Michigan State athletics was celebrating Friday the $32 million gift it received from former basketball player and United Wholesale Mortgage president and CEO Mat Ishbia, but that influx of money will have no effect on the fate of the swimming and diving program.
Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman announced in October that the university would be eliminating men's and women's swimming and diving. He cited financial and infrastructure reasons. It's the first sport eliminated by Michigan State in nearly 20 years.
On Friday, Beekman reiterated the plans to cut the swimming and diving programs had not changed.