Deromedi wants to propose athletics fee again at Dec. 6 trustees meeting
Athletics Director Herb Deromedi wants to again propose a one-time athletics fee to the CMU Board of Trustees Dec. 6.
“We have not received word back from the board yet,” Deromedi said. “We would like to propose it again and see if we can get it passed.”
Deromedi said no word has come back yet whether it will appear on the agenda.
The fee would charge incoming freshmen $300 and transfer students $200 to help fund the Athletics Department.
Academic Senate members and some trustees expressed dislike for the proposal last year when Deromedi introduced it to the A-Senate in October. The board never voted on the proposal last year.
The fee would help plump the athletic department’s slim budget, further trimmed recently with the installation of FieldTurf in Kelly/Shorts Stadium and the building of a field hockey complex.
A new women’s sport could also be funded by the fee.
Ten of the 13 Mid-American Conference schools have a similar student fee in place.
The amount proposed is below the conference average, Deromedi said.
If approved, the fee would be instituted for the 2005-06 school year.
“This would not affect any freshmen or transfer students this year or next semester,” he said.
The Student Government Association is forming a committee to look into the athletics fee and why it is being proposed again.
“(SGA) fully supports the athletics fee and feels it will be a benefit for students and the university,” said SGA President Melody Hull, White Cloud senior.
