They don’t have to do either. They can focus on Summit League sports, with non scholarship Pioneer football. Hockey is too expensive and will be a distraction for them. They’ll lose a ton of games unless they commit to budgets at the level of St Cloud Mankato etc.
In hockey, can you not commit and even have DI hockey? I agree, football in the pioneer and focus on Summit sports. In UST’s case, they have a lot of sports and some will be on the chopping block.