <strong>Chris Maiello<\/strong> as the head of the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s programs, had one swimmer qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2020-ncaa-division-i-mens-invited-swimmers-ncaa-college-2020-03-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCAA Championships in 2020<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0senior\u00a0<strong>William Kearsey<\/strong>, who qualified in the 100 backstroke (45.93). When UConn cuts men&#8217;s swimming, that would leave just two schools in the American Athletic Conference with men&#8217;s swimming &#8211; Cincinnati and Southern Methodist. East Carolina, another member of the AAC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/east-carolina-university-cuts-mens-womens-swimming-and-diving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cut men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming after this season<\/a>. Cincinnati and SMU would likely have to become affiliate members of another conference to have a championship meet.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Hartford Courant<\/em>, it costs roughly $700,000 to operate men&#8217;s swimming at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexaphilippou\/status\/1275833370233253888<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crd clln--it\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" crd--cnt \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The University of Connecticut will officially cut men&#8217;s swimming, along with three other sports, after the 2020-21 school year as part of an overall plan to cut four athletic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":109612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[66326,59397,840],"class_list":["post-437087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-aac-swimming","tag-american-athletic-conference","tag-university-of-connecticut"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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