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The only major sport with part timers and it shows......really sad

Lefty... RT just got tired of Dealing with REA, esp when they Control the Athletic Budget you are resposible for....It was a contributing Factor to his decision to pursue other oppurtunities... Dean could have been happy being the Head Coach of the Fighting Sioux for Life..It was His Dream Job...He turned down many Offers over the Years that Included The gophers and NHL...Why move when he did? Plain and Simple he did not Like going to work at The REA...Fighting over Ice Time,Scheduling,and control over what he and we all Perceived was supposed to be a Sioux hockey Arena 1st....Were your aware that Mr Berning Called the Police on Dean to settle one such dispute...The straw that Forced the move...? As for real Hockey Fans..I am not talking about Beer Sales in the Arena....I'm refering to the NIGHTCLUB called the "Betty"...by the way Where did our Mens and Womens BBall Teams Practice when there so called practice facility was turned into a NIGHTCLUB..DANCEFLOOR for 12 days/nights in a row? As Far as other money Making oppurtunities..? Fly the Ralph.com,Lost Money...Their Sat TV Venture, Lost Money...Sunday Bruches on Mothers Day and Easter, Lost Money....Their Concerts Promotions, Lost Money...Sioux Illustrated,Lost Money...Hosted the biggest event of the lifetime "World Juniors"....Lost Money?(we are not sure,they wont tell us).....Getting the Pattern Here...If Betty herself did not Donate to Andre Agassi's Charitable Fund ,the Tennis Match with Andy Roddick, would not have been possible and Lost Money... We are Lucky enough to Have a 100 million dollar donated Facility, That in the last 4 years , has doubled the Attendance for Hockey Games...At 3X the ticket Price...Sells 48 Suite for over 1 million dollars a year....Has substanially increased concession revenue ,my guess at least 10x greater then the Old Ralph...We (UND) pay to play are games there...and Guess What....They Lose Money...or at Best have not been able to contribute to our athletic department revenues their expected amount, as to why UND athletics is in the RED..? Maybe its just me but I see a potential Problem

Star2City....You make some Valid Points, but they are definetly some problems here that may or may not spell doom for UND athletics as we have come to know it... We can say all we want that The Betty was not to replace Hyslop, But lets not kid ourselfs Hyslop needed to be Replaced or Refurbished, Someone Choose the "Betty" as part of that Option...Who? The REA continues to be a problem when it comes to UND Athletics, It has is its own way Cost us a Hockey Coach, Athletic Director, alot of Support from what I believe has been the Backbone of Sioux Athletics, the Small Bussinessman... Although it has made some Changes of Late, was the REA supposed to be a Hockey Facility or..... A Bar and Resturant, A Banquet Facility,Sporting Goods Store, Travel Agency, Concert and Entertainment Venue, Satelitte Tv Sales Company,Advertising Agency, Publisher, Ticket Agency,Private Party and Wedding Receptions, and as we saw at the World Juniors last year a Complete Entertainment Night Club Facility... All this and,It continues to Lose money at Least not support UND Athletics in the Way That I beleive as Ralph had Intended....(God I wish Ralph was Still Here) Our two Facilites(Alerus and REA) Continue to Fight with each other, which hurts the community as a whole, or at least we could be more productive if they could get along.... It is very unfortunate that we could not have waited to Build a Facility to replace Hsylop that could benifit UND Athletics...If in the long run we move up, the Betty will be almost useless.... But then again until UND can get control of its own Athletic Department in Funding and Budgeting, We could be Re-Named the University of REA

I have always Liked the "Irish"...good post

I have a Hard Time with "Intended to be a Volleyball and Basketball Practice Facility"... If that is indeed the Case,Why are the Side Courts Not Properly Lighted, Can't Scrimmage unless on the Main Court-Side Courts Too hazardous because of Bathroom Entrance Wall Locations, No Side Scoreboards for practice.?,Why built a Practice Facility with Sheet roock Walls.? Already had to repair numerous times becauce of Damage with Flying Bodies and Balls.? ,Where is The Drinking Fountain-athletics do not need Water?..And Then why Spend all the extra Money On Leather Seats-Why not Telecopic Bleachers for more Room..?Inadequate Training Room Facilities and Weight Room Just got made from old Storage Room, No Equipment Room to Speak Of..? Very Poor is Design in my Estimation... Also I Believe the Mankato Bresin Arena was Built for less than 17 Million..?

Great 2nd Half Performance by Josh Doyle.... 1st Half was very hard to Watch...? Good Win.....Line-up changed around a Little...Playing 12 guys right now ...Trying to find the right Combo

Very Nice Win...Loved the Victory Lap the Women Gave all the Sioux Faithful at the End of the Game.....It will only endear the Fans more to the Womens Program,Then they already are...Great Job and Shows alot of Class and respect for the Support of your Fans....Nicely Done

I Agree.....But the Two Issues here are not only undersized, But overpriced....We now Rent Space to Play All Our Major Sports...Football,Basketball, Hockey....And I Believe the Rent is Very Overpriced for a Donated Facility.....Were Still Losing Money...? was not the Ralph suppose to help generate extra Revenue for All Sports, I beleive that was Ralph's Dream....?

Half the Size..But Twice the Price..I'm Guessing We (UND Athletics) Pay a Pretty Price to Use Both REA and The Betty......

NO TV FOR TONITES GAME..... it may be televised locally in colorado springs, but if they do not broadcast it on a satalite system you can not pick it up.... even if you worked for NASA...Sorry Radio ONLY...

Just a note, that if you have not got your Pink Ribbon Magnet yet they will be available at Dagwood's til Feb 11th...Thank You for your Support....

Family of Four can eat at my Place for That...?

Nobody will ever admit this ,but the "Betty" pushed way ahead of schedule to service the World Junior Hockey Tournament, In my opinion it is a poorly designed facility, In both Aspects of Practice, and a Arena for Games..Earlier in this thread we laid out some examples... Good Luck to Your Gals...Lori is a `"1st Class Coach"..I am sure will will play again...maybe twice...

I'm Just going to Say this....If there are empty seats...Get the people in the Building....RUSH SEATING..is a program available at most arenas in the Country in College Sports...Sold as Standing Room,Limited Number of Tickets Sold based upon...How much Room is Left and No-Shows... With Weather Last Night.....And The Huge Drop off always for the Mens Game..NO ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY..... What a Horrible PR Move by The Betty or Game Management Staff... Betty Website list capacity at 4000...someone better change that..?

Jeff is working out down south somewhere, with The Kicking Gru of the NFL "Blevens"....There was a article of this guy about 2 years ago in Sports Illustrated...He has helped...Vinatari,Akers,Brown..alot of NFL Kickers...He is confined to a wheel Chair, But a Great Teacher.....

That is a JOKE had to be 3-400 empty seats....POOR GAME MANAGEMENT...

Attention all Sioux Fans this week we will be selling Pink Ribbons (Magnetic Car Style) for $5.00 at the Womens and Mens Basketball Games.... These Funds will go directly to Breast Cancer Research.... We all have many Friends who have been Impacted by Cancer, This small donation will go along way to showing your Support for not only them, but our way of Supporting Cancer Research.... Please help with the Fight... Look For the Pink Ribbon Table just inside the "Betty" Thanks For Your Support.....

agree will all of above...not a banner year, but a good one, I really like the central boys...

Im thinking we are fairly set at RB right Now and in The Future, I'm sure at least this Year it was not a Pirority... RB Beatty-Senior Strouth-Junior Sundby-Junior Brady-Soph Armentrouth-Soph Chapell-Fresh Plus..Dressler..in that positions at times.also

sioux get another one......Steve Kalwasinski...........TE 6"4" 235........from Rochester Central..

men win coach glas gets the record........congratulations http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/mbball...RELEASE_ID=4514

I just E-Mailed Their President This Article..... http://fightingsioux.com/sports/news/relea...RELEASE_ID=4488 And told Him maybe he should Worry About Other Things, Then Our Logo....? Considering they are at the Bottom or Near the Bottom in Graduation Rates....?

Sioux get Verbal from.....Kyle Krusenstjerna....6'3" 235....Def Line..From Eastview , Minnesota, the coaches at UND really high on this young man...

you're right REA could really help with this...in denver at the pepsi center and mile high stadium the "ring" is used alot to start crowd particaption....great point

77-71...only 9 turnovers?...must have had 6 in last 5 min...?