Before diving mto which fuctliuc, 1he comnuuec as ~pcdfically speaking or. it's important 10 understand ~xactlr why the 1oform;,111on 1he committee needed. Other factors that the comm,ttee researchc.-d indudcd wh:1t Sporb would be prcrc.rud. who would prefer eumn\ittte came lO its condu!iiOn, these ,por1>, what ,ports would be ;upportcd and what 1ypc of pcoplr Upon conSll'u<"ling a 10,member conunith.·e. lead by VP Indicated they would suppor1 1h01 progrnm. of StuJem Sc:rvlu.s Gr.1Jdon Stanley. sulxominltte~ were formed Of those who look the sur\·ey NIC students mad<' up about to focus on three sp«ific .1.re.1.s: developing and di.sscm111a1ing 35 percent of the total participants.. nearly 20 percent \\·ere high s(ho<>I a stakeholder interest sur"ey. obtnining da1a on the: ncndcm,c parents, JO percent were cu.rrcnt high s,chool students and community success ot s1uden1 athletes at NIC. and condueung ::i financial members, and NIC staff members took up around nine percenL 1·hese viability and imp;ict analy:,is. groups made up more than 90 percent of alJ sur\'ey participants. In 1 be commince rc,w.irchcd th~e Sp()rlS 10 add to their total. 1.744 people shared their Input on the polentlal e.,panslon. athletics program based on 111<• survey's most p<>pular picks; boscboll. Interesting and noteworthy numbers jumped off the page trJc.k, and cross: country. Due 10 Till.: IX rules.. NIC couldn'1 st:arl up upon review. Only 26 pcrccm of people thought that adding a women·s basebaUitlonc. lf1hey were to St\lfl up baseball. they would be required wrcstllng program \\l'J.S a good idea, but over ha)f of the responses to start up the other 1wo prog.roms as well. The commiuee dtcidcd were in f.wor ofa women's track program. NIC faculty and booster Lhat the easiest roulC to take "'as co look at what the stanup o( a.II members favored baseball 01os1 out of any potential sports. but the three programs would entail. boosters said 1hey wouldn't give nearly as much support to Lhe two The most important thing to look for when starting up cross country programs:. any orgnniiation or program is the financial situation lhal presents As for the support e-ach sport would accu1riulate, It is itselfimmedfo1dy and in th<' long run. lhcre are se\'t.rnl \'Uriable.s import.am to know that this has been a glaring issue Cor NtC athletics to this, such as th.: number of studtnts that would tnroll as a r,sult for several years.. S1uderu involven1enl in NIC athletics i~ abstn1 wi1h of expansion and the ewnts bringing linlc to no cost of f-acUities to housC' support f.rom students. Not a these programs. single men's baskc1ball game Baseball's 1otal Sl>rl· was 50ld out, de.~pite the team up cost pro)ec1ed 10 a 1oial ol compiling a 31 ·2 record and S57,5~7. Unifonns would eo1 going undefeated on the home up more than half of 1ha1 at a noor. Soccer games fall 10 liule o,•er SJ2.000. gain much or a crowJ, and the Tratk and cross empty gyms 1hai volleyball country wouldn't n..'<}uire 3S and wrestling mate-hes much in terms of uniforms, consistently bring out, despite prOj<'<'ling a price of SI 0,865 the programs· successes.. is and $9,040, respectively, but cause for concern. With that 1he equipment cost of track m mind. it was logical for is .iaggerlng. Requiring the committee to provide over SJS0.,000 In equlpme111 this question 10 the sur"ey purchase,, starling up thi< participanu. 355 students program would for..e the said 1hcJ would want 10 ~r school 10 take 01, t huge, 1he baseboll program return, committed leap. Cross and 27 percent said they Co1'1,.lru'1t'd In 1947, thr gtttri BW1d):IAnd,.-f M,fflClrial Fkld iatt in M.Kh a U*eol d,t.trpa:1, that NIC country would require n much \1,-'0uld support it. This number IIOhb•.ll lc forced ~ rS•) ~N)Cl'lr g,imei· 111 ~ F10, High School. 1M ttllUCb-wrtt origlmdl)' KbtJulC':d smaller investment. might initially seem low bu1 lobt t'fflC11'6te!d last fllll,but plaftt W<'n •htl\~ lndtfinl1dy -.·uh b~o(.«urlng• chr!lpff de..l. The committee Photo byG• and 1uition 3jd handed out Of the community ntembers who \'Otcd o.n a return of the would cost an addl1lon3J S90.000 for baseball and track. and almost baseball program, nearly half of1h,m promised support. Of those in 540,000 for cross coun,ry. the community who hoped for o track prog.r.1m, not even 30 percent ln 101aJ. the projected rc\·enuc was nowhere near the posith•e would suppon it. The numbers not only g.ive the C·ommit1tt reason to line. Each year, NTC would lose $65,667 to baseball, $45,390 10 trock, adv~ putting a hold on the rlS th< school should Christianson Gymmuium was construrtt:d in l949. It was consider adding was put out at the enJ or last rear. and provided the probably• sratc-of-1he·•rt piece 70 years ago. bu1 In 2019, It Feels like 28 llbi•Scnti11~~ a relic. 11,r C~ur di\les\~ Press com,,ared tht" baC"k-10.b;ick ,.ht11npion men·s b.1.,ke1ball team having 10 play in Lhe gymnasium to '"puttln8 1he ti.·lonJ Lisa in J garage." 1hr gym :il~o foils IO provide u colJcgiatt"•lt\'el regulatfon cour1 a.nd. as former wre:;-tHng coo.ch Pru Whitcomb has said. it fails to acd across: from 1he wastewater trcatmem plant. Another project is Memorial Field. \<\1hile 1his 1sn'1 connec1cd to NIC financiall)', the sotlball team ha• h«n affected by the conslruc11on Ol'l lhe baseball stadium and field While a majority of tht field ha:. been completed, 1hc next step or rcconscrucling tht grandstand has y