More than ever, people are donating to Mizzou athletics. But the guy who raised the funds suddenly is out without an explanation.
Athletics director Jim Sterk is stepping down, as the school announced a mutual agreement of resignation on late Monday afternoon. What the school should’ve done was respect those donors and fans by giving them some clarity on what happened. The donors and fans are the ones who bought into Sterk, and thus gave Sterk the money to buy the indoor football facility and make other improvements to the athletics program.
Instead, they were left in the dark, wondering if record donations weren’t the answer, then what is? Under Sterk’s watch, the athletics department and the Tiger Scholarship Fund raised a record $50.4 million in fiscal year 2017. Then, in fiscal year 2021 — a year we know in which many people took hits financially — TSF broke the 2017 record with $55.5 million.
