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It was a mutual parting agreement, beneficial for both sides at the time. Had it not been, UND would have paid some fees to get out.

Lance Rucker will be an absolute problem. Kaden Vig will benefit from that.

Don't forget the MWC owes the teams that left $46 million from what they've withheld from them from last year. The MWC has to make that payment and then within 3 days, the money (plus $3 million) comes back.

It is just one vote out of around 1,000. However, can't wait for the viral campaign that gets some random player a first place Heisman vote.

Reading is hard for some...

Money seems like kind of a big deal, no? I did read the article, but I'm not sure if Mike read the bill. A section carving out distributions NDSU won't get seems pretty relevant when you're touting something. In fact, he literally referenced it before completely ignoring the context of it:

More evidence articles are being pumped out with no real thought: https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison-media-zone/mens-sports/mcfeely-protect-college-sports-act-could-be-boon-for-bison Given that it is going to be a "boon", seems like there is some actual language in the Protect College Sports Act that isn't exactly friendly towards NDSU but was glossed over:

All the puff pieces must not be getting enough views so decided to go with the tried and true method of click-bating rival fans.... *yawn* More accurately, no one thought they were going to convince donors to pay an unprecedented ransom on top of revenue concessions to buy their way in. Plenty of people knew things going on behind the scenes, they just didn't think NDSU would actually give into the demands that were out there. And the money still isn't there. Hopefully the ones that already opened their checkbook are willing to do so even more because they need some big checks. On the flip side, everyone knew Sac St would do whatever it took, their president is either a genius or a clown, which time will be the judge of.

This really made me laugh....

Here's my attempt, not sure on a handful of them.

Are those not important? Do you think that it was a show of commitment to athletics for UND to be the first FCS school to offer FCOA and Alston Awards? If we wouldn't have Alston Awards, people would be losing their mind.

I would be a little more concerned if they had not hit OL hard the last few years (and done very well in retention). Never a position you can have enough depth at, but there's currently 14 OL on the roster for next years roster before this signing day with 4 year seniors. Finding bodies to fill spots is fine to a degree, but if you miss out on top targets, refocus and get one or two extra next year.

Both teams have a scholarship and roster limit of 105 after opting into the house settlement. Very few teams are giving out the entire 105, especially below the 4 level. Not sure what each team is actually giving. Have to imagine ndsu is giving out at least a few more though. One of those ones they got over UND, they called right after UND offered, asked the player to hold off on committing to UND and come to just one day of their three day camp. It is what it is.

Having your compliance department knowingly ignore violations, especially when there are external factors that you can't control, is not a characteristic any of the leadership at UND is going to tolerate. Just my opinion from interactions I've had with people in those positions though. Again, I think this is a non-issue if the transcripts never get in front of the compliance department. But they did and here we are. However, based on today's ruling on Texas Tech's QB, you could probably just sue the NCAA and get everything waived, but that speaks more to what kind of mess things have turned into than anything.

UNDFootball360 will have Schmidt on the podcast to go over. The kid's transcript getting to the compliance department and getting flagged seems to be where the issue popped up. How/why that got there seems to be the bigger question. Whether everyone is doing it or not (they are), can't put the compliance department in that position. Them not doing their job can lead to much bigger problems that are much bigger than the nothingburger that they agreed to.