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A lot of good info already touching on some of the differences and accounting for athletics is mostly a questionable exercise where you aren't comparing apples to apples. UND at least makes an effort to try to balance out their spending on men's and women's, particularly on the scholarship side. UND enrollment is 51.8% M / 48.2% F, unduplicated participation is 53.2% / 46.8% and financial aid is 53.6% / 46.4% NDSU enrollment is 49.8% M / 50.2% F, unduplicated participation is 63.8% / 36.2% and financial aid is 62.2% / 37.8% (before additional football scholarships). UND also spends about $3 million more on women's sports than NDSU does (for a variety of reasons), but also offer more individuals opportunities to participate, which drives a higher cost that needs to be subsidized as they are mostly non-revenue generating. Some others who have better knowledge of it than I do can elaborate on how (un)serious NDSU actually takes their Title IX compliance. After some less than positive press, the Fargo media had their practice and other access cut. Things fell in line after that and haven't changed.

They did. They just lie and say they had the exact same number as last time. "Totally, trust us!"

They already fund their athletics at the expense of their academic side (see $10 million bailout a few years ago). Wonder where the money actually goes....finding some extra students to pay under the table to get their enrollment to be the exact same every year?

The Big 10 grant of rights is through at least 2036, so not sure how that would work...

Spending money on football that UConn doesn't bother with. Are those numbers for NIL or total basketball budget? Something seems off either way because UM spends more than $4.5 million in total on basketball but if UConn paid $34.5 million for their roster, they didn't get their money's worth...

Unfortunately that is where the money is and they are trying to make a one size fits all policy so there is less ambiguity for lawsuits. While I don't think it would happen, it probably also gives a little more merit to Buccigross' comments a while back that NCAA hockey could split off in some shape or fashion.

Such a lazy take. Compare MBB budgets between the conferences. Would guess MBB is the sport that most, if not all, of the MVC schools spend the most on

I'll give you the REA, but UND still pays to use it, very far from free. UND's rent also paid for the Betty. What was the final breakdown on the cost of Albrecht field? No argument it was a generous donation and led to action to get it built but pretty sure it was a fraction of the cost.

This isn't accurate. I'd probably give you the Alerus Center at "just rent".

Agreed, the original 18 was a really fun course. New 9 has come in pretty nice the last couple years as the trees have grown. Like it a lot more than I used to. Guessing cost + space is why they didn't do a completely new 18.

Not sure why you'd exclude Valley? Solid course and closer to half of Grand Forks than King's Walk is. I don't think there's near the appetite for a 4th 18 hole course in town when you count Valley and Grand Forks Country Club. The changes to Ray Richards aren't significant enough to make that big of a difference to go from "legit" to not. They aren't turning it into a par 3 course.

I don't see shortening Ray Richards changing the golf "landscape" in the Grand Forks area a whole lot. Two 9 hole courses that are shorter and absolutely perfect for plenty of people along with 2 public 18 hole courses (King's Walk and Valley in EGF) plus a private course. Fargo has four 18 hole courses (Edgewood and Rose Creek in Fargo and The Meadows and Village Green in Moorhead), two short 9 hole courses (Osgood, par 33 and Prairiewood, par 32) and a par 3 course (El Zagal) plus two privates. If you wanted to count Oxbow as a third private course, I guess you could if you wanted to extend out that far. Don't think I missed any of them. Roughly twice as many courses available for a population quite a bit bigger than 2x.

Add Brady Lee to that list as well.

Pretty sure this was happening.

Heard similar things. Staff is expecting big things from him.