The Sicatoka

Think of it like lacrosse in the NCAA. Men's and women's are effectively two different games with two different sets of gear and different rules. http://www.dummies.com/sports/lacrosse/how-womens-field-lacrosse-differs-from-mens-field-lacrosse/

My guess: NDSU allocates targeted donations and student fees under specific sport revenues. That would make each sport deficit look smaller but non allocated revenues look smaller as well. That's what the article shows. Individual sports deficits at NDSU appear small but they show a much smaller non allocated revenue number as well. Bottom line? UND had a budget problem that needed to be addressed and strongly and they did.

I'm saying now is not the time to relax. Now is the time to thrive. It's good advice.

Ah, Grasshopper, you do not see the wisdom of that line item. It is what we call "a three-fer", for that which appears to be one line item is six teams toward the minimum number to be DI. Men's Indoor Track Women's Indoor Track Men's Outdoor Track Women's Outdoor Track Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country Now you see the bargain that line is.

Harvard looks like they are slow-playing everything to control pace.

Be nice to German guy. English is a second language.

Dear Germany For a mere $60 million we'll keep training Northern European girls to have no one realize there is Olympic women's hockey.

I was in CHI a few days ago. Jokingly asked hotel concierge if they had a line on tickets. "How many you want?" Guy said upper deck was wide open.

Our Lady of South Bend

See: Community Bowl, Bismarck

Mens: 7

Using the FY16 report, let's look at what's been eliminated by equivalencies: Baseball 5.17 MSD 4.9 WSD 14.91 WIH 20.37* Or, 10.07 male and 35.28 female equivalencies. However, we know UND already plans to re-assign WIH and WSD equivalencies to other women's sports. *Yes, that's bigger than the NCAA limit of 18; it includes "exhausted eligibility or medical equivalency".

Using the FY16 report, let's look at what's been eliminated by participants: Baseball 29 MSD 22 WSD 35 WIH 25 Or, 51 male and 60 female participation slots. Knowing UND had too few spots for males before, this actually brings things toward balance.

Using the FY14, FY15, and FY16 reports UND has never been less than 53.8% males in the overall student body. In the same reports, UND males have never exceeded that 53.8% number in: equivalencies athletes receiving equivalencies dollars received participants (duplicated) participants (unduplicated)

Wow. So she'll use her fourth (of four) season of VB play but still only be in her fourth of five years of eligibility overall, so she can go from (fall) VB into (winter) BB season one and then come back for a second BB year (her fifth and final year of overall eligibility). A 6'3" player that can jump and a Ms BB runner-up. Aw shucks. And what's with these athletes finishing undergrad degrees in 3 or 3.5 years? (Poolman, now Dooley) <-- Someone should point that out to nay-sayers ala Rob Port.

I'm so Catholic the Pope makes jokes about me!

No. It's the fear of having a feline tongue contact you. Yes, fear of cat licks.

No photo op with Phil Jackson.

Exactly. I'd expect all the WIH to be reallocated to women's sports. Remember, UND must fund at least 7 sports in the Summit at no less than 85% of the NCAA equivalencies limit. UND has work to do there. MBB, WBB, and VB are there already. UND has to add equivalencies to soccer, softball, and others to meet that Summit requirement.

I've thrown a bunch of Title IX data into the other WIH thread. They probably don't want to go there. UND was in non-compliance in FY16 ... but it was over-weighted, biased, against men.

Mr. Tyler has an answer for that for you.

I gave the participation number. Now, how about ... equivalencies* and dollars. FY16 50.2% of equivalencies were to men. 50.4% of receivers of equivalencies were men. 50.5% of actual equivalency dollars went to men. Men per SI are 54% of the athlete population at UND. *An equivalency is a "scholarship" or a "grant in aid". But not all grants are the same. An equivalency to say a WIH player from GF is not the same as one to a Swedish WIH player. Yes, each count as an equivalency; however, the Swedish one is far more in terms of dollars. That's why both equivs and dollars are reported.

Rob Port did a FOIA for their version the UND doc I have. I suspect he'll have that just after I recover the Holy Grail.

The claim: The numbers (from the FY16 report from UND to NCAA): Duplicated* Men 290 52.3% Women 264 47.7% Unduplicated Men 266 53% Women 236 47% The last numbers for UND general student body I have: Men 54% Women 46% (agrees with SI article) Summary: The SI article about women athletes at UND, per the UND to NCAA FY16 data, is wrong. UND has much more than "43.4 percent" women athletes**. UND has 47 or 47.7% based on the data used. That means UND had too many women athletes in 2016. (47% athletes > 46% student body). Oh, and that's FY16 ...when baseball still existed! FY17 will show even worse imbalance against the men**. *Duplicated just counts "team members". Unduplicated only counts an athlete once even if they participate in both say FB and track or WBB and WVB. **I wonder if she looked up ... NDSU. ***To those that said UND was "over compliant" to Title IX. WRONG. UND was not in compliance with Title IX; it was biased against the men.

Nah, you'll just swing by and clean out the change in your cup holder in your ride and cover me.