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In the FBS, FCOA is mandatory cost of doing business. If you don't do it, you have absolutely zero business being there. NDSU would need FCOA in place for everything before even contemplating a jump up.

I would say NBC ND + ESPN3 is about a lock, probably ESPN Game Plan as well.

I actually agree with the rumor, I see the P5 wanting more G5 teams. A number of FBS school do not want to play FCS schools anymore but paying G5 schools can get expensive. More G5 schools won't impact their revenue streams in anyway and it will increase the potential pool of schools they can schedule and as a result drive down guarantees a bit.

NDSU is never going to join the Sun Belt, bad fit for both parties. Also it would only work as a football only thing and that seems to be going out of fashion in the FBS/G5 world. I do agree JMU would jump to the MAC, rumors were they were very close until UMass decided to not go all in.

What are the average budgets for men's and women's lacrosse? I'm guessing if a regional conference could be created the costs wouldn't be too bad, I'd guess some of the western programs have major travel expenses. I wouldn't mind seeing lacrosse at NDSU, we have a great club team but like everything the costs would be a concern.

Hockey isn't worth it, when you need to add a women's program to the mix you are taking on massive costs for the chance of a small return in revenue and exposure. I actually like the sport but NDSU has no need for it.

I don't think either school should be using their foundations to bond, but the state government likes to make everything difficult.

Bonding is very restricted, only reason that went through is because the students voted for it and are paying for it entirely with their own fees. NDSU can't build a new academic building with bonds or an athletic facility.

It has hit deadspin.... http://deadspin.com/what-should-the-university-of-north-dakotas-new-nicknam-1702176684

I don't think it is right, the kid should play. I wouldn't treat a walk on transfer like this.

Yeah, he didn't get into NDSU. He had to go through the pathways program at NDSCS for a year.

Didn't know Babich recruited Ramon Humber, Craig Dahl, Nick Schommer, Tyler Roehl, Kole Heckendorf, Joe Lardinois and Jeremiah Wurzbacher. Bohl had a ton to do with those teams, the guy can coach. His struggles were mainly because he recruited poorly in a few areas, QB especially and also the team had some major complacency and leadership issues. To his credit he fixed all of that. The man may have some flaws but he is a hell of a coach.

What is the point of having women's hockey anywhere? UMD spent $1.54 million on the sport and it had revenues of $140k, a $1.4 million hit. How can any school, especially one that size be ok with that? Obviously based on recent articles I've seen they aren't. Minnesota lost $1.8 million and Wisconsin $1.2 million, at least they have massive budgets but still with FCOA they will take even bigger hits. Spending over a $1 million on a sport that doesn't even have its title game on TV is absolutely insane to me. You could cut the sport and fund FCOA across the board.

I would guess they would look into it when the SHAC is done. It would be the only thing left that needs attention from a facility standpoint.

Not necessarily, especially if they think it would be more beneficial to use in recruiting. NDSU has had a few classes suffer heavy attrition. Equestrian is going to be discontinued by the NCAA, the school did look at it initially from what I can remember but it is no longer even an option.

One would think if that was an issue it would have come in the last Title IX lawsuit or the NCAA DI certification process or at some point in the last 30-40 years. NDSU must not be that worried about if, it they were they could clearly add a women's tennis program with relative ease. The softball team wanted the bubble, it was their #1 request. I think the game day facility will be addressed once the SHAC is done.

NDSU football wasn't fully funded because players left the team for various reasons. There are men's sports that are getting short changed scholarships but they aren't football or basketball or wrestling(which has its own endowment). NDSU best Title IX defense would be to open its books and show every women's sports is basically funded at the top of its conference and has facilities on par with the men's teams.

I don't think it is a coincidence that suddenly a large chunk of seats required a team maker donation this year.

Denver would need to add baseball, IUPUI would need to add baseball and SDSU would need to add men's soccer. USD would probably have to drop football or leave DI if that happened. I don't see that getting much traction.

I think that was the Idaho State coach. What he said was well very odd... http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/isu-football-kramer-says-paying-full-cost-of-attendance-not/article_8def3a12-e31c-11e4-a6da-33ea61a3065a.html

The athletically related student aid is 60/40. Coaches salaries, travel and recruiting budgets are very competitive. The NCAA approved NDSU's compliance when the school went DI.

And now they are going to come into the Summit and force that on NDSU. Do they want to fund a baseball program? I don't think so, they will gladly stay out of that grand plan. COA will be a reality in the Summit, ORU and Denver don't fund their mbb programs the way they do to skimp on something that important. ORU also might want COA for baseball. Omaha needs COA in the Summit to balance hockey. I don't think the atmosphere is exactly ripe to try to kill COA.

Yeah, the Summit isn't going to start mandating its members to play all the sports the conference offers, nobody in the conference would want that.

I don't think you'll see either happen for a very long time if ever. NDSU would move to a proportional prong, it would be cheaper than sinking money into women's hockey. That sport is an absolute millstone. But I don't think it matters. NDSU doesn't have a suitable hockey arena or a men's team, I don't see any title IX women's hockey lawsuits in the making.

This is why I laugh at everyone that says NDSU could start a men's hockey program and not sponsor women's hockey. with the Title IX prong we use there would be no getting around it. One of the reasons why hockey at NDSU isn't ever going to happen.