Staff Reductions Coming To ADs

[AppSt94]

Equipment budget is not the first thing I think of when cutting spending in a university athletic department. I would think it would be the last place to see cuts.

UVA (who you would think has enough money) makes their field hockey goalies supply their own goalie gear for use in games. Most schools (including App and ODU) will supply that gear through the AD equipment budget.

Look for cuts like that. For the record, I think that is a bad idea, and maybe a liability issue.

As it relates to App, Michael Hughes had to supply his own kicking shoes.

You would think they would supply that but kickers can be quirky and I could see many of them wanting to pick their own despite the college providing a set. I remember in high school our kicker picked out his own cleats instead of wearing the ones that our coaches gave him.

They wouldn’t pay for soccer cleats with money from the football budget.

[AppSt94]

Equipment budget is not the first thing I think of when cutting spending in a university athletic department. I would think it would be the last place to see cuts.

Yeah that seems like a pretty misguided place to cut, but I guess there are no great options. I was also under the assumption that Nike paid us to wear their apparel and would supply nearly everything their schools asked for. Guess it depends on the contract.

Nike actually supplies the use of the logo. BSN is the supplier.