UI Athletics Department projects $40-60 million deficit despite football’s return, four cut sports remain eliminated
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
September 23, 2020
University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta told the state Board of Regents in a meeting on Wednesday that the UI athletic department’s deficit is projected to be between $40-60 million, rather than the $74.7 million figure originally proposed. The reduction to the projected deficit comes after the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors unanimously voted to start the conference’s football season on...
Student-athletes comment on program cuts, history of sports at Iowa
Austin Hanson, Sports Editor
September 22, 2020
Since University of Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta and President Bruce Harreld announced that men’s tennis, men’s gymnastics, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving would all be discontinued at Iowa at the end of the 2020-21 academic year, debate has raged on with regard to the valid...
Save Iowa Sports fundraising campaign hits $1.65 million in pledges
Austin Hanson, Sports Editor
September 22, 2020
In just under 24 hours, $1.65 million has been pledged to the Save Iowa Sports group. The group launched the pledge-based fundraising campaign Monday afternoon as part of a larger effort to revive Hawkeye men's and women's swim and dive, men's tennis, and men's gymnastics – all of which will be di...
Pledge campaign to save four discontinued Hawkeye sports started
Austin Hanson, Sports Editor
September 21, 2020
A pledge-based fundraising campaign to support the four sports that will be discontinued at Iowa at the end of the 2020-21 academic year officially launched online Monday afternoon. The pledge form can be found at saveiowasports.com. Above the pledge form is a statement urging those that have ...
Despite Big Ten football returning this fall, Iowa’s sports cuts remain final
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
September 17, 2020
Football will be played in the Big Ten this fall, but the University of Iowa's decision to discontinue four sports programs at the end of the 2020-21 academic year remains final, Athletic Director Gary Barta said in a video conference Thursday. Barta and UI President Bruce Harreld announced i...
Former Iowa men’s gymnastics head coach Tom Dunn reacts to program’s discontinuation
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
September 16, 2020
Before the Aug. 21 announcement from the Iowa Athletics Department that four sports were to be discontinued, former Iowa men’s gymnastics head coach Tom Dunn’s phone rang. The sport he had coached at Iowa from 1981 to 2010 was being dropped after this academic year. The call he received was a...
Former Hawkeyes urge state Board of Regents to review discontinuation of four Iowa sports
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
September 4, 2020
A letter authored by former University of Iowa swimmer Vickie Nauman, which is supported by over 260 alumni, was sent to the state Board of Regents on Thursday. The letter questions the UI's "reckless manner" in cutting four sports and asks the Regents to review the matter. UI President Bruce...
Iowa men’s gymnasts making most of final season
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
September 1, 2020
The Iowa men’s gymnastics program was the only program that kept talking to redshirt sophomore Stewart Brown after he had surgery during his junior year of high school. Brown said that the program checked in to see how he was recovering. He showed he was coming back, and they offered him a...
Iowa men’s gymnastics head coach reflects on the team’s discontinuation
Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor
August 27, 2020
Last Friday, the Iowa men’s gymnastics team received an invitation to a meeting with the men’s tennis team and the men’s and women’s swimming and diving program. “We’re smart enough to know what was occurring very quickly at that point,” Iowa men’s gymnastics head coach JD Reive...
Opinion | There are no fall sports in the Big Ten, but there are plenty of stories to tell
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
August 23, 2020
I was in my hometown of Marion, Iowa, on Aug. 10, trying to keep track of the Big Ten and the chaos surrounding the conference’s impending decision to postpone fall sports. It was a confusing day. Contradicting reports made it unclear if the Big Ten had even come to an official decision yet. ...
Four Iowa sports being cut each have history that dates back decades
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
August 23, 2020
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld and athletic director Gary Barta announced in an open letter Friday that Hawkeye men’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and men’s tennis programs will be discontinued at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. After the Big Ten ...
Iowa to discontinue four sports programs at end of 2020-21 academic year
Robert Read, Pregame Editor
August 21, 2020
University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld and athletic director Gary Barta announced in an open letter Friday that the school is discontinuing four sports programs at the end of the 2020-21 academic year following the Big Ten's postponement of fall sports on Aug. 11. This includes the men’s gymnas...