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MSU Athletics issues welcome post to Big Ten’s four new programs

USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are officially members of the Big Ten

The Big Ten has officially expanded to 18 teams.

The Big Ten officially added four new members on Friday, with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington joining the conference. These four schools officially became Big Ten members on Friday, which comes years after it was initially announced they’d join the league.

As part of the league adding four new teams, Michigan State athletics has sent out a welcome message on X. Check out their welcome note below:

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Report: MSU’s Mark Dantonio agrees to ‘indefinite’ furlough

Dantonio stepped down as MSU’s head coach in February, but remained within the athletic department to work on a variety of special projects

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Former Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio is reportedly on an indefinite furlough from his role in the athletic department, and has been for nearly two months.

Chris Solari and Steve Berkowitz of the Detroit Free Press reported this news on Friday, stating Dantonio agreed to the furlough in late August to help MSU better manuever through the financial hardship the pandemic has thrown at the athletic department.

Dantonio abruptly retired in February from his position as head coach of Michigan State’s football program, but agreed to remain within the athletic department to work on a variety of special projects, including donor relations. That role, according to the Detroit Free Press, is contracted through Feb. 22, 2022 and will annually pay him $100,000. Dantonio also received a $4.3 million longevity bonus shortly before his retirement earlier this year.

In total, Michigan State is reportedly on the hook to payout “nearly $15 million” in 2020 for Dantonio and new head coach Mel Tucker — who is on the first year of a six-year contract that pays around $5.5 million annually.

Mark Dantonio is the Spartans’ all-time winningest coach with a career record of 114-57 in the 13 years he was MSU’s head coach.

Read the Detroit Free Press’ entire story on Dantonio’s furlough, including comments from the athletic department

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WATCH: Michigan State athletes return to campus for COVID-19 testing, workouts

Football, basketball, and volleyball players are permitted to return to campus June 15.

College sports are starting to creep back at Michigan State.

Athletes from he football, basketball, and volleyball teams are permitted to return to campus for voluntary workouts starting June 15. Prior to working out the athletes must pass two tests for COVID-19 and follow all local, state, and federal guidelines pertaining to curbing the spread of the disease.

In this video from WLNS’ Audrey Dahlgren you can see Foster Loyer and Joey Hauser from the men’s basketball team heading into the Skandalaris football center for their testing.

Later Josh Langford, Malik Hall, Julius Marble, and true freshman Mady Sissoko arrived for the same.

Last night the school’s official football Twitter account tweeted some pictures of athletes returning to campus.

There still much to be determined as it relates to COVID-19 and college sports returning, but at MSU some of the athletes are at least starting to get bak into the swing of things.

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