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We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
North Dakota State, a football team the big boys of college football should avoid like the plague, helped christen a $90 million renovation to Snyder Family Stadium — including a statue of famed Kansas State coach Bill Snyder himself — by taking a sledgehammer to the place.Bob Lutz, The Wichita Eagle, August 30th, 2013
Possibly in the short term. Long term I would think that ticket sales, donor contributions and other larger revenue sources would be more critical to that decision. Currently my understanding is that ticket sales revenue hasn't dropped significantly because season ticket sales were still fairly strong even if not all of those tickets were utilized and the decline has been more apparent and significant in the playoffs which doesn't affect as much because a large percentage of the net goes to the NCAA rather than to the university. However, how long that will remain to be the case will be key to the future. I am not a season ticket holder but know of a number of people who are and there were numerous times over the past few years where they were able to find tickets to better seats much cheaper on the secondary market compared to what they spent in Teammaker fees and Ticket prices. For them personally they see value in supporting the program but how many will continue to do that if that trend continues? How much will Teammakers need to reduce the fees per seat in order to keep this from happening? My guess is that lost revenue from those types of adjustments if they are needed would likely be larger hits to the budget than that. The key is trying to project how far attendance could/would drop if nothing changes and what that represents in lost revenue. I guess that's where most of my criticism lies regarding a larger plan for the athletic department. It may very well be that all of that is currently being accounted for and we have a rock solid "tipping point" in which staying FCS becomes detrimental to maintaining the long term health of the entire department. There is just absolutely no indication currently that that is being done in any meaningful way which makes it very difficult to just trust that it is happening.