At the end of its meeting Tuesday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board’s finance committee voted to do nothing — and it may have been the most welcome inaction to Badger fans in a decade and a half.
The vote was to approve the freezing of ticket prices for a year, something the Athletic Department has not done since 1992. Back then, the department’s budget was $16.5 million; on Tuesday, the finance committee authorized a total spending authority of $89,149,700.