October 3, 2003

Athletics Program at Nebraska Helps Pay for Academics

To the Editor:

Critics like William C. Dowling ("Fire the Professors, Give the Coaches Bonuses," Letters to the Editor, August 15) should know that not only is the athletics program of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln entirely self-supporting, but it contributes $1.5-million annually to our academic programs. ...

This is the belief on which the university's current budget-cutting philosophy is based: If we must cut, we will do so to the detriment of the fewest, and we