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After learning this week that Virginia’s athletic department leadership told head coaches of its “Olympic” sports programs they must become self-sufficient or risk being reduced to tier status, the Cavaliers are not alone.

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By Jerry Ratcliffe Was Lars Tiffany the first domino to fall in the new direction of college athletics? With most athletic department budgets gobbled up by football and basketball, and little, if any funds left on the table for Olympic sports, might this be the beginning of the end? To read the rest of this article and even more award-winning coverage on the UVA athletics department, including its nationally-ranked football and basketball programs, be sure to subscribe to “Cavalier Exclusive” to follow all of Virginia Sports Hall Of Famer Jerry “Hootie” Ratcliffe’s analysis and content. It’s the best in the […]