Hyman Q&A: Money matters in A.D.’s tenure
USC athletics director Eric Hyman sat down with The State’s Joseph Person on Thursday at the SEC spring meetings in Destin, Fla., and discussed a number of subjects, including how the economic crisis has affected Gamecock athletics.
QUESTION: When you came to South Carolina, people joked about your frugal nature. Were you ahead of the curve on cost containment?
ANSWER: Other people call it all different kinds of things, but the word I like is prudent. I’m just conservative. I’ve always felt you’ve got to be a good steward of people’s money and you’ve got to treat it like your own. … I’ve always tried to take that approach. Obviously, it’s become more in vogue now than it has been because of the economic crisis.
Q: What measures have you taken to cut costs?
A: We have taken a look at different things in the athletics department (to see) how we can be more efficient. John Kasik, our director of sports medicine, looked at a different way of getting the medicine for our athletes. We came up with a different way to do it, and we saved like $15,000 to $20,000.
thestate.com
5/29/09
Magnolia Tribune
