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Salaries cut by 17%, in addition to the 16 people let go and 35 furloughed:
In a second round of cost-saving measures, UW Athletics announced on Thursday that it has eliminated 16 positions and instituted temporary furloughs or hours reductions for an additional 35 staff members. https://t.co/Cff5vnt9Ka
— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) September 11, 2020
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More from Jen Cohen:
Jen Cohen said UW is being "aggressive" with budget cuts "so that when we come out of this thing, we’re not behind. We want to be ahead of everybody else."
— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) September 10, 2020
A Q-and-A with UW's AD on the budget, watching other P5s play football while the P12 sits, & more.https://t.co/ufIXxir7j0 pic.twitter.com/c9LtRbo1MD
As expected, the regents rubber-stamped Cohen's request to defer a year of payments on the loan that funded the renovations of Husky Stadium and Husky Ballpark. That's about $14 million the athletic department doesn't have to spend in FY21.
— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) September 10, 2020
When asked during a presentation to the UW board of regents for the probability that there will be a winter/spring Pac-12 football season, AD Jen Cohen said it's 50/50, but she's trying to be optimistic. There's concern about a second wave of COVID-19.
— Mike Vorel (@mikevorel) September 10, 2020
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Podcast of Champions discusses the possibility of a season:
In this edition of the Podcast of Champions, we talk about new rapid testing in the Pac-12, some recent opt outs, and much, much more: https://t.co/ErG5a3TAli pic.twitter.com/1IWBsgOh7n
— PodcastOfChampions (@Pac12Podcast) September 10, 2020
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Captain Shaq:
Put a C on their chest pic.twitter.com/BFa0hxLzzZ
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 10, 2020
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Steelers GM says players who play in 2020 will be more on the radar of NFL teams:
Do you agree?
— Chris Fetters ⭐️ (@Chris_Fetters) September 10, 2020
NFL GM says players who opt-out of the 2020 college football season could be hurting their NFL draft stock. @Dawgman247 https://t.co/sWHG7FlyDd
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