The University of Idaho Athletics department are anticipating to have an operating deficit of about $2 million this year in their auxiliary fund, Business Manager for Athletics Thomas Zimmer said. Zimmer said while Athletics’ expenses have stayed relatively level in the past years, the amount of money they’re bringing in has gone down. This is largely due to Idaho Football’s switch to the Big Sky Conference in April of 2016. This switched Idaho Football from the Sun Belt Conference while all other Idaho sports moved from the Western Athletic Conference
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