Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio and sports reporter Jesse Severson spend their days covering the area’s sports scene. Occasionally, they give their viewpoints. In this installment of their Take 2 column, they talk about Buffalo axing four of its athletic programs, and what it means for Northern Illinois and the state of NCAA Division I athletics as a whole.
CARIFIO: On Monday, the world of #MACtion was rocked to its core when the University of Buffalo announced it was discontinuing four athletic programs at the end of the season.
Among the cuts – which the school said would save $2 million annually – were the baseball and men's soccer programs.