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Rob Port: UND sports fans are not the school's constituents

Last week Grand Forks Herald sports reporter Brad Schlossman threw some shade at University of North Dakota President Ed Schafer over his handling of cuts to the school's athletic programs.

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Central Cass grad Ellery Bresnahan will graduate from UND next year and end his baseball career with the school discontinuing the baseball program due to budget cuts. UND Athletics

Last week  Grand Forks Herald sports reporter Brad Schlossman  threw some shade  at University of North Dakota President Ed Schafer over his handling of cuts to the school’s athletic programs.

“The UND President’s Office botched the cutting of the baseball team, resulting in weeks of controversy and negative headlines,” he wrote.

UND had a budget shortfall created by the mismanagement of Schafer’s predecessor, compounded by shortfalls bleeding over from the statewide budget, and Schafer has made it clear that sports programs are a sacred cow he’s willing to slaughter to make ends meet.

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