Last December, Burman and Seidel testified to the Joint Appropriations Committee and asked for an additional $1.5 million in the state's supplemental budget to backfill expected losses from the House settlement. A news story about this testimony is linked here so you don't have to take my word for it.
During Q&A, Burman was asked by the committee chair what the consequences would be if the state did not make the additional $1.5 million available. Below is what was said:
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Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, questioned Burman what it would mean for the school if it didn't receive the $1.5 million request.
Burman said it would result in substantial cuts in the athletics program.
“We would probably be looking at sport elimination and making some very draconian cuts,” Burman said.
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As we all know, the additional $1.5 million request was not approved by the legislature.
I have said multiple times since then that approval of the House Settlement would likely lead to program elimination at Wyoming. Sadly, it wasn't me who came up with this idea - it was our AD.
One of two things are true here: either Wyoming is about to make "draconian" cuts that may mean program elimination, OR Burman lied to the legislature in order to get support for his budget request.
Is it any wonder that the legislature is tired of hearing from Burman and that he has lost credibility there? Whose fault is that?
During Q&A, Burman was asked by the committee chair what the consequences would be if the state did not make the additional $1.5 million available. Below is what was said:
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Rep. John Bear, R-Gillette, questioned Burman what it would mean for the school if it didn't receive the $1.5 million request.
Burman said it would result in substantial cuts in the athletics program.
“We would probably be looking at sport elimination and making some very draconian cuts,” Burman said.
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As we all know, the additional $1.5 million request was not approved by the legislature.
I have said multiple times since then that approval of the House Settlement would likely lead to program elimination at Wyoming. Sadly, it wasn't me who came up with this idea - it was our AD.
One of two things are true here: either Wyoming is about to make "draconian" cuts that may mean program elimination, OR Burman lied to the legislature in order to get support for his budget request.
Is it any wonder that the legislature is tired of hearing from Burman and that he has lost credibility there? Whose fault is that?
