Increased Fuel Costs Forcing Athletics Administrators to Rethink Travel

Increased fuel costs are forcing athletics administrators to rethink where their teams compete.

Hs 708 Ab Long before the average price of diesel fuel in Asheville, N.C., reached $4.75 per gallon (up $1.86 from a year ago), A.C. Reynolds High School athletic director Jim Sziksai warned his coaches of a pending gas hike. "I kept reminding them for the past year that tough times are coming," he says, adding that as early as 2006 he began asking coaches to consider scheduling more non-conference games with nearby opponents. "But I didn't predict prices were going to rise as dramatically as they have."

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