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MSU looking to cut athletics expenses, announces work group

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Missouri State President Clif Smart announced Tuesday morning the formation of a university work group who would work to determine ways to reduce athletics expenses by at least $750,000.

The announcement was made on the heels of Governor Eric Greitens’ budget recommendations for fiscal year 2018.

In Smart’s ‘Clif’s Notes,’ which was released Tuesday morning, he cited a $8.2 million cut to Missouri State’s core operating appropriations.

Smart announced a work group who would evaluate strategies to reduce expenses in athletics. Smart said that he asked the work group to reduced athletic expenses by at least $750,000.