You are seeing financial issues in D1 as we speak. The schools like Bethune-Cookman, Howard U. and some other HBCUs are struggling with finances in both academics and athletics. Cheyney is a prime example as the first causality in recent years. Saint Pauls several years before.

We also have threads like Akron and other MAC schools having financial issues in both fields. Trend in the downward enrollment at Northern Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Southern Illinois. We have states cutting education budgets by merging schools in Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin.

We have a thread on here about the merger of Armstrong State to become part of Georgia Southern. That fits in this thread as well. Same with the UTRGV with two schools merging. We are going to see more closers like Presbyterian or other small privates in the next few years. We would see mergers of failing public schools merging with the financially sound schools. I would not be surprise that either Tulsa, Oklahoma or Oklahoma State comes in to save Bacone. They do need a new image. U, of Oklahoma at Muskogee or something like that. Muskogee is one of the larger towns in the state.

So, this thread when a college or university either closes or merging do effect all the other schools in all sports. Remember Grambling State had to scramble to find a replacement in football last fall because of what happened with Bacone College.