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It's going to take a few years to get this sorted out between the new "legal" way and the old "under the table" way. There was clearly a disconnect in this situation, and no written contract. I suspect that in a few years there will be a fairly standard template of contracts between the collectives/boosters and players. I'm curious to see if the $ being raised by collectives stays the same, goes up, or goes down. The ROI for donors has to be next to nothing. The pool of individuals with the ability, and desire, to be pumping in high 6 or 7 figures year after year to pay for top players has to be limited. Additionally, if all the similarly situated programs are doing the same thing it will just end up in a wash.

I remember George and Len Bias being wake up calls for young folks at the time... I believe that GP was slotted on the first line from what I was told.

Is it possible that the CHL lawsuit could also result in players initially going that route (CHL), who would have played NCAA hockey, when they would still have the option to play NCAA hockey if they so desire? I can't see a player that is currently choosing to go the CHL route go the NCAA route because of the change, but I can definitely see the reverse happening. For players that are aging out, or not working out in the CHL it's a different story.

What is the practical state of NIL at this point? Is there any reliable information on what, if anything, the top collegiate recruits are receiving?

What was the tailgating cost, and to what is it being raised?

The max he could receive for his draft year is $925,000 so I believe you are correct.

Having your goalie have a 97% or more save percentage in 3 straight games doesn’t hurt either.

Why do you say that was a lowball contract? The signing bonus can only be 10% of the total contract which indicates this is essentially the max. I believe all ELCs are two-way deals.

I wonder what implications Title IX would have on this. With generally declining enrollment, the financial black hole of most college sports, the NIL mess, and the portal, the next decade will be interesting for sure.

Agreed, and by the same token, players are voluntarily leaving programs who could carve out a pretty good college career and get an education because they believe there is a brighter shinier toy elsewhere.

The deal will be the same either way, the max, just the option of choosing the team. The leverage of getting a max deal now, and probably burning a year, is pretty compelling.

The same folks complaining now did the same for Hak. He apparently couldn’t win the big game and needed to go.

The first 3 were definitely greasy goals, but that’s the way it goes in the one and done NCAA tournament. Denver was out chanced, out shot, and arguable out played in both games and won (2) one goal games due to no bad breaks and a goalie with a 97.2 save percentage. But we clearly are outclassed and miles behind DU…

One of the multiple reasons I hate the portal. From Komzak’s perspective it’s real easy to leave to go somewhere he’s basically guaranteed playing time. From the team’s perspective it must be tempting to take a known commodity instead of hoping a player develops to a similar level. At least we are in the trading up side of the portal equation, but I hate it.

Maybe you can start a campaign to have have him removed prior to his hiring just to get a jump start on the complaining. Poor Sicakota has no chance to live up to your standards.

Totally agree. Surprising, the sun came up the Saturday after the Michigan loss. This is college athletes. It's suppose to be entertainment and should bring happiness and moments of relief from daily life. If your day is materially impacted in a negative way by a sports team, that doesn't signify a problem with the sports team... Funny how kids help bring inconsequential stuff into perspective. (From someone who bleeds green as much as anyone)

Few and far between. Using betting odds, the top team has around a 10-12% chance of winning the NCAA tournament. I believe the actual results are pretty consistent with this.

I agree. There are 10-12 teams that I wouldn't be overly surprised if they won it.

For the last (2) games against CC and (3) against Omaha (all losses) the UND save percentage was 82% and the opponent's 95%. UND had significantly more quality shots and "close shots" on goal and outshot the opponent by a margin of 181 (9 goals allowed ) to 146 (26 goals allowed). The opponent's goals skewed significantly toward longer range shots. We need solid play, not lose the goaltender battle, and a little puck luck, all of which are possible.

I was taking a look through the score sheets and season stats... Zmolek may be the MVP. Bad things just don't happen often 5x5 when he is on the ice, and he' s a monster on the PK.

But it's not about puck luck, a couple shots being a literal inch off target, or being off-sides by the width of a sheet of paper... it's about poor coaching, lack of motivation, and stick breaking. I heard that Berry broken 4 sticks that game and Hasting only broke 2. Not difficult to figure out why we won.

UND is +950 to win the championship. That equates to having a 57% chance to win each individual game.

There are 128 FCS teams. I'd love to be winning national championships, but that's not reasonable to expect or demand and is completely divorced from reality. If that is the standard all ADs took there would be a 95% coaching turnover every year. UND is around the 80-90th percentile of FCS teams In most endeavors that would be deemed very good. If the posters here lived up to the standards they impose on their favorite college sports teams the athletic department would be so flooded with money we'd never lose a recruiting battle or game. As I said, I believe last year was a natural time to move on and I'd like to have more information on the feasibility of a buyout after last year (were funds available) as well as going forward.

This is tough, and definitely arguments on both sides. The program isn't up to many fans' standards, but is an above average FCS program. Every program's fans want to win championships and perennially make deep runs in playoffs. That unfortunately has not happened under Bubba, but it also hasn't happened for 95% of the FCS teams. If the standard imposed by the fan base was imposed by ADs the coaching turnover would be silly. That said, it seems like a reasonable time to move on. I hope the actual payoff was structured to have doing so be a viable option after next year.

I don't think trading to the 5th pick would land a QB they couldn't take with their current pick. The price to move up to a top (3) pick would be steep and probably isn't even an option.