{"id":30405,"date":"2009-03-11T21:27:06","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T02:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/03\/11\/bowling-green-program-could-be-in-jeopardy-according-to-trustee\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:24","slug":"bowling-green-program-could-be-in-jeopardy-according-to-trustee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2009\/03\/11\/bowling-green-program-could-be-in-jeopardy-according-to-trustee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowling Green Program Could Be In Jeopardy According to Trustee"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bowling Green men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ice hockey program could be in danger of folding, that according to a report in Wednesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune<\/i>. <\/p>\n
According to the report, the University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Board of Trustees is looking at potential budget cuts after the state school reported an expected shortfall of between $6 and $10 million when the new state budget goes into effect on July 1. <\/p>\n
The hockey program is part of an athletic department that lost more than $750,000 this year, something Trustee Michael Marsh said happened despite the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153best efforts.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t continue,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Marsh. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The academic departments know they are in for severe changes and athletics can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be treated any differently.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Marsh said that Athletic Director Greg Christopher has made no specific recommendations for or against any athletic programs, including hockey. But he also said that everything, including the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Division I men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ice hockey program, is on the table for potential cuts.<\/p>\n
The Trustees have a retreat planned for next week, according to the report, but that agenda will deal with academic programs. The next schedule meeting of the Trustees is April 23. <\/p>\n
Bowling Green has a storied hockey history that dates back to 1967-70. The school was one of the founding members of the CCHA and won the national championship in 1984. <\/p>\n
Since that time, though, the program has struggled. The team hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had a winning record since 1997 and has just one winning season in league play since 1996. The Falcons finished last this season with an 11-24-3 overall mark and an 8-19-11 mark in CCHA play. It was the third last-place finish in four years for Bowling Green. <\/p>\n
A planned $4 million renovation to the school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arena was recently scrapped. It would have been one of the first major renovations of the building since the 1989-90 season. <\/p>\n
Officials within the athletic department, including Bowling Green head coach Scott Paluch, said they were unaware that any decision has been made about the program\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future, according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bowling Green men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ice hockey program could be in danger of folding, that according to a report in Wednesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. According to the report, the University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Board of Trustees is looking at potential budget cuts after the state school reported an expected shortfall of between $6 and $10 million when the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n