With Michigan State’s athletic department preparing for major financial losses without a fall football season, Bill Beekman would not rule out the possibility of eliminating or suspending sports this school year.
The total is staggering — potentially $85 million in revenue gone from what last year the athletic director said was around $140 million budget for Spartan sports. That means Beekman is directing his coaches and administrators to enter the upcoming school year first thinking about a bare-bones bottom line.
“I think we have to be in never-say-never mode,” Beekman said on a video conference call Thursday.