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Arizona Athletics to experience $7.5 million shortfall this year

Things are not so great in the Old Southwest. After the Corona Virus pandemic virtually shut down all sports, it’s having a major impact financially across the World, with Arizona Athletics being affected as well.

For starters, it’s no secret that the Tucson Community and the Arizona Athletic Department have a unique relationship as they thrive cohesively and dependently with each other. Both see a significant, financial impact when the community is doing well and the department is doing well and vice versa.

Well, over the last month or so, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Arizona Athletics has been impacted significantly from a financial perspective, especially as the Corona Virus pandemic started to shut everything down.