Am I the only one to see the absurdity here..."in the worst case scenario cuts COULD also include the elimination of some athletic programs" while the same article barely mentions the 84 academic programs being eliminated (or under consideration for elimination) and several hundred staff positions (including at least 151 academic jobs) being terminated.  

If we feel that hockey and basketball are more important than professors or academic programs then both the University Administration and the Legislature need to review the overarching purpose of higher education - and it doesn't have anything primarily to do with Hockey, Volleyball, or Basketball (hint: it does have quite a bit to do with professors, student services, and campus physical plants)