82SiouxGuy
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What happened to the shop in the concourse? I was on a mission to find something that I would actually wanna buy, but to no avail.
The company that operated it is going through some major staff changes. I don't know if that is the reason they don't have the shop this year, but it is probably at least part of the reason.
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I realize they were referring to the MWC and Pac 12.
I believe that COA will be an important part of determining who participates in the "second tier" of college football. It concerns me when top FCS teams like UNI, Ill St., UM and MSU are dragging their feet on it. Makes me think the MVFC and BSC may not be ready for merging with G5 teams and their scholarship and COA levels.
FCOA can be implemented at any time, these aren't permanent decisions being made right now. And you don't get bonus points for being the first to do so. But if schools aren't getting any advantage right now, why spend the money on something that doesn't help you right now. Big Sky schools are hardly ever going to win recruiting battles against Pac 10 schools. Big Sky schools won't normally win recruiting battles against Mountain West schools. What advantage would Montana or any of the other Big Sky schools get out of spending the money for FCOA right now? When or if the market changes and some of the Big Sky schools are going to compete directly with schools offering FCOA, then I'm sure that schools like Montana and Montana State will find the dollars needed to do so.
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Scheels started in Fargo as a hardware store, and then expanded into sporting goods. They have been around for a long time before they opened their first store in Grand Forks. Their headquarters are in Fargo. They are a huge supporter of NDSU.
thanks for the correction. I was under the impression that their first store was in GF...or maybe that the Scheel's family was from GF at some point.
Technically, the first store opened in Sabin, MN in 1902 (about 10 miles from Fargo). Fargo has been their base for most of the time since. Their first all sports store was in Grand Forks.
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Not sure if it has anything to do with the Bison gear, but Scheels is a pretty big sponsor for NDSU. I believe the store got it's start in GF, but it appears as though NDSU is who Scheels backs.
I agree on the merchandising angle. Unbelievable how poor the football team is marketed. I have a difficult time finding UND football gear anywhere in town. I see UND football shirts on people at games, so it exists, but is should be more readily available...including at the Alerus Center.Scheels started in Fargo as a hardware store, and then expanded into sporting goods. They have been around for a long time before they opened their first store in Grand Forks. Their headquarters are in Fargo. They are a huge supporter of NDSU.
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Speaking of LJS' demise (in poking around, I see that the store in Sioux Falls closed last year), it is safe to say that the fast food game has permanently changed. Yet among the new and rising stars in the quick-serve universe (pick your list, they're all over the internet), it doesn't seem that GF is on anyone's radar. (Heck, we didn't even get a Panera until very recently, and they were old news.) Same for casual restaurants. Should we even hold out hope?
Fargo and Sioux Falls got Panera within a few months of Grand Forks, so I don't think that comparison has any validity. I ate at the Sioux Falls Panera when it had only been open a few months. Fargo was opening within a few weeks and Grand Forks was under construction. They moved into the region all at one time.
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Just passing along information. Didnt think the back lash would be this bad. I find it interesting that a few were ok that projects were delayed because of funding but other took it personal and couldnt be open mined enough to think there are issues. Goes with the territory I guess.
Actually, you have provided no real information. You haven't given any facts. You have just provided innuendo and second hand stories. Pretty boring stories since you haven't provided any details of any kind that can be verified or checked. Just vague accusations. Projects get delayed all of the time in government and in business. Payments also get delayed for a variety of reasons. Until you provide some details that can be verified, you have given no information that any reasonable person would believe as the truth.
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NDSU fans: proud to do the very least allowed by law for their female athletes.
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And that is the nut of Minnesota's problem: As long as NYY and TOR are in a battle, and TEX and HOU are also, those teams are fully engaged and will be very difficult to catch because they are thinking "win division" not "wildcard". They're running toward something, not away from MIN.
So there's four of five playoff spots and the fifth is KC.
I don't see it as a problem for Minnesota. Both Minnesota and Houston are pretty young teams and don't have a lot of players with playoff or pennant race experience. Houston is 3-7 in their last 10 games. They lost their lead against Texas and don't have much of a lead over Minnesota. They may have hit the wall for the season. Minnesota and Texas have both picked up 3 full games on Houston over the past 10, so they weren't difficult for Texas to catch. If Houston continues at that rate during the next 10 games they will probably be out of it. Houston still has 5 games left against Texas, so they probably have a more difficult schedule left than Minnesota.
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lol, easy big boy, trying to be funny! Here is the link.....notice the time released? After you wrote your comment. Did I strike a nerve, or am I on to something?
Sorry, I don't see any quotes from Mr. Jaeger that are close to my post. You said almost exact quotes, and there isn't anything. The closest is that he agrees that having the names registered as trade names probably isn't going to affect UND much. Which is the same point that several other people made, also. You didn't strike a nerve, I was just trying to make sense out of your post.
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Al, is that you? This is almost exact quotes to the herald article quoting Al Jaeger...lol. Day later....
You are going to have to provide a link. I haven't seen any quotes from Mr. Jaeger that are even close to what I was talking about. And my post was made about 36 hours ago, just a few hours after the Herald first put up the story about trade names. You seem to be a day late and a dollar short in your analysis.
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I should have said "he owns those three trade names. ".... Which I later wrote" it's different than a trademark.
What's to stop the next guy from trademarking the names for his basement athletic teams consisting of air hockey and Foosball. That he also wants to sell shirts for online.
I messed up on a message board. The Herald messes up a much read headline.
The Herald messes up headlines a lot.
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Either way he owns those three trademarks currently for that purpose. Its better to have all of them and lose others than hoping to get one and finding out they are already registered.
You can register anything with the state. You register it when you want to start using it. Its different than a trademark. You don't have to prove you are currently using it. You just have to keep paying the fees to keep it active with the state. Its a trade name.Even so, he could place a $10 ad in a newspaper once a year per name and call it good. I can start the same business with three different names. Nothing illegal doing that. Its like a subsidiary. Maybe those "subsidiarys" might fail within the first year...so be it.
But my point which maybe you're missing is that it would be a shame if UND hasn't registered the remaining names with the state already for the intented purposes. This might be a wake up call to UND to get their sh!t together.
He doesn't own the trademarks, he owns the trade names. There are plenty of examples where very similar trade names are allowed in different industries. There are more than 20 different trade names in North Dakota using the word Nodak. There are a large number of ways that UND can use any of those names for college sports when he has them registered as trade names for real estate. At most this looks like another minor annoyance.
Just so people know, neither Sioux nor Fighting Sioux were registered trade names. Both were registered as trademarks. Fighting Sioux Club was registered as a trade name. Champions Club, ND Champions Club and North Dakota Champions Club are all registered as trade names, and North Dakota Champions Club is also registered as a trademark.
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Same here.
Me too.
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This is a very logical statement. Question is does the middle group do a bowl system with its playoffs? I say doubtful. Not enough money. Do some teams get invited to the big guys bowl games? If so how's that handled?
It looks like 10-12 current bowl games involve G5 versus G5 teams every year (a few slots depend on how the P5 conferences finish). Another 6-8 involve G5 vs. P5. TV likes bowl games and pay well for them, which is why they keep trying to add them. Since all other levels now have some kind of playoff system, it would be surprising if a potential new 2nd level didn't also, but it could very well involve bowl games much like the top level does now. No one knows for sure at this point since they haven't decided if they are gong to set up that level or what it's going to look like for sure, but if they set up a new level they will probably also set up their own system to determine a championship.
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Well...isn't this a GREAT idea? Why wouldn't anyone consider this? I think money had more to do with all of this than we know! If it didn't, why wouldn't the UND do this tomorrow? Whether the tribe gives them the blessing or not to use the name would settle all of this down....IMO
This has been covered multiple times. And it is yet another attempt to continue to use the Fighting Sioux nickname forever. Actually, it is pretty obvious that this is Mr. Louser's goal. First, according to the Settlement Agreement with the NCAA UND must maintain control of the trademark, unless it transfers control to one of the tribes. UND has several reasons to not transfer control to anyone. Allowing the continued promotion of UND Fighting Sioux merchandise would undercut a new nickname and encourage people to use Fighting Sioux instead of the new name. How does that help UND? It doesn't, especially if someone else is getting the profits. In this case UND would hurt sales of new nickname merchandise, which eliminates profits, and gives away profits on Fighting Sioux merchandise. Plus it would hurt the chances of people accepting the new nickname, a lose-lose proposition for UND. If money was the major factor in these decisions then UND would have just stayed the Fighting Sioux and accepted sanctions since they caused the least problems for the hockey team. Keeping a flow of new Fighting Sioux merchandise is the best way to ensure the failure of a new nickname.
Other factors that weren't addressed in the letter include the fact that Standing Rock wouldn't even discuss the issue with UND in previous years, why would they start now. The tribes didn't want money from UND for using the name, because they said they would consider it "selling" their name and that was against their principles. The Settlement Agreement had a date to get approval. The NCAA has also indicated that they aren't going to accept new Native American names, so it is highly unlikely that they would allow UND to go back to Fighting Sioux under any conditions. As long as UND remains in the NCAA, nothing in this letter makes sense for UND.
It is very obvious that Mr Louser was not paying attention when the NCAA told the North Dakota Legislature what they could do with their state law requiring UND to keep the Fighting Sioux name. Which is a real shame since he is part of the leadership for the Republican party in the Legisature. In his letter he says that lessons have been learned, obviously not by the Republican leadership. This is just an attempt at an end around to keep using the Fighting Sioux nickname.
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A couple of quick Google searches tell me that the Cedar Rapids team has trademarked the term RoughRiders for "Entertainment in the nature of hockey games". According to the article in the GF Herald, the attorney says that they believe there could be some confusion between their team and UND because of the hockey team. UND using the nickname for all of the athletic teams would be totally different. There should be no problems with any team other than hockey since they are trademarked only for hockey, and college hockey as a part of the entire program is quite a bit different than his program. Any financial cost to buy out his concerns would probably be minor and might not even be necessary.
There is also a trademark on Frisco RoughRiders that includes the logo for the minor league baseball team. That wouldn't be a problem for UND since Frisco is part of that trademark.
On the other hand, the trademark that comes up for Rough Riders shows up as abandoned. It was for clothing, but was abandoned more than a decade ago. If that quick search is accurate, then UND could probably use Rough Riders without a problem unless they try to claim that RoughRiders is exactly the same as Rough Riders. Include a logo that's different and that would hurt their claim even more.
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If "Roughriders" wins in the voting process I wonder how much UND is willing to pay Mr. Sdao to use the logo or name, whichever applies to the situation. The colors are similar and I would graphic artists would come up with similar designs for logos, so it is likely that somewhere down the line they will have to contend with all of this. I would guess that the same thing would happen with "Northstars."
Does anyone else see the double-standard of being fine with having to pay these entities, however, there was to my knowledge never a discussion of paying the tribes for use of the Fighting Sioux name? I am sure a little money could have went a long way to grease the skids to get a vote at Standing Rock.
I'm really not a Fighting Sioux forever guy, but all these names are lame and the process blows.
There was discussion of offering the tribes a portion of the royalty money for use of the name, but the tribes didn't want to even discuss it. The tribes felt it would be "selling" their name, and that would be against their principles. Standing Rock wouldn't even answer the telephone to talk about it. Money wasn't going to grease any skids at Standing Rock unless you found a way to bribe some people.
As far as paying for logos, you will always have to pay someone for a logo. It may be an employee you pay to create it, someone you contract with to create it, or buying one that someone already has. Bennet Brien was paid to create the Fighting Sioux logo. There are a lot of ways to create logos, and UND could easily get something that is completely different than what Mr. Sdao has or the old North Stars logo. The only question is how their trademarks are written to see if they would interfere with how UND would want to use a name and logo. The lawyers seem pretty confident that they have reviewed those problems.
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I don't think you will see that many variables. The cost of attendance is already known by every school. They will set a certain amount for each school. Then it all going to be proportional to the amount of the athletes scholarship.
Schools have been giving FCOA for other scholarships for years. They need to figure it for the federal government, for Pell grants. The numbers that keep getting quoted are AN AVERAGE of all FCOA. As I stated twice, and as I proved with a couple of articles, each FCOA for each individual is figured separately. Or maybe you know more about it than the Athletic Director from Auburn, Jay Jacobs, who was quoted in one of the paragraphs I listed above and again here. How amazing for NDSU that even their fans know more about athletic department issues than the Athletic Directors for the Power 5 conferences.
Auburn has one of the SEC's highest cost-of attendance averages at $5,586. However, even that figure is not a one-size, fits-all calculation and can vary based on whether the student is in-state or out-of-state and whether there are other personal needs provided to the financial aid office, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said.
“If you live in Birmingham and I live in Auburn, if I go through the financial aid process, my number could be lower than yours because I live closer to Auburn,” Jacobs said. “But if I have a child, then my child care could increase and you may not. Ours is an average number so it could fluctuate.”
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FCOA is based on the scholarship level of the athlete. If hes on a full ride he gets Full-COA. If hes on a 1/2 scholarship he gets half. The money can be used for travel but doesn't have to be used for that purpose. Its up to the athlete to budget the extra money for travel, extra eats etc.
According to many sources, the actual FCOA is not just 1 number, it depends on different factors. They use the same line items, but the actual numbers will be different for different students. The travel item is the most obvious. The school will decide what travel will be included in determining the FCOA. For example, they might decide to include travel to school at the beginning of the semester, travel home at the end of the semester, and maybe 1 trip home during the semester. Or maybe they will include money for a trip home in case of an emergency. That doesn't mean these are the things the student has to spend the money on, those are the things that they use to figure an amount. Student A lives in Grand Forks. A trip home is a 5 mile drive. Student B is from Eugene, OR. A trip home involves either driving or flying close to 2,000 miles. The students have different amounts allocated for FCOA. From there they determine if the scholarship will give them 100% or less of the figured amount. The amounts quoted for each school are the expected average cost for each individual when all individuals are added together.
Here is one example, http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/acc-coaches-worry-cost-of-attendance-payments-could-make-playing/article_1c97fb70-f6a3-11e4-b9c8-b37e131ec4c4.html
Schools must submit two cost-of-attendance numbers to the NCAA before the fall: one for in-state students and one for out-of-state students.
At the University of Virginia, in-state students on full scholarships will receive an added $3,180 for the upcoming school year to cover the full cost of attendance. Out-of-state students are eligible for up to $4,450, depending on where they live.
Students on partial scholarships will receive an equivalent percentage of cost-of-attendance funding. For example, a swimmer on a half-scholarship would receive half the amount of cost-of-attendance money.
At Virginia Tech, in-state student-athletes on full scholarships will receive $3,280 for the upcoming school year. Out-of-state students at Tech will get $3,620.
Here are a couple of paragraphs from an article talking about the SEC, http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/25199127/sec-coaches-are-increasingly-skeptical-of-cost-of-attendance-figures
Auburn has one of the SEC's highest cost-of attendance averages at $5,586. However, even that figure is not a one-size, fits-all calculation and can vary based on whether the student is in-state or out-of-state and whether there are other personal needs provided to the financial aid office, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said.
“If you live in Birmingham and I live in Auburn, if I go through the financial aid process, my number could be lower than yours because I live closer to Auburn,” Jacobs said. “But if I have a child, then my child care could increase and you may not. Ours is an average number so it could fluctuate.”
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Who would have thunk? Nobody knew the figure of FCOA at UND before NDSU announced theirs, and it just so happens to be exactly the same as NDSU's. That is quite a coincidence.
If you read about the announcement, Faison explained that the FCOA is different for every individual. The $3,400 thrown out for UND is just a rough estimate for what it would cost per person this year if they were doing it for all scholarships this year. It will change each year for each individual. They aren't giving a straight $3,400 to every scholarship athlete. An athlete from Grand Forks, for example, won't get as much as someone from Eugene, OR because a portion of the money is supposed to cover some travel expenses home. So it probably isn't a big surprise if the 2 schools have similar numbers as long as they are recruiting similar athletes (from the same areas, etc.).
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It's amazing that UND could put that all together in only 6 days. Especially when we've been told that Faison and Kelley don't care about any athletics besides hockey. It's too bad that NDSU got such a huge head start with this, I'm sure that they will get a lot of recruits just because they made the announcement 6 days before UND.
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I definitely get why Dozier wouldn't have wanted to give up a year or two but I'm not so certain the Twins are going to save much if anything. I guess they know for a fact what Dozier will cost the next 3 years instead of dealing with arbitration but it just seemed like a somewhat poor decision by them. Even Dozier and his agent admitted the deal was rare.
If Dozier continues to play the way he has the Twins will have saved quite a bit of money on his arbitration years.
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I worded it poorly when I said buying out any of his free agency, I should have said getting team options on his first year or two of free agency, which is almost always how those deals go. But the point still stands, why buy out the rest of his arbitration years if you literally gain nothing from it? That is typically the trade off made in those situations, the player gets some security knowing that they have a long-term deal through their arbitration yeras, the team gets the advantage of having a club option on the first year or two of free agency.
A lot of times now the teams end up saving a few dollars on the arbitration years by signing the long term deals. The players are less likely to give up free agency years any more. That is especially true if the player is a little older when they come up, like Dozier. Younger players like Sano may be willing to give up 1 or 2 of those years. 30 is kind of the magic number for the end of the contract. The player is going to want to be right around 30, and not much older than that, at the end of the contract. History shows that the biggest free agency contracts come around the age of 30, and often start decreasing if they sign at about 32 or older. Length of big free agent contract also decreases at about 32 or older.
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I think Mauer still has 3 full years on his contract; not sure how long Sano's current deal is for...Twins should pay Sano; they wasted enough money on Nolasco, Santana, and Hughes.
Sano has only been up for a couple of months. He should have 3 years before he gets arbitration. Those are probably under $1 million per year. When he hits arbitration his numbers will go up. Estimates would be $7, $14 and $21 million per year for the next 3 years, so his salary wouldn't approach Mauer's until 2021. Or the Twins could try to balance out the contract and save a few dollars long term by giving him a guaranteed contract soon. They might even be able to buy out a year or 2 of free agency at a slightly lower rate by doing that.
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More students live off campus than on campus. Considering the fact that they are now renting dorm space to students from Northland, there are probably fewer students living on campus right now than there have been in many years. An on campus stadium might have some advantages, but students access probably isn't a major advantage compared to the Alerus Center.
And those temperatures under 32 degrees can happen in October, or possibly even the end of September in Grand Forks. Weather is a major reason that the Alerus Center is a much better option than an open air stadium on campus.