Wyo Professor: The MVC & Big Sky Conference would want us!

[ragtimejoe1]

AA was fully funded at the time. Funding was short because costs went up and bids for phase 2 were higher.

Funding was short because we did not solicit construction bids appropriately.

 

[McPeachy]

AA was fully funded at the time. Funding was short because costs went up and bids for phase 2 were higher.

Funding was short because we did not solicit construction bids appropriately.

And then some. Like phase 1 construction cost overruns.

 

[cali2wyo]

AA was fully funded at the time. Funding was short because costs went up and bids for phase 2 were higher.

Funding was short because we did not solicit construction bids appropriately.

And then some. Like phase 1 construction cost overruns.

Not to mention other projects around campus being extremely over budget (Fine Arts building) which forced the University to press the pause button and reevaluate the AA renovation.

 

[LanderPoke]

AA was fully funded at the time. Funding was short because costs went up and bids for phase 2 were higher.

Funding was short because we did not solicit construction bids appropriately.

And then some. Like phase 1 construction cost overruns.

Not to mention other projects around campus being extremely over budget (Fine Arts building) which forced the University to press the pause button and reevaluate the AA renovation.

Damn piano building!

 

[TracyRingolsby]

It would be nice if Burman would go forward and write up an opinion of his own addressing:

1.) The 8 million matching funds (potentially 16 million) and what it will do for our program
2.) UW has a budget around $530 million per year. Athletics is around $32 million of that. A good chunk of that is earned on its own - I'm not sure UW does much in terms of subsidies for athletics.
3.) Dropping to FCS is nonsense - unless you just want to weaken the university more.

Other than that - the article was tough to read. Good News! Bad News! Good News! Bad News! Lah-de-fucking-dah

I do respect that he admitted he was wrong in the comments. I don't trust any of the data in the article though.

The $8 million is two years at $4 million a year, so it is not potentially $16 million.
The UW budget, as you pointed out is 6 percent of the university budget. The CJC raises more than $5 million of department money (before any matching fund). As for the building of various facilities, the athletic department has to have the project fully funded before it can move forward. There are no lingering debts or bond issues, like the $240 million bond issue CSU will use to build its football stadium, which creates a drain on the University's borrowing abilities.
Maybe at heart he is "A Ram through and through,'' just like the new President he is so excited about. I guess that oversight shows his lack of any understanding of the athletic world.

Fully funded??? Like the AA renovations?

The AA renovations which were put on hold because of cost overruns and the Athletic Department had to revise the final plans to fit within the prefunding because unlike other buildings on campus that hit cost overruns there is no provision for school finances to be used to cover the expense.

 

[Bryoming]

Damn piano building!

Easy now! I spend a lot of time in that building in college!

 

[TracyRingolsby]

AA was fully funded at the time. Funding was short because costs went up and bids for phase 2 were higher.

Funding was short because we did not solicit construction bids appropriately.

And then some. Like phase 1 construction cost overruns.

Not to mention other projects around campus being extremely over budget (Fine Arts building) which forced the University to press the pause button and reevaluate the AA renovation.

Not sure cost overruns of something like Fine Arts building forced a delay on AA renovation because Fine Arts building is being covered by University funds. AA is being funded by donations, and not out of the University budget, unless there is something I have overlooked.

 

[LanderPoke]

Damn piano building!

Easy now! I spend a lot of time in that building in college!

It looks nice at least.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

The AA renovations which were put on hold because of cost overruns and the Athletic Department had to revise the final plans to fit within the prefunding because unlike other buildings on campus that hit cost overruns there is no provision for school finances to be used to cover the expense.

Which is why when appropriately soliciting bids, you ask for "cost guarantee". UW dropped the ball.