The Sicatoka

You feel free to be whatever you choose, but me, ... Nope. I can't be a Nazi. I won't deny my faith as many others did to get on the Nazi's "good" side. The Nazi "we hate them list": 1. Jews. 2. Communists (competition for power) 3. Catholics (again, competition for power) http://catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0033.html

O'Bannon et al 1 NCAA 0 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/judge-rules-against-ncaa-in-ed-obannon-lawsuit-2014-08-08?link=MW_latest_news

I think no one has any clear vision of where this is going or could end up. Now toss in the NCAA's loss in the O'Bannon lawsuit and things are really getting interesting for the future of "amateur" college sports. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/judge-rules-against-ncaa-in-ed-obannon-lawsuit-2014-08-08?link=MW_latest_news

I always wondered how a guy born in 1930 could "be a Nazi". Did the Third Reich have middle-school youth branch in Thief River Falls for Scandinavian ancestry kids living in homes with dirt floors during WWII (1939-1945)?

I'm surprised there's such concern over there about a sport, by their own statements, that "nobody cares about". And about a team that they claim is no longer a rival no less. Peculiar. Most peculiar. You'd think the discussion would center more around being in the Summit, where it's fairly safe to say that most Summit schools won't vote for "full cost scholarships" in basketball when that day comes (and it will come, trust me, the P5 will go there next to keep widening the gap) because they can't afford it.

You mean we have to put up with another decade of this while you finish your BS in shoveling ... well, ... BS?

If you do full cost for men's hockey and need to stay compliant you do full cost for ... (wait for it) ... women's hockey. <-- It kind of solved itself.

2017: NDSU loses at EWU; UND (one loss) defeats previously undefeated EWU in Grand Forks in de facto BSC title game.

Sure seem to be a lot of BSC teams on the NDSU schedule here of late. I thought that the BSC was out of the footprint, too much travel, etc. Maybe SiouxVolley is onto something and NDSU is trying to cozy up to Fullerton's flock just in case.

When the P5 start playing an insular schedule, there'll only be about 60 FBS schools left. Those won't have the resources of the P5 (obviously) and will need more opponents that are more regional (for travel and attendance). Take the P5 out of FBS and what's left? Stuff ranging from Boise State and BYU down to MAC and Sun Belt team down through recent move-ups Appalachian State and Georgia Southern.

No, my question is not ridiculous. If UND was going to give in to the NCAA why didn't it close the deal right away, ala Arkansas State. This pussy-footing around and letting it fester for years, approaching a decade, is good for no one. To be clear, my view on the matter is: I don't have to agree with it; Hell, I don't even have to like it; but I have to deal with it because it is the reality. We are not dealing with reality. Kudos to Arkansas State for dealing with reality and moving on.

Roosevelt had about as much to do with the founding of UND in 1883 as the Standing Rock and Spirit Lake Sioux Nations did.

If you don't want to be bought out, don't agree to a contract with a buy-out clause.

I get where you're going: shut them all down but the oldest, first University in the territory, the one started six years before statehood, 1883. Right?

Depends on the who/when/where he was leading.

Can't be the Bull Moose --> sexist.

Couldn't it be said that a Rough Rider is anyone who chooses to follow the leadership of Teddy Roosevelt.

So, Sod for short? Uh ... really?

If you pay more than the pool that you're drawing from you'll draw who you want.

Here's the bigger issue: Why are we still having to deal with this? Arkansas State dealt with their issue head-on and it's long since a memory (per Wikipedia): So let's see, new announced, old retired, NCAA on board, all in six weeks. And here we are still festering with this issue six years or more. And I guarantee you that there were Arkansas State fans that despised the "Red Wolves" moniker and logo when it came out ... but that's nearly a decade ago already.

Paying someone a large salary will make them a great coach is one of the great myths of athletics. The great coaches are found (in the lower tiers) by the top tier schools and paid accordingly. The problem becomes that the lower tier schools buy into the myth hoping to buy success.

I see this "additional $5 million" (annual) to go FBS tossed around. That number has to be case by case, situational. If you're FCS and at 14 sports, yeah, it'll take some money to get to the FBS required 16 sports. (For example, Montana is adding softball. That makes 15 for them: 6 mens, 9 womens.) Adding sports will clearly increase the annual budget needs. But say you're already at 21 sports. You don't need to add sports; you're over the magic 16. There's no budget impact in an FCS to FBS transition in that scenario. Alternatively, going from 63 to 85 scholarships (FCS max to FBS max in FB) means adding 44 scholarships. Before you question my math, 22 for FB, 22 for Title IX. Going simple and saying roughly $10k per, that's about $500k. If your current women's sports aren't fully funded you just add the scholarships there (and make happy women's soccer and volleyball and tennis and golf coaches). Will a move to FBS cost $5 million more annually for some? Undoubtedly, especially if they have to add sports. And it will cost more than $5 million for others. But then again, it may cost less for some others because they already have many FBS required pieces (16 sports) in place.

kingranch: Thank you for your insights, like "NDSU is already d1 in everything else" ... just like every current Big Sky member is a full Division I member. However, I suspect the BSC commissioner is thinking about Big Sky schools first (like Montana, Montana State, and Idaho, and North Dakota) before say NDSU or SDSU. PS - Those disparaging remarks about Montana State from NDSU fans last year when MSU executed an out clause to take a money game, surely they and the Big Sky have forgotten about them.

If we're stuck with a moniker that "most people stopped on the street" recognize, we'll be the next Kardashian. And if you're worried about the 18-22 demographic and such innuendo, dare I say "University of Southern California" ... the Trojans.

No, the University of Idaho that is the highest ranked academic school in the Big Sky (not counting FB affiliate UC-Davis). That Idaho. Counting affiliates it's UC-Davis, Idaho, North Dakota, then the Montanas, then "other".