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With football a mess, should we even be thinking about adding D1 hockey?

ChiTownChief

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Potential buyout situations. Salaries to pay for both terminated and new coaches. Legal expenses to negotiate buyouts. Logistical expenses for hiring new staff. Paying the remaining debt for the new football facility. Finishing the south end zone project.

I would love to see D1 hockey at the U of I.

How do you justify adding a very expensive program plus having to come up with another women's sport, and, building a brand new facility even with private funding? We aren't guaranteed that hockey will absolutely be popular here.

Shouldn't the football mess be fixed first?
 
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