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Michigan State AD Bill Beekman: Playing football will allow us to break even financially

Bill Beekman believes bringing back Big Ten football will be the difference between a massive budget hole and Michigan State’s athletic department breaking even.

As in a potential difference of $30 million to $40 million.

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That all remains hypothetical spit-balling at this point, particularly coming less than six hours after the conference reversed its Aug. 11 decision and announced it plans to start playing Oct.