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The University of Hartford s board of regents Thursday voted to drop UHart s athletic program from NCAA Division I to Division III.
After the vote, UHart Board of Regents Chair David Gordon said dropping to Division III would enable the university to strengthen its academic programs. While we know this decision will disappoint some members of our community, we remain confident that this shift is in the best long-term interests of the institution and all its students,” Gordon said.
The vote came a few weeks after a feasibility study said the move would save UHart nearly $10 million per year, and that the school currently loses about $13 million annually on its athletic program, which is part of the NCAA s Division I America East Conference. If the program was in the lower-profile Division III, the school would lose only about $3.8 million annually, the report said.
The University of Hartford could save nearly $10 million per year if it s athletics program dropped from Division I to the Division III level, a feasibility report found.
The report, a leaked version of which was first reported by WTNH, says UHart currently loses about $13 million annually on its athletic program, which is part of the NCAA s Division I America East Conference. If the program was in the lower-profile Division III, the school would lose only about $3.8 million annually.
In the report CarrSports Consulting LLC, the Florida-based firm UHart commissioned to complete the assessment, said UHart s Division I athletics program “cannot achieve the goal of becoming more self-sustaining.”