Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
A special committee has been formed to look at the future of athletics at Wright State University.
The Special Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics will focus on athletics in higher education and recommendations around where Wright State will be best positioned moving forward, according to a statement from Wright State trustee chair Tom Gunlock.
The committee’s first meeting is Monday and that is when specific goals will be discussed, Gunlock said. The committee will be led by Wright State trustee Marty Grunder. Trustees Andrew Platt, Doug Fecher and Brittney Whiteside are also on the committee.
“Collectively this core group brings a depth of understanding and experience in university athletics and they may determine and request that additional members from the broader community be added as things move forward,” Gunlock said in the statement.
The special committee will look at intercollegiate athletics in a variety of ways, Gunlock said, including:
- The current status and role of intercollegiate athletics for the university and the students attending the university.
- Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on intercollegiate athletics both from a financial standpoint and participation from the athlete as well as the university overall. Will those impacts potentially be permanent?
- What changes can we expect from the NCAA and how will those changes affect WSU?
- How is athletics best positioned going forward to serve and support the university?
