That is a huge thing, and I don’t know it’s necessarily what is best for SDSU or what the athletic department wants, but that’s how it was in DII and if they had dropped a bunch of sports when they made the jump it would have been a publicity nightmare, and if we were to drop the amount of sports we have now it would still be a real bad look. I think I looked it up a while back but SDSU sponsors more or at minimum as many sports as every Big XII school does. It’s insane but it’s pretty much the cards were dealt. It’s also something that’s never talked about when comparing the budgets for the two schools that really matters.
I really shocked by the spending by ndsu on facilities, was that maybe from the new softball fields and basketball arena? I know the city or minor league team helps with the baseball field or owns it entirely similar to the dome, that’s a hefty plus to have two facilities taken care of for you.
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