{"id":637470,"date":"2017-03-02T16:22:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=637470"},"modified":"2017-03-02T16:22:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:22:48","slug":"this-should-be-happy-time-for-und-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/this-should-be-happy-time-for-und-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"This “Should” Be Happy Time for UND Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to an official University of North Dakota blog post, the timeline for the Athletic Department to make their\u00a0$1.3 million budget cuts has been moved back to April. Per David Dodds<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Last month, Athletics was given a budget-savings target of $1.3 million and was asked, with other units on campus, to submit a budget reflecting that goal by Monday, March 6. Kennedy has extended that timeline for Athletics, with a new report period slated for early April.<\/p>\n

The extra time gives Athletics the ability to sort out potential new revenue opportunities and ramifications associated with UND\u2019s recently announced transition from the Big Sky Athletic Conference to the Summit League in 2018 in most sports, as well as UND Football\u2019s intended move from the Big Sky to the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, UND President Mark Kennedy thinks that the conference realignments might play into some added savings and could mean less expenses for the UND athletic department. From Tom Miller of the Grand Forks Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recent conference realignments will undoubtedly result in added revenues and lower expenses in the future as we unite with closer regional rivals,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cNevertheless, it is likely that we regrettably will need to consider again the number of sports we sponsor if we are to support competitive efforts of the remaining teams.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If UND has to cut any sports programs, those programs in question will not have an opportunity to privately fundraise to save their program much like the UND men’s golf program did last year.<\/p>\n

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Watch the highlights as @UNDwbasketball<\/a> grabs a share of the Big Sky regular season title as they beat Sacramento State on Wednesday! pic.twitter.com\/qRwhe0AQxA<\/a><\/p>\n

— UND Insider (@UNDinsider) March 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n