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UND staff just received an email. ALL sports are safe! Makes no sense! Did some of these sports lose out on recruiting because of the this 3 Ring circus?

Swimming and diving just got an e-mail that they're safe and won't be cut. Softball was just called to an emergency meeting. Nothing from soccer or tennis as of yet?

Faison met with women's soccer last night to explain that all sports were on the table. He possibly met with other sports? My understanding is that two years ago women's soccer almost got cut. The players have complained to Faison and Irle for a couple of years on some very questionable tactics by the head coach. Most schools would have fired him by now. Quite possibly soccer could get cut to eliminate a problem and future complaints. Personally I would hate to see it go. I just don't see them cutting w hockey no matter the financial strain and I'm not a women's hockey fan. I see 3-4 sports being cut and WH stays.

But women's soccer is not a BSC core sport. OPERATING CODE OF THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE The Operating Code of the Conference consists of directives as well as commitments of a contractual nature between member institutions, and all procedures and prohibitions of the Conference. ARTICLE I RECOGNIZED SPORTS Section 1. Required Core Sports Each core member institution is required to participate in all of the following core sports: Women: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis, volleyball. Men: basketball, cross country, football, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis.

Women's soccer is not required by the Big Sky. Here's the list: Required Core Sports Each core member institution is required to participate in all of the following core sports: Women: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis, volleyball. Men: basketball, cross country, football, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis. To meet the core sport participation requirements, each institution, in the core sports listed

Everyone is saying women's hockey maybe cut next. What about soccer? Granted expenses are higher for hockey vs soccer. Soccer isn't a core sport in Big Sky. The soccer program has a large roster in comparison to most D1 programs. 22 girls are getting some sort of scholarship, the rest are walk-ons. As a side note, the players have been going to BF and DI for a couple of years to report some questionable coaching methods by head coach. Some of which could get university in hot water. Yet, BF renews coaches contact even though he's only won a handful of games. Soccer might not be worth the headache for BF anymore? Grand Forks is Hockey town USA, not a soccer town.

What about the cost of attendance stipend they're giving to all scholarship athletes? An additional $731,000 is needed to cover cost. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-football/3830702-update-und-pay-all-scholarship-athletes-stipends-2016-17