The Sicatoka

http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4246493-letter-unds-relentless-cuts-hurt-loyalty-alums Yes ma'am, cuts hurt. But remember, a significant number of Alumni are ND taxpayers. They also expect their State and its universities to run efficiently and effectively.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4246494-letter-unds-title-ix-compliance-remains-air A premier national firm specializing in Title IX law doesn't know about Title IX law. That letter, that's a "double hamstring pull" stretch.

Remember: The Stanford Cardinal is not a bird, but a color. (It is Cardinal, not Cardinals).

Dear UND Softball, Congratulations. You survived last week. Frankly, that means nothing. Yes. Nothing. Performance matters. If you are dregs of whichever league you may reside in, at some point you'll be examined. Yes, frank, harsh, direct. But do not sit back and think "you've made it". You've made nothing other than a trip closer to the harsh spotlight. Tough to hear, but still good advice. Signed, A UND fan and a guy that once survived the first two rounds of layoffs at a place that did three

Did he leave or was he offered the opportunity to explore other programs.

Let me go a completely different direction: Chartrand. If they went with what looks like 16-7-3 (26), they'd still have Dixon Bowen, who played a lot of D in Penticton, as an eight defender if needed. I put this out there because on paper this '17-'18 team's strong suit right now is G (if Cam is healthy) and D (that Core 5). Running with 16Fs and having guys know it is ... (wait for it, I'm about to channel my inner Blaiser) ... SKATE OR SIT ... it should be better for the offense.

What was Blais' base?

Men's golf is yet to raise 4 million real or fake.

How many years ago was that? Say almost ten? And the endowment number is just short of double? That's less than seven percent annually and that's what university costs have been going up. Moral of story: Stuff costs money.

No. Read carefully what they said. $60 million: That's just women's hockey.

" ... not on this side, and not on that side, ... "

UND ran a 26-man roster last year (like usual). I doubt that'll change going forward. What was unusual was it was 14-8-4 (F-D-G) not the usual 15-8-3. So Pogo and Gersich and Cam are going to stay. That means 5 known departures (1G, 2F, 2D). The goalie departure returns that category to 3 (meaning back to 15 forwards). If Tomek leaves, Thome comes. That's a 1-for-1 swap. Schlossman thinks 4F and 2D are coming. The D is a 2-for-2 swap. But bringing in 4 but only losing 2 (plus the open slot if they go back to 3 goalies) means there's a "16th" forward. I don't recall that at all this century. It makes me wonder.

... make the hard decisions.

You mean, how come she hasn't written a personal check.

Underwhelming selection. I'd heard whispers about money issues at UNO. I wonder if he wasn't a fiscally responsible option.

Just because you aren't paying attention ...

You assume that's the only cut for NDSU. Wrong.

When NDSU took over that program it was supposed to be revenue neutral, no impact, on taxpayers. $3,500,000 later it's not so neutral.

Bring a jacket and umbrella.

Like he'd run with it.

My source just told me it's now on the public web site. http://www.undsports.com/fls/13500/Athletic Dept/BusOps/FY16 NCAA Report as Submitted 01.17.17_FINAL.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=13500

That's not enough. FY16 WIH: Expenses: $2,132,160 Revenues: $212,180 Net: -$1,919,980 At 5%, you need more like $38.4 million. Call it $40 million by the time you get it accumulated and another year of expense growth. And honestly, 5% is pretty aggressive. I'd say 4% is more realistic which would mean more like $48-50 million.

I'll let the person who gave the information to me decide if they want it to go beyond. Honestly, it's a simple FOIA request. I'm surprised some media jackals aren't all over it already. All you'd have to ask for is the FY16 NCAA report as submitted by UND to the NCAA*. *Yeah, I just flat out taunted every media member reading this thread. Let's see who's interested in reading the real data. **Conference distributions were about $300k. I assume that's all (BSC, NCHC, WWCHA) total. Found it by accident in the PDF.

It's in the minutes of the last #gobc meeting.

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