JohnA (RE: NIC boosters bash budget deal): Yes, I think it would be a bad move to go to the 'Junior Varsity' of college athletics when there's already a great national program at NIC. I know the new NIC president is from that realm and feels differently, but I've been to several booster club gatherings and the support for the teams would absolutely disappear if this move is made. I think the Trustees should address the revenue side of the equation and try to get attendance back up. It was only two years ago that they had record attendance so what's up with that, anyway? To destroy a well known program in the long term to deal with what should be a short term decline in attendance would be wrong, I think, and there are a lot of boosters who feel the same way. So, please give it a good think, Christie, before you make this move. (Photo: NIC Web site)

Question: Is the NIC administration trying to balance the books on the back of the athletics department?