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ESPN had this article on state of university athletics, GT was featured as well.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=4314195
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=4314195
"As you walk across the department, you ask, 'Why are we doing that?'" Georgia Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich said.
Radakovich was forced to cut $3.8 million from his department's 2008-09 budget and laid off 13 employees. This coming season, Georgia Tech's football team will travel by bus to road games at Florida State and Vanderbilt. In the past, the Yellow Jackets would have traveled by chartered plane to those places.
Radakovich still feels fortunate that Georgia Tech's athletic department is in better financial position than others. Coming off football coach Paul Johnson's first season, in which the Yellow Jackets finished 9-4 and beat rival Georgia for the first time in eight years, ticket sales for the upcoming season have nearly exceeded projections. Georgia Tech has sold nearly 24,500 season tickets, according to Radakovich.
"I think it can't be understated," Radakovich said. "It is certainly better to come off a season like we had and try to sell tickets in a tough economy."