The Sicatoka

The "death penalty" is a by-sport penalty (see: SMU football). What do you hit with that at UNC? The issues seem athletic department wide. RE: Penn State - I never understood why the NCAA got involved in that one. That was a criminal matter. I would have liked to have seen a few more PSU officials in handcuffs for conspiracy (the cover-up of the crime).

You're right. The bluff is by the "no nickname" folks: We're fine without a nickname (but we'll keep wearing the old nickname). The NCAA (per Goon, and now GFH) seems more than willing to call that bluff with their "no nickname is fine if you're serious; but, if we hear complaints about hearing too much of the old nickname we're coming back at you" stance. I'm willing to say the NCAA is not bluffing on that. Why? It's the same approach they took last time, namely, you can have any nickname you want, but if it's the wrong one in our minds we're coming at you.

Last time UND tried to call the NCAA's bluff, UND lost a nickname and as a bonus the NCAA Executive Committee got a whole new set of powers to make up stuff as they go.

Californians? No. The folks at the table opposite the NCAA were the folks from the Spirit Lake Committee for Understanding and Respect. Now unless Spirit Lake Nation moved and nobody told me ... As far as the pipe ceremony, Judge Erickson gave it all the weight he could.

The free speech aspect of this is a non-starter. The NCAA is a private club. They can make up "club rules" as they go, and as a private (not public) entity they are not bound by the First Amendment.

If it wasn't them, who was sitting at that table in Federal Judge Erickson's court room? Sure looked like Archie and Eunice. Thank you for the offer, but I don't need your book. I watched the procedings in person in the court room. Judge Erickson ruled that they have no standing in the relationship between the NCAA and UND. You could see (UND graduate) Judge Erickson had sympathy for them and some concern about the "prudence" of the NCAA policy, but he also stated even if they had standing much of their case would struggle to show merit. Google: Sioux NCAA Judge Erickson

They are selling hope. See: 24 team playoff.

sky: You claim purposely. I say Freudian.

The "silenced" folks lost in Federal court. There's not a lot to say after that.

There's the conundrum: If there is a even just modicum of truth in what Goon was told, sure, "no nickname" may win, but your closing quip may have us losing in the end with the NCAA. (Your closing shows what the "no nickname" point of view is really thinking.) I personally don't want to see even the possibility of another bout with the NCAA. I'm pushing 30 years watching this quagmire (starting with a donation to refurbish parts of the old REA in the late 1980s) and it needs to reach a conclusion.

I'd say funding for this phase, as built, wasn't a problem. Evidence? The State doesn't let you build unless you have the funding in hand for what you are proposing to build. Have some things been shifted from Phase One to Phase Two? Most assuredly. However, ... big honkin' building ... check100 yard football field ... check8 lane track ... checkspace in place for future contingencies (i.e. Phase Two) ... checkHonestly, for a "training facility" that's a pretty solid and important start.

I still would like the NCAA officially on the record, actual document, as to their position on "no nickname" and potentialities that would flow from it. The closest we have is an email to Goon (using his media credentials) from a UND media guy recapping a phone call to an unnamed NCAA official saying how no nickname is OK ... but isn't OK if people start complaining about hearing the old name too much because there's no nickname. < insert Simone's statement about Ferris here >

It's all about where you put the decimal point.

In simplest context, yes. I suspect in practice the money flows through an "extra" T-account that spurs the generation and transfer of actual tickets. Before: Donation -> athletics revenues After: Donation -> tickets -> athletics revenues

This man supports.

Seems the similar planned plant for Grand Forks just got the inside track. I wondered how two could be constructed so near each other.

It's the closest thing we have to college hockey news in August.

I'll agree "in this instance". Do we know yet in the other instances?

Are we sure Teague hasn't violated any laws? "Groping" is illegal in Minnesota.

If the student body president said that would be done it best be done. At this point, I'm not willing to make any predictions about the sentiment of the student body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnRHAyXqYY

Didn't 3 of 4 students on the nickname committee vote to remove that option?

But if you're using money that would go to the program already, you're just adding a step.

What could a newspaper do ... let's see ... They could've gone to the U of Minnesota with their findings directly. They could've launched their own investigation. They still have investigative journalists on staff, don't they? They could've sat on their hands and let others become victims of this oaf.

For UND to average 15000 this season: I saw $35 tickets for a couple games as the highest listed price. For simplicity I'll say 1/3 is $12 (round up). With five home games, a 15k average is 75k total tickets sold. 75000 * $12 is $900,000. <-- That's if some organization bought them all. That's the model Eastern Michigan has used to make the 15k average.