CNN- German soccer returns but not as we know it Soccer's new look Germany's top-flight division regularly attracts an average of 43,300 people every game, but no more than 322 will be able to attend matches until the end of the season, with matches to be played behind closed doors. The select few allowed to attend games will then be split into three distinct zones -- the stadium exterior and interior as well the stands. Only 98 people (including players, coaches and referees) will be allowed around the pitch itself with a further 115 in the stands (including journalists, hygiene staff and emergency services) and 109 more outside of that (consisting mainly of security guards). A timetable will limit who is permitted into the stadium at any one time, including the staggered arrival of the teams around 90 minutes before kickoff. "The matches will feel different," said DFL CEO Christian Seifert. "After the first match-day we will all know why we prefer games with fans." "But that is the framework we have to operate in, and I expect the best possible sport within this framework."
USA Today- Former Olympic soccer star Hope Solo: My dog was shot and is in critical condition Former U.S.Women's National Team goalie Hope Solo says on social media that she is "heartbroken" a day after her dog was shot. "Our magnificent dog Conan," Solo wrote on Instagram, "is in critical condition after being shot last night. It's hard news to share, but harder to make sense of such a heinous act." She posted the news as the caption of a photo of herself, her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, and her canines including Conan on the left. "Jerramy and I are shocked and heartbroken, but we want to say thank you to Wilkes Veterinary Hospital and their staff for rushing Conan into emergency care, as well as their COVID-19 care practices."
WKYC.com University of Akron discontinuing men's cross country, men's golf, and women's tennis in new budget cuts The elimination of these sports, along with salary reductions for select coaches, staff position eliminations, scholarship and operating expenditure reductions will total approximately $4.4 million" the press release details.
Las Cruces Sun News - New Mexico State operating budget expected to be revised The Chancellor told the regents that until the legislature acted, it was hard to tell what the affects would be, but warned that the university could face a budget deficit of $5 million depending on how much lawmakers claw back.
Insidehighered.com Missouri Western State University Missouri Western cuts 30 percent of the faculty, along with programs in history, political science, sociology, economics, music and more. Of all the faculty cuts made during COVID-19 pandemic so far, those at Missouri Western State University may be the deepest. The institution is laying off 31 nontenured instructors, including some on the tenure track, at the end of this year. Twenty remaining professors will receive terminal, one-year contracts, meaning that about one-quarter of the full-time faculty will be gone by 2021. Others will take early retirement. Dozens of majors, minors and concentrations are being cut, too, including English, history, philosophy, political science, economics, sociology, Spanish, French and the arts. Sacramento Bee UC, CSU to lose 10% of state funding in new California budget proposal California’s public colleges and universities stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in planned funding in the state budget proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom released Thursday. The California State University and University of California budgets each would take a 10 percent cut from their planned funding. The proposal also rolls back funding for community college support services like campus food banks. The proposed funding cuts are detailed in a $203.3 billion budget that Newsom released to show his plan to close a projected $54.3 deficit that emerged since the coronavirus outbreak halted much of the state’s economic activity. Earlier this year, he had proposed a $Community college funding depends on money from Prop. 98 the education formula used to finance K-14 education. The budget estimates a $19 billion loss in Prop. 98 funding. To offset this blow, Newsom’s budget proposes cobbling together minor tax changes, federal assistance and revising pension fund contributions. The plan increases Prop. 98 funding for community colleges by $130 million.
