THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL HAS WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS, ASKING THEM TO DELAY THEIR RE-VOTE FRIDAY ON ELIMINATING SOME SPORTS AT UNM TO BALANCE THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT’S BUDGET. COUNCILORS SAY IN THE LETTER THAT UNM ATHLETICS ALLOWS A LOT OF STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND, FOR SOME, TO REPRESENT THE STATE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
COUNCILORS BELIEVE THE REGENTS MAY HAVE BEEN TOO HASTY IN VOTING THE FIRST TIME TO GET RID OF MEN’S SOCCER … THE MEN AND WOMEN’S SKI TEAMS … DIVING AND WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL. THE COUNCIL AND ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER ADVISE THE REGENTS TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET ISSUE AND WHICH SPORTS TO GET RID OF AT ITS NEXT SESSION IN JANUARY.
BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WANT THE REGENTS TO DELAY THEIR VOTE UNTIL AFTER THE LEGISLATURE MEETS EARLY NEXT YEAR.
