MSU Move to FBS

[CDAGRIZ]

Interesting look at it. I don't think either UM or MSU are in a huge rush, but need to be ready when the dominos fall. MSU could add both Men's and Womens Lacrosse (have the field) mens golf. MSU has access to a soccer field (in my opinion) so they could go with womens soccer as well. Softball would be tough, but they could add Hockey for both Men and Women, as they have a facility now, that is being expanded (it is not great, but they are improving it this year, and there is ex-NHL player money coming in). I think it has more to do with the amount that NIL and coaching salaries for the main sports would need to get to. That is a LOT.

Are you saying MSU has a hockey facility, or that there is a rink in town that operates independently of the university?

 

[SACCAT66]

Are you saying MSU has a hockey facility, or that there is a rink in town that operates independently of the university?

Rink that MSU club Hockey plays in. It operates independently. It is not on campus.

 

[LivingstonNative]

I heard the hockey team plays on that frozen cesspool, near the football stadium. That will definitely need an upgrade.

 

[Skookum-Jim]

Rink that MSU club Hockey plays in. It operates independently. It is not on campus.

NCAA men's hockey would be a really expensive sport to add. Very few teams west of the Mississippi, making travel difficult. The club team has been the beneficiary of the exclusion of avanced junior players allowed to play in the NCAA, forcing many of them into the ACHA. But that rule is now gone so it will be interesting to see how that affects the cats and griz club hockey roster.

 

[Copper Griz]

While I fully recognize this as nothing more than a thinly veiled (and horrible) trolling attempt, I'm going to nonetheless answer your question:

Well after Montana moves FBS.

The reality is that msu is considerably behind UM in readiness. Consider:

MSU would need significant (and costly) expansion and upgrades to RHS. UM already has the capacity necessary.

Absolutely NO FBS conference is taking a school without soccer and softball. So msu would need to build these programs -- not to mention fund and build the facilities!! -- from scratch. Ouch.

Both departments would likely need to add programs, but UM can easily -- and with extremely minimal costs -- add women's lacrosse (field is already there on the south campus), men's soccer (again, field) mens golf, and if need be, women's swimming and diving. What is msu going to add that doesn't come with an enormous facilities price tag? They have zero facilities for additional sports.

Very well stated. I also think it is tragic that people have no comprehension of what we are headed for as a nation. Take party affiliation out of it. Our national debt has ballooned to crisis levels. We haven’t had a recession in how many years? College athletics will be considered a luxury at some point and when the $$’s dry up there will be gnashing of teeth and crying for miles and miles and miles. U of M is very well positioned for the long game. Not a ton of debt. Solid facilities and slow growth. The world is changing rapidly. College athletics will not be insulated from those changes.