Better accountability and a better accounting system are long overdue at Washington State University, the school’s governing body was told Thursday afternoon.
The message was well-timed.
Already saddled with a $67 million cumulative budget deficit, WSU’s athletic department also faces allegations of mismanagement, including inflation of home football attendance figures and the improper distribution of free tickets to football games.
Those were the main takeaways from an embarrassing 79-page internal audit released this week. Its overarching conclusion: “The environment within Athletics … did not support a culture of compliance or fiscal responsibility.”
For some regents – who, along with WSU President Kirk…
