Walsh Hall

I’m almost 100% sure that profits from an athletic department are not taxable. Universities are tax exempt and sports are considered reasonably related to the exempt purpose. Athletics have always been a money pit for most institutions.

All of those items have always occurred, outside the collective, and the collective is a separate entity which the school has no control over that has nothing to do with profit/loss of the department.

I don’t understanding how this would work for most schools. There are only a handful of athletic departments in the country that generate a net profit, and UND is not one of them.

The federal conspiracy would be going up the tree from which he got the drugs, other folks who also got drugs from the source, and potential folks downstream as well. The quantity of drugs indicates distribution, not just personal use. The federal conspiracy cases often have MANY co-defendants ranging from a kingpin to an end user and everyone in between.

Included in the Affidavit of Probable Cause which was filed when he was charged. The event happened back on May 17th and he wasn’t formal charged until July 7th which is interesting considering he was transporting a decent amount of meth, they had already obtained a warrant prior to his arrival, and he was detained at the scene. Can probably read between the lines on that one.

That's him. This one has the looks of a case that may go federal as a conspiracy charge given he was traveling on a train from Minneapolis to GF. Law enforcement were waiting for him with a warrant so they were clearly aware of his activities.

One finalist, not one applicant...

Thankful Western Michigan doesn't have any decent players...

All of this is evidence supporting having a position specifically dedicated to talent evaluation. It has to be incredibly difficult for a coach to personally evaluate thousands of young players when the seasons largely overlap. They have to rely on others to fill in the massive gaps. It sounds like BC is a great choice. As far as brother situations, that has to be a very difficult consideration. In the Slukynsky situation, the older brother appeared to be a role player at best. I highly doubt the fan base would have been ecstatic about signing him with the prospect of landing his younger brother (who was 14-15 at the time) and plays a position incredible difficult to evaluated at that age relative to what they will be at 20 years old.

I completely agree with that issue. From my point of view NIL it’s a complete mess of an issue, but it’s now a huge part of the equation for college hockey.

Some collectives are targeted at a specific group (O-Linemen...), but in the end it's not up to the university in the current state of NLI. I'm not sure why there is so much confusion on the board on this issue. It's a private entity or individual, not the University, that is paying for NIL. Unless DJ specifically asks the collective to NOT attempt to reach deals with top end talent, and to only offer the same deal to everyone, and the Collective agrees, this ain't happening. A local business or individual has the ability, right now, to reach out to the advisors of Gavin McKenna and offer him 1m to be their brand ambassador contingent on him suiting up for UND. I suspect this can be structured in different ways, i.e. forgivable loan... for foreign born players. The university need not be involved in the transaction in any way, and the university can't veto the private against between the player and the payor (outside refusing to enroll or sign the player).

I like the plan and vision. In regard to the second assistant job posting, is there any rational as to why the position would not be posted immediately? My first inclination was that "our guy" is still coaching and they are waiting to post until the season is concluded. I would love to have Herter on as the assistant/associate HC and Bryn as the associate/GM/recruiting coordinator.

100% not an option. There is no privy of contracts between the institutions and the player in regard to the NIL money. This is complete and utter nonsense. The collective could sue for breach of contract to attempt to recoup the funds if allowed by the contract. Whether or not playing a sport at a school would be permissible as an employment term would be an interesting issue. It would be like saying your continued employment is predicated on some condition completely divorced from the actual employment, ie you must attend church on Sunday or you breach your contract.

And what, pray tell, would this mystical organization or trust be that would not be responsible for capital gains and simply grow and function like an endowment? NIL isn’t some noble concept. The recipient is no different than an employee or contractor. This isn’t rocket science, and saying “lawyers and accountants” doesn’t mean anything outside of indicating you have no idea what you are talking about…

Not possible. NILs aren’t tax free or tax deductible entities. They are not endowments. You can’t just park funds to grow without significant tax consequences. You basically need significant annual commitments to funnel to the players each year.