Lou Ann:

I either read in the Omaha World Herald online or I heard it in a radio interview with Trev Alberts an explanation that expenses at the D-I level would be more of a factor for the UNO wrestling team especially to be a successful D-I team as they have been in D-II. I believe Alberts said that currently the UNO wrestling expenses are around $250,000. I believe he went on to say that the expenses for either the two Summit League schools with D-I wrestling teams or maybe it was the average D-I wrestling team expenses were approximately $500,000 and that the University of Nebraska in Lincoln had expenses of approximately $1,000,000 for their wrestling team.

I am still hoping that UNO will not drop the wrestling team. I would like to see them stay at the D-II wrestling level if that is possible with this change to the D-I Summit League for other sports.

I definitely believe if financial support is there that it is more likely for a college or university to maintain wrestling program or start a new one. For example if Warren Buffett decided to donate ten million or so to fully fund a D-1 wrestling program that could be competitive at that level and would also take care of a woman's sport to meet the Title IX requirements, I would bet that it would be a given that Trev Alberts would recommend accepting that deal.