Joining the Mountain West would run an $8MM - $9MM annual deficit - can we overcome that?

[MontanaGrizSoccer]

Before I could give you an honest answer to the higher taxes to move up to the FBS question you'd have to be able to tell me how much higher.

In Fiscal Year 2025, the State of Montana generated approximately \(\$3.38\) billion in actual state general fund revenue. You can raise funds where taxes such as property taxes are not raised.

 

[GriznMN]

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[GriznMN]

Douglas County Colorado which is in the top 10 wealthiest counties in the nation by income has voted down school bonds 3 times in the past 15 years. Take a guess which political party they typically support.

The party that doesn't support education and still stands by a failing president.

 

[5280Griz]

“What the NIL is presenting is not sustainable,” Deion Sanders said to ESPN on February 6. “Oftentimes, it seems like you see the same consistency of teams winning and winning and winning because of the finances that some of the boosters and the donors can give. But that needs to be fixed, and we need some type of commissioner. And we need somebody to step up and make sure we’re doing this thing in unison.”