Southeastern University AD Artigues talks Grambling, athletic budget cuts - John Binder, Lion's Roar

Director of Athletics at Southeastern Jay Artigues has reflected on the situation at Grambling and believes that it would never occur on Southeastern’s Campus. Artigues said that maintaining athletic facilities is crucial to attracting high-class athletes to Southeastern and that self-generated revenue ensures that funds continue to flow into athletics. After the Grambling State University controversy, where the university’s football team essentially revolted against athletic department budget cuts, questions arose throughout national media outlets as to whether state athletic departments in whole could crumble from financial cuts. Newly named Athletic Director Jay Artigues says the forfeiting of a game, as Grambling State’s football team did against Jackson State University under the context that bus trips were too long and that there was lack of food while on the road, would never occur at Southeastern. “Obviously, we can’t control what happens here at Southeastern, but we would never forfeit,” said Artigues. “That would never happen. We’d make every effort to make sure that didn’t happen.”http://www.lionsroarnews.com/news/artigues-talks-grambling-athletic-budget-cuts-1.3114106#.UpwFMcRDtvA