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"Probably half of our football team comes from Minnesota, so that’s kind of a big deal to us,” College of Science President Rod Flanigan said.
Ahhh yes, the reason for the College of Science to exist... Sports. Honestly proud of my state for the changes they have been making, I hope the momentum keeps going.
One of the things I liked about going to Iowa State was just how much of the university funds were generated by educational led programs. Some colleges had programs with the US government to pay for research, some had tech patents that were licensed to tech and ag sector leaders. While we do get a lot of money for football, if that dropped off it would mean losing other degrees but not a horrible loss.
Until Nebraska joined the Big 10 all of the schools in that division had a similar situation. Its sad that there is such a focus on sports when the point is education.
I was all ready to respond about how even at an FCS school like NDSU, that football is a net profit sport. But based on the most recent info I could find their football team runs a slim net negative even though they’re a relative powerhouse in their division.
It's not always the accounting profit. The ones that control the purse strings can expense improvements, meals, airline tickets, and all kinds of pork barrel until they're "breaking even"
Interesting to show the effect one state can have on the region. If North Dakota wants to try to attract talent they got to step up their game. The highly educated workforce will be needed for the region. All states will need those with technical or trade education as well but will follow business