I'm sure everyone is aware that Wittenberg is trying to cut various departments in order for the school to save money and avoid even worse economic issues. To put it bluntly Wittenberg has to cut something and it is not gonna be athletics.
And here is why, every sport no matter if it is football or if it is cross country it brings in students which in turn gives the school money. So take for example the football team, they have at least 60 recruits a year, and that may be a low number. That equated to how many thousands of dollars for the school, and even if those students transfer they are still getting some money from those kids still. Then you take a look at the Dance major, and no offense to the dance majors but there may be 4 dance majors. Now look at events how many home games to athletic teams have and how many dance recitals to we have? Huge revenue difference there. Also with sports, with our teams being as good as they are they host additional playoff tournaments too, so there is even more money there. So don't blame Wittenberg athletics for Witt losing money, that is just not fair. It is just that those departments are making enough money and when push comes to shove, someone has gotta go.
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