WIAC TO IMPLEMENT COST-REDUCTION PLAN
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 -- 5:51 AM
The WIAC announced Monday that it will be implementing a conference-wide cost reduction plan in response to the current economic climate and the resulting imposition of budget cuts throughout the University of Wisconsin System. Most of the cost-cutting initiatives focus on reducing travel costs since transportation, lodging and meals which comprise one of the single largest expenditure items for teams in the WIAC. Some of the more notable cost-reduction initiatives include:* Establishing later start times for contests so as to minimize the number of
overnight stays for visiting teams.
* Limiting postseason tournament brackets in all team sports to a maximum of six teams.
* Restricting teams to taking no more than one trip during the regular-season outside of an established regional perimeter.
* Exploring the feasibility of scheduling one additional WIAC football team as a
nonconference game beginning with the 2011 season.
* Suspending the annual conference summer workshop and football and basketball
media days for 2009.
* Freezing officiating fees at 2008-09 levels.
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