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Sounds like it's a drill for the entire student body. Maybe it's part of freshman orientation. The football players just get a head start.

The NCAA was originally created to help protect the athletes. At the time, football was very dangerous because of a lack of rules and a lack of safety equipment. Many people wanted to abolish football. President Theodore Roosevelt called some college athletic leaders to Washington to address the situation. The NCAA was the end result (under a different name). They started as a rule making body to standardize rules across the country and to improve the safety of the student-athletes. They didn't start hosting championships until 1921. Now they hold both purposes, rule making and holding championships. The biggest schools already get most of the money. They can probably get more with some restructuring. Whether they would get enough extra by going out on there own would be questionable. But they need a significant number of schools to go with them because they need schools to compete against. 60-80 is probably a bare minimum. They are going to have to cooperate with these other schools, a few schools won't have enough pull to take control. And it does take a lot of work to coordinate all of college athletics. Most people only think about the big sports. The NCAA coordinates 89 championships, in 23 different sports and 3 divisions. A new organization would have to recreate much of that, only on a smaller scale. They would probably have to create administration for 20 or more sports, coordinate the championships, deal with television and other administration, etc. In other words, it would take a lot of work and cost money. The benefits gained by going out on their own may not be worth the time and money it would take to accomplish.

I don't think they want to break away, either. But it is a viable option for them and leverage they can use to get what they want. The BCS conferences want to separate themselves from the smaller FBS conferences. They only need 3 or 4 out of conference football games, so they don't need more than 60-80 schools to be very successful. They don't want 300+ schools in their division for basketball. They don't want schools from conferences like the Sun Belt, the Summit and the Big Sky considered on the same level as schools from the Big 10, the SEC and the other big conferences. And they want more control over their own destiny. Right now the smaller schools can band together to make rules that the big schools don't want. The big schools would like to make their own rules. Those are the main areas of concern that seem to be driving these actions by the big conferences.

So fashion is just a hobby for you. What is your favorite fashion reality TV show?

I agree, I don't understand the fascination with other people's wardrobes. As long as people are actually wearing clothes, they're fine. My only exceptions would be things that would be considered obscene if worn among the general public or with kids around.

You really seem concerned about fashion and what kind of clothing that other people are wearing. Is home ec your major or is it your minor?

You are completely correct. That is why the NCAA has taken notice and why they are willing to discuss the issue. The big conferences have the power right now because the money will follow them. The television contracts are based on the popularity of the big schools. If the big schools set up their own organization, most of the television money would follow them. The NCAA uses DI basketball money to run the organization and to distribute millions to all of the member schools. Most of that money would disappear if the big schools leave. The NCAA does not want this to happen and most member schools don't want this to happen, so they are going to be willing to make compromises. I don't think that the NCAA will give the big schools everything they ask for, but the big schools will probably get most of what they want. Compromise means that not everyone gets everything they want. Usually, no one gets everything they want. Some schools will probably have to make some big choices. Some schools could possibly get moved to divisions they don't want to be part of, even against their wishes. A lot of people may not be happy with the final results. It will be interesting to see what things look like in 3 or 5 years.

How can I tell you exactly what is going to happen when the end result is going to be a result of negotiation? Absolutely no one can tell you exactly what is going to happen. The possibilities are wide open. Yet you keep coming here and demanding that people tell you what that future is going to look like. You are the one that kept telling everyone that nothing was going to change. You kept saying that they couldn't make major changes because they have to follow the rules of 63 and 85 scholarships. At least you realize that something is going to change. You can currently break Division I into 5 groups. There are the big schools that have football at the BCS level, the next group that consists of football schools in FBS but not in the BCS, FCS football schools, non-scholarship football schools, and non-football schools. There are over 300 schools total in Division I. But most of the attention goes to the biggest conferences, and along with that goes most of the money. If the big schools are going to force changes in football, they might as well change the entire structure to suit them. Big schools don't want to be in the same group as smaller schools. Here is an example that you might understand, NDSUAAS got tired of being in the same football class as Duluth and Moorhead. Doesn't it make sense that the big conferences don't want to be part of the same group as the small schools?

My entire comment was about recruiting in general. Each recruit is an individual, and each situation is unique. But it is pretty generally accepted that recruiting is all about the relationships. And it has been shown over and over again that recruiting suffers when there is talk about getting rid of a coach. Why do you think that colleges keep giving contract extensions, or set up contracts with automatic extensions? Recruits want to make sure that the coaches are going to be there, they would like to know that the coaches are going to be there the entire time they are in school. You have your head buried in the sand if you don't think that controversy or discussion in any forums, whether it be the media or places like this, don't have an effect on many recruits and recruiting in general.

If potential recruits believe that a coaching staff is in trouble, they will be very hesitant to commit. If they have options they will wait until they have a better idea about whether the coaches will be around next year. Talk about firing a coach in the newspaper, on the radio and on boards like this can all contribute to those doubts. New coaching staffs are basically starting the recruiting process over when they come in. Part of that is because they may be looking for something different than the last staff. But a big part of that is the personal relationships with recruits.

If the big 5 or 6 conferences leave the NCAA they will take most of the basketball money with them. The CBS contract for March Madness is based on the big boys playing in the tournament. Neither CBS nor any other network will be willing to pay the NCAA nearly the same amount of money without the big conferences. That gives the big conferences power to potentially overhaul what Division I looks like, including the number of schools that are part of Division I. The membership of the NCAA will strongly consider any proposal to realign as long as they can keep the big basketball contract. You just don't seem to grasp that this has the potential to be a whole new world in college athletics. The rules that everyone knows right now may have nothing to do with the rules that will control college athletics in the future. But none of these new rules have been decided yet, so you constantly asking what those rules are going to be is a waste of time. No one knows what the final result will be. What they do know is that things are about to change. The rest is speculation.

Recruits are unlikely to commit to a school if they question whether the coach is going to be there next year. Much of recruiting is personal relationships, the kids go to play for coaches. A lot of talk about the coach potentially being fired will keep kids from committing.

The big boys are driving this issue. They want more control over their own fate. Right now they can be outvoted on NCAA rules by smaller schools. They are also being driven by money. They want more football money and more television money. They can get those by developing the football playoff system and not having to include the smaller FBS conferences. They also feel that they are subsidizing the smaller schools since most of the March Madness television money is based on the appeal of the big schools, but all of Division I gets a piece of it. And they are tired of all of the smaller schools moving up to be part of Division I. So you can boil it down to the big schools wanting more power and more money, and they want to quit playing with the little guys.

There aren't many facts at this point. The commissioners of most of the largest conferences have talked about making a change of some kind. The head of the NCAA says that the organization needs to look at making a change. This was the first stab at figuring out how to make something work. Another group is meeting in October. The entire organization will discuss at meetings in January. Everything is speculation right now, except for the fact that people are looking at potential changes. So a thread with just the facts would be pretty short.

And how does it matter whether someone graduated from college? I guess it is just another attempt to try to insult someone. Typical NDSUAAS class I guess. What is even funnier is that BSville trolls think their opinion matters at all on a UND fan forum.

Based on these lists, Neulion must do good work for someone, http://www.neulion.c...TCLID=206146360 and http://www.neulion.c...TCLID=206115423. From looking at the list it appears that 6 out of the 8 NCHC schools use Neulion, with the exceptions being Colorado College and Duluth.

Let's see, he was suspended by his school for his actions even without a trial. Definitely not an NDSUAAS player. And we probably won't see 100 pages of Montana fans posts trying to defend him, unlike any thread about NDSUAAS. There is a thread to discuss it, so it isn't exactly buried. But thanks for your interest in UND athletics.

UND owns the property. It is leased to the REA. There is a contract in place to turn over ownership of the building to UND after 30 years (I think that number is right) as long as certain factors are met. The main factor is that the building has to be self-sustaining. It is part of campus. They have a special exemption to serve alcohol. They have a similar exemption for the new Gorecki Alumni Center and have had temporary exemptions for other buildings for special events. For example, they have had events at the Chester Fritz and the President's House. REA is considered to be part of the campus.

Yes, REA is on campus. UND has owned that property for many years. The article even mentions that the REA is on campus, but received an exemption on the smoking policy. The majority of people don't like smoking, and things are moving very quickly in this direction. Besides, how many people are going out in the middle of the parking lot for a smoke when it is -20 with a 20+ mph wind from the north.

The only people that keep talking about an annual game are NDSUAAS fans. They use it as an excuse to not play any games. UND accepted the idea of games every other year. They were ready to sign a contract well over a year ago. Taylor originally proposed the every other year idea, now he won't even consider it. As far as the rest of your post, several people on this forum have been saying the same thing for months.

More than 1 group can look like morons.

And they can look like morons for doing it.

Does Neulion pay UND for the rights to stream UND athletics, or does UND pay Neulion for their services. My guess is that UND pays Neulion, possibly to include developing apps. The money comes from the fees paid by customers. But the party that pays would be the one that controls where the content is delivered.

But you probably get more PR out of special pink jerseys. It resonates with the people that support the cause much more than just another jersey. I think that it also catches more attention with non-hockey people. You are approaching it from the side of people that are into jerseys. So it probably depends on what is more valuable, the extra potential dollars or the extra PR value.

But if you start talking about things you are thinking about, some people will assume that they are actually going to happen. Maybe they can't happen. It's better to under promise rather than getting people's hopes up and not being able to follow through. I don't see things like Roku and gaming systems happening this year, so why cloud things by discussing them now? I think that UND has been very up front about what is probably going to be available this year.