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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 4306703, member: 4613"] This seems like big news to me. The university is a top ranked public and has a $4 billion endowment. It has all the resources and would join Bi1G Hockey. "... as has been well documented, college athletics is now existing in an incredibly fluid, dynamic environment, including [I]Alston[/I] awards, NIL, and student-athlete employment rights. We are investing heavily in new benefits for student-athletes, which increases the marginal cost associated with any new sport offerings. Such intense disruption has created ambiguity about the future, and we believe it unwise for Illinois Athletics to expand our sport model in such an uncertain environment." [URL unfurl="true"]https://fightingillini.com/news/2022/5/2/general-illinois-athletics-discontinues-exploration-of-mens-ice-hockey.aspx[/URL] [/QUOTE]