Claims of Financial Exigency & Roster Management Practices Under Scrutiny in Portz v. St. Cloud State University

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer & Professor, Department of Sport Management, Drexel University, ejs95@drexel.edu   In March of 2016, St. Cloud State University (SCSU) administrators announced an athletics reorganization plan that included elimination of the men’s cross country and track and field teams (both indoor and outdoor) as well as men’s and women’s tennis and Nordic skiing. Pointing to a downturn in institutional enrollment and subsequent loss of tuition revenues