Just an hour and a half after Ohio State announced budget cuts, including furloughs and layoffs, athletic director Gene Smith hopped on a Zoom call with reporters to explain them. He detailed the pay cuts, a still-uncertain budget and more.
The bullet points from his question-and-answer session:
Gene Smith
- Smith says the primary objective in the personnel management space was to try to protect the needs of the athletes. That's the reason, he says, they kept all four members of the sports psychology team away from layoffs or furloughs.
- The ongoing training and testing is the main reason for those only taking five-day furloughs getting only a week's worth of furlough.