In Goon's new article, he mentions that the Sate of North Dakota could have close down a 2 year college and not have cut any sports at UND.
This was actually brought up in Montana by the Governor to balance the budget for the universities in Montana. He proposed that a 2 year college gets shut down to balance the budget for Montana and Montana State.
http://thesportsdaily.com/goonsworld-blog/my-take-on-the-plight-of-und-fringe-athletics/
Edit: Apologies to Goon as MifiaMan pointed out redwing77 wrote it.