To hold the line on ticket costs in the draft of next year’s budget, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department plans to reduce expenses. That action isn’t uncommon today, with economic hardships rolling into just about every industry.
UW’s athletics budget for the 2009-10 school year will be down from the nearly $90 million set forth for this year, said John Jentz, associate athletic director for finance, at an Athletic Board committee meeting last Tuesday. The extent of that reduction hasn’t been finalized.
But concerns have been raised about whether UW has presented an accurate revenue forecast, especially with ticket prices holding steady — not to mention a downturn in fortunes for football and, so far, men’s basketball.