The Sicatoka

You seem to have the passion. Get on it. What's your NIL group going to be called?

Since they won't tell, let's guess! My guess: NODAK LLC acquired NODAK to give to UND as a name for ... the hawk mascot. It was going to be a way to help everyone finally "embrace the bird".

Many at the CSNBBS reclassification/reorganization forum point out that alleged "WAC eternal" loophole was closed a couple years ago.

Quite the rogue's gallery, and not in a good way.

There were only people who cover sports there. (Yeah, that was a thinly-veiled slam.)

I'll go one better: Most of the half-dozen or so who knew were working "backchannels" or "contacts" into UND to give them a heads-up to clean it up so there'd no issue to find.

Yup.

Where's @SiouxVolleyat a time like this? Using the WAC as a vessel to FBS was one of his visions. RIP @SiouxVolley

They have some major hurdles: And as a single-sport they won't be recognized as an FBS conference. They won't meet 20.02.9 of the 2022-23 DI manual.

The reaction to Port's reporting on a TM and who owned it was received as if it were by some quarters. Why? If it's all innocent and explainable why is no one at the microphone explaining what happened.

If you purport this you must be able to complete it. Go ahead. We're listening.

It has nothing to do with "ears"; it has to do with forum guidelines: no profanity. You agreed when you signed up.

< joke here about potentially doing as well from GF as guys there in person >

I’m not a lawyer, but how do you maintain confidentiality on work that is all public record (forming LLC, registering TM).

Friendly reminder that K-zoo and WMU are in the EASTERN time zone so Friday is 6 pm Central and Saturday is 5 pm Central. Adjust your pre-game 'rituals' accordingly.

I wonder if the words Shane and Pinto came up.

Here we agree. And it's not even a D. And the pipeline G doesn't appear to be an answer right now either. Play Johnson for a game. Make it clear the crease is open to first one to 0.900. <-- Yeah, just even that.

@brianvfdon't forget we're running long (16, not 15) one F this season. Next year? Anyone's guess.

Make your point without the profanity. Thanks. And what do you think I "hope" is true? That UND gets a black eye from a situation that just looks horrible? Well, that's what it got without my help and against my hopes. NODAK LLC took care of that. Even it's all 100% innocence and good-intentions, "oops, forgot to donate", I'd still like to hear that directly from the parties. One more thought: Port keeps being accused of giving an incomplete story. Well then scoop him. Someone please complete the story*. *Rather than some grand illustrious plan Port failed to report, I'd be more subscribed to a notion that a GenZer got "too clever by half" as the Brits would say.

Emerson would be the second oldest forward in the pipeline (Croal). Fall 2023 would be a safe guess.

Anyone care to speculate Emerson is in lieu of Bowden Singleton?

A link would be good ... and now that you mention it ... lookee what I found for mine-self.

I have nothing but supposition to base this on but ... I strongly suspect the first ForumComm writer aware of the concern is not the first one to go to press with it.

Is Port taking the criticism because he wrote about it when his peers are (pick your word: eerily, predictably, disappointingly) silent.

Public Questions: Why did UND not acquire the trademark after the April review (noted in UND press release last week) found it was available? Yes, UND had primary rights but why not lock it down completely. What was NODAK LLC's intent for acquiring it and then to not use it in commerce? The more personal questions: Bubs didn't know Howie established an LLC (this time in MN, the ND had expired) and acquired the TM for his daughter? Really? And didn't Howie see how this could look and could jam up Bubs?