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UVM Trustees Let Cuts Stand (Baseball and Softball)
Written by VT Sports Network News Feed
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The University of Vermont board of trustees will not reconsider the administration’s decision to scrap varsity baseball and softball, capping a heavily attended meeting Wednesday by taking a pass.
Revisiting the controversial elimination of the two sports programs is not the board’s purview, board President Ian Boyce announced after a half-hour, closed session to seek “advice of counsel.” In the open meeting that preceded the executive session, three board members spoke in favor of taking up the issue, and three against.