The Sicatoka

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.

Sure. But how about 1040s instead (make and pay in taxes comparisons). Mine (where I have some ugly checks to write in the next ten days) are laying right here.

Yes, but ND does "the Triple". ND has income, property, and sales taxes. "Barely above zero" is close to the price of my four season (Coaches) hockey tickets. And then there's property, and sales, taxes.

Congrats on giving Gov Bergum a free loan of $20. Me? I'll be writing checks. Big ones. And skipping lunch.

Wins thread.

I don't know, and I really don't care (as it's none of my business). I'm just saying don't assume either; every situation is different and I believe the coaching staff will do the right thing.

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.