@MTH posted:Interesting article in The State newspaper today regarding the Furman program. According to the Athletic Director, Furman has been losing around $1,000,000 per year on it's baseball program. Lacrosse was costing them $1,700,000. Like many schools, their athletic program is funded primarily with student tuition. In 2019 they only had $8000 in baseball ticket sales. Sounds like change was already in the offing, but the program probably would have survived if not for Covid-19.
Some of the alumini have mounted an effort to try to save the program. Based on the AD's comments, it seems unlikely that this will be successful because of the amount of money that would be necessary to create a foundation/fund to sustain the program.
https://www.thestate.com/sport...link=hpdigest_sports
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Here are Furman's Baseball Budget for last 10 years
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Furman's 2019 Expense by Sport
| Men's | Women's | Total | Sports |
| $1,219,449 | $0 | $1,219,449 | Baseball |
| $2,293,070 | $1,746,267 | $4,039,337 | Basketball |
| $1,023,517 | $913,796 | $1,937,313 | All Track Combined |
| $6,808,128 | $0 | $6,808,128 | Football |
| $335,473 | $704,086 | $1,039,559 | Golf |
| $1,715,849 | $1,073,882 | $2,789,731 | Lacrosse |
| $1,213,895 | $1,222,663 | $2,436,558 | Soccer |
| $0 | $911,674 | $911,674 | Softball |
| $528,660 | $730,469 | $1,259,129 | Tennis |
| $0 | $922,382 | $922,382 | Volleyball |
