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"Substantially proportionate" does not mean exact numbers match. It means as close as you can reasonably estimate year to year undergraduate enrollment fluctuations. But, to your point, moving the fraction of athletic opportunities away from the fraction of men on campus is good for a question.

Sticking all of the $2.3 million expense for use of the REA facilities under just MIH when WIH, MBB, WBB, WVB, and WSoc all use the facility (admittedly to varying degrees) is a gross misrepresentation of reality. I'm not sure that would pass muster with any GAAP audit.

Like I said, pure guess. The 5%? More home games and using the upper deck for them.

I don't think Ms. Erle knows either. If all the costs of REA are associated to MIH, there are no costs associated to MBB, WIH, WBB, WVB, and WSoc. That adds big dollars to the mens side of the balance sheet and nothing to the womens side (who are getting all the benefits with no cost). So yes, as she says, "It certainly doesn't do us any favors in gender equality." But I don't believe she understands what she just said. She thinks it's a way to force more dollars onto the womens side of the ledger to create balance. Well, if there were more dollars to add, she'd be right. But, there are no more dollars. And now this little factoid, discrepancy, dare I say inequity, is in the light of day. The solution is clear: The six users of the REA complex must each show a portion of the rent in their cost breakdowns. MIH must no longer carry the load for all; it is not equitable treatment. I say the breakdown should be based on space and hours used (training, lockers, practice, game day). WSoc would have the smallest portion, but there would be something. The MIH and WIH portions would be roughly equal and probably much larger than MBB, WBB, and WVB. Pure guess by me, but I'd suspect the final breakdown would look something like: MIH: 35% WIH: 30% MBB: 10% WBB: 10% WVB: 10% WSoc: 5% WSoc is probably still too high, but you see what I'm trying to get at.

So, if I go down to Ft. Yates and pitch a tent in the SRST offices claiming that, how long before I'm forceably evicted from tribal land?

Sounds pretty crappy to me. (It had to be said.)

Why do I smell the smell of the Marquette fiasco? Warriors Gold Golden Eagles Go Rough Riders!

The sign where they put on the Brien logo and wrote in Sioux is plain old notgonnahappen.

It comes with the lemonade. No substitutions.

How does uniform selection work? Does the home team declare a full combo (helmet, jersey, pants) and then the road team has to contrast? Is the required contrast just jersey? I'm asking. However, I do like doing as much contrast as possible. I think it helps the QB pick out his guys. In this case: - helmets: green v. orange - jerseys: white v. orange - pants: green v. white Side note: I like wearing lots of green at home. I do believe it helps to hide guys (our defenders) on the green background that is the field. Not sure if it's good for our QB however.

SME made the best lemonade they could.

Folks, remember, this is a budget shortfall situation. Dropping sports doesn't guarantee there'll be excess to redistribute. Dropping might just cover the shortfall.

Future as a campaign speech writer?

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: You don't join a conference; you are invited to join. <-- Massive difference.

Found myself in downtown Fargo this morning. I saw two oil trains going through (10 and 11 AM) on the north set of tracks, the ones that go past the old Great Northern depot. You know the ones: Two blocks south of Sanford Hospital. Imagine a "Casselton 2.0" down in there. I'll take the managed pipeline thank you.

I said this in the Merchandise thread; I'll say it here:

The statistics say there is a certain fraction of miscreants like this out there. Sawyer never intended to hire a pervert as superintendent. Just as Mandan, Bottineau, Grand Forks, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Bismarck school districts all never intended to hire teachers that would have sex with their kids. But there is a certain fraction of miscreants out there despite all the licensing and vetting and background checks you can do. Given that, I guess I'd rather be rooting them out, exposing them, and running through the justice system. If you're not finding any miscreants you're not looking. And if not, why.

A running team getting 21.5 on what is supposed to be a windy, rainy day. Tempting ...

I saw EUR/NA, SWE/FIN and CZE/RUS earlier today on NHL Network (re-runs). I believe ESPNU is doing CAN/USA tonight.

Arrogance != Lunacy

Anyone watching the pre-tourney games on NHL Network? I just realized they're running them.

Undoubtedly.

Wet weather game with wind. Oh ... not that kind of prediction. How about 19-16 good guys.

Uh, ESPN3 is an on-line only app.