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Originally Posted by Rob
If the football team didn't want to play, I would have started pulling scholarships and then we'd see how "Unified" they really were.
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Mizzou football in Columbia is big big business. It is a major part of the University's income and funds many different things beyond athletics. The college stood to lose 1 million+ this week alone if the game was not played.
edited in: I forgot that this weeks game is at Arrowhead (Home of the Chiefs) here in Kansas City so a larger venue than usual (79000 at Arrowhead versus 71000 at Mizzou) and it is always a sell out when Mizzou plays here so that gave the football team that much more leverage.
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