(07-31-2019 10:02 AM)MidWestMidMajor Wrote:  A journalist following the UA Regents' meeting tweeted these comments of UA system President Jim Johnsen:

@mattbuxton
What happens to the athletic programs?
Johnsen (unfortunately): It's something we would work with our communities on.
Says there's a possibility of consolidating the athletics into the minimum NCAA standard of 10.
Johnsen also notes that the biggest historical cut was about $25 million. This one is $136 million.

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I found these comments by reddit poster JDChambo interesting:

"There's nothing in NCAA rules that prevents satellite campuses from maintaining separate athletics departments. Penn State uses the same single accreditation model that the Alaska system will be transitioning to, and there's (in)famously an entire DII conference of just Penn State schools. Which means this entirely comes down to funding.

"However, it does appear that any changes to the ADs won't take effect until the 2020-21 season based on the general vaugeness, thus we can assume that both the Nanooks and Seawolves will play out the upcoming 2019-20 season as intended. Whether this turns out to be the swan song for either (or both) hockey teams depends on the next steps taken by the BoR and University administrations. The next BoR meeting is set for September."

Except the Penn State schools are all D3 or NAIA. The D2 conference were all teachers colleges and normal schools.