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Sicatoka, Remember what preceeded the quote of Roger Thomas that you posted? It still sounds like one foot is planted on each side of the fence. Maybe, maybe not. If USD and UND move up, it's somewhat of a shame that the NCC moving up wasn't looked at more seriously by some schools. There are a lot of conference affiliations and scenarios that could happen.

Punctuation marks are your friends. Do any UND fans have actual facts to base their Bison hatred upon? The only thing I have heard is elementary school playground blather, that has no factual basis. Very weak argument. Spelling errors? Grow up! There are UND fans on this board (not including Siouxrock) that don't even spell Sioux correctly in their signatures ! What does that say for S-I-O-U-X fans? Getting back to my original question, could it be jealousy? Could it be that twenty national championships in six sports is greater than eleven national championships in three sports? Are there any intelligent reasons?

Maybe it's a little bit of speculation and guesswork, but this spells looking into DIAA to me: I agree that UND has the resources to move up faster than either of the SD schools. IF USD happens to move to DIAA, a new conference is a much more viable possibility. NDSU, SDSU, UNC, and USD would make for a solid core of a new conference. Throw in a UND and a couple more schools, and you have NCAA autobids.

Looks like USD, who adamantly stated that D2 was the right place for them, might be reconsidering-LINK Can something similar be expected out of Grand Forks soon? If SDSU finds a conference, and USD leaves, I would expect UNO to join the MIAA. President James Abbott Appoints Committee to do Comprehensive Review of University of South Dakota Athletics 4/2/2003 VERMILLION, S.D. -- President James W. Abbott has announced today that an Athletics Review Committee will conduct a comprehensive review of all athletic programs at The University of South Dakota. The committee, to be chaired by USD alumna Julie Ehret Greenfield, vice president and trust officer of First American Bank and Trust in Sioux Falls, S.D., includes current athletic staff, student athletes, alumni and members of the regional business community. Members of the committee affiliated with the U include athletics faculty representative and business school professor Jack Powell; head track and field coach Dave Gottsleben, head softball coach Kim Zarling, as well as students Bill Gassen of Rapid City, S.D., and James Stapleton of South Sioux City, Neb. Committee members from the business community include Cathleen Tobin, vice president and managing director of Dain Rauscher, Edina, MN; Jim Ahrendt, president of First Dakota Bank, Yankton, S.D.; and Kelby Krabbenhoft, chief executive officer of Sioux Valley Hospital & Health System in Sioux Falls, S.D. "I'm confident that this knowledgeable committee will help the University think through the best course of action for our sports programs as we continue the strong tradition of Coyote Athletics," said President Abbott. "I'll be looking forward to receiving their recommendations." According to President Abbott, the committee will review and submit a recommendation about the long-term programmatic and financial plan for athletics. Specifically, the committee will do the following: ~ Examine other NCAA Division II and Division I-AA athletic programs with the objective of comparing national and regional trends in varsity, club and recreational sports as well as finances and scholarships. ~Review and recommend possible changes to the U's athletic programs, based on recent developments in the North Central Conference. ~Recommend a long-term programmatic and financial plan that ensures a broad offering of competitive varsity, club and recreational sports programs that meet student demand. In addition, the committee will assess and make recommendations about fundraising strategies that will assist the University in meeting future resource needs. South Dakota Athletics includes 18 programs, including 10 women

Sicatoka, I guess it depends on where you look:

He works at Perkins. He doesn't work at Perkins, but lives by Perkins. He is a senior. He is neither a senior, nor a freshman. One just has to look through this thread and count the contradictions. I think Siouxrock is the boy that keeps the stats for the RR hockey team. He did claim to be Ryan Bakken's son on the Bisonville board (where his email address is still in his profile) .

DIAA basketball does not exist.

Here's the story from the Detroit Free Press with dollar signs intact-LINK HERE I wonder how they will vote on scholarship reductions?

Siouxrock, why do u live in teh past and have a mullet?

That would be great.

Isn't this the first year of the six team per region playoff format? If so, the NCAA will probably just hand the first two teams in the NCC,NSIC, and MIAA a playoff spot.

None of the names on the roster jive with his email address.

What happened?

That's higher than I thought it was (76.5, probably 76 scholarships). Using the same 90%, DIAA would be at 56 minimum scholarships. If there was a scholarship minimum put on DIAA(maybe even 50), I could see a need for a "super" DII division of approx. 40 scholarships max, 30 minimum. For the schools in DI struggling with a football budget, there's always DIAAA(no football). There have already been two DII schools that dropped football this year, so it obviously is an option, though not a good one, imo.

Doesn't DIA require a minimum number of scholarships to be given out? I thought I saw something about 60 or so being the minimum. Maybe DIAA and the remaining DI sports could require something of this sort.

Actually, half a decade, except basketball. Jim and Sicatoka, The big schools only care about that $14,000,000 dollar payday for their conference. I doubt the small consolation payout concerns them much.

Looks like the "big boys" do share the wealth-LINK Looks like the BCS schools keep most of the wealth, but they do share some of it.

The BCS is already in place to protect the "interests" of the big DIA schools. Ohio State has over 30 varsity sports, btw. Apples and oranges.

In defense of UND, they did play Mesa last year, and it looks to be a home/home. Newberry, on the other hand, is a mystery. I don't understand why they would want to schedule another 1-10 team. Maybe UND will use their non-conf. schedule to plead to these schools not to reduce scholarships. How much fun would DII be if UND couldn't beat up on some bottom-feeders every year? UM-Crookston should be able to put up a fight this year. All 40 plus of the freshman on the team will be sophmores this year. The six team regional selection should be interesting this year. Six is divisible by 3. Two teams from the NCC,MIAA, and NSIC would be the easy way out for the NCAA.

All it says is that the division is watered down. NDSU was a victim of this tragedy, that is akin to affirmative action. [sarcasm] Hey, let's throw a NSIC team into the playoffs every year, because it'll be fair, and the right thing to do! [/sarcasm] Of course, this is somewhat a jab at the regional format of the playoffs that still doesn't make sense.

tony, That was the case until scholarship reductions made the division a shell of it's former glory. BisonKent, In 1998, less than 40 percent of DII schools offered over 30 (not even 36) scholarships. I doubt that number has increased any, and I believe I saw a report somewhere that stated it had dropped to about 30 percent in 2002.

Sicatoka, I would be lead to believe the delete subdivisions would mean to have a DI, DII, DIII, and DIV. They would be defined as follows: DI would be DI, current DIAA would be DII, current DII would become DIII, and DII would become DIV. Maintaining current requirements sounds like what the NCAA would want to do(nothing). btw- it is 2003, isn't it? Star2City, Here's a little bit from the 1998 voting from -LINK I don't think the "power" conferences in D2 are unanimously in favor of not reducing scholarships. Here's a quote from the second place team from one of the top "power" conferences- Now, what do you think the mediocre teams and bottom-feeders of these "power" conferences want to do? Do you think Augustana would want to raise scholarships? The vote in 1998 was VERY close. With the influx of smaller D2 schools and conferences like the NSIC, PSAC, and RMAC, I doubt the vote will be as close as it was last time(and definitely not the same result).

Star2City, How many current D2 teams could or would want to fund 40+ scholarships? Most of those that could have already moved to DIAA(See NDSU). This "DIIA" division might have twenty teams. Over half the division making the playoffs? Sounds like hockey to me (to clarify-that's a nudge-nudge, wink-wink smilie- it's been confused on this board before). If there are over twenty teams, it's likely they wouldn't be funding the full amount and many would try to lower the limit. DI kicking in money to keep teams in DII? That's hilarious. All DI would do is make more restrictions on admission and make teams meet certain criteria to ward off any mass exodus of DII into DI. The closest thing I could see to what you're suggesting is a DIIA of approx. 30 scholarships, and a DIIAA of approx. 10 scholarships. Your limits are way too high to work.

The topic is revisited- NCAA D2 scholarship reduction Looks like the PSAC and NSIC are the driving forces. I was suprised to see a MIAA team support a reduction in scholarships, though. A couple interesting quotes:

Although I don't really care for beer, I believe it's spelled Schmidt's.