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Their analysis consisted of 20 institutions between 1994 to 2002 who moved competely or partially from DII to DI. 52% of DI-AA (w/ institutional support) are profitable according to the NCAA. Statistically...10 of these institutions should be profitable (w/ institutional support)...yet none were profitable. Why? 1) Becoming profitable (w/ institutional support) takes more than 8 years after transitioning to DI. 2) Established DI programs have a financial advantage (permanent) over new DI programs. 3) Skewed sample set (ie...all 20 programs in the above analysis will historically fall in the 48% non-profitable catergory) 4) Other BTW...I am on page 59 now.

From the NCAA... Revenues and Expenses of Divisions I and II Intercollegiate Athletics Programs WARNING - This is a 36.68 MB *.pdf I have not yet read the entire report but here are some statistics of interest...2003. TOTAL REVENUES - Average - Page 24 29,400,000 - DI-A 07,200,000 - DI-AA 02,600,000 - DII w/football 01,700,000 - DII w/o football TOTAl EXPENSES - Average - Page 24 27,200,000 - DI-A 07,500,000 - DI-AA 02,700,000 - DII w/football 01,900,000 - DII w/o football PERCENT OF SCHOOLS REPORTING NET PROFIT - Page 26 & 27 ~52% - DI-AA w/ Institutional Support ~10% - DI-AA w/o Institutional Support ~50% - DII w/football and w/ Institutional Support ~05% - DII w/ football and w/o Institutional Support ~43% - DII w/o football and w/ Institutional Support ~07% - DII w/o football and w/o Institutional Support My simplified take...going DI-AA will increase revenues and expenses but on average UND athletics have a ~50% chance of being profitable. Not much different than remaining in DII. NOTE - Actual results may vary. Only 109 pages to go...

I had contemplated a name change to avoid the neverending requests for VIAGRA

Who will be participating in the upcoming Fargo Marathon on 20MAY2006? I am signed up for the half...post-race rehydration will be important...any Sioux fans up for a post-race beer or two? Anyone?

Yes.

(800) 543-8764 or (701) 777-2611

If someone here has $4.5 billion laying around...the Sioux Boosters would appreciate a call.

Read it again...the projected deficit was $700,000. The actual deficit was $250,000.

UPDATED STANDINGS by post total as of Mar 10th, 2006, 8:21am 1) Football 2) Smack Talk 3) Basketball 4) DI-AA Football 5) Bison Commons 6) Other Sports (3190) 7) UND Talk and Smack (1142) 8) Our House (1132) 9) Suggestions / Announcements (967)

UND: D-I dollars "Alice Brekke, school budget director, led off by laying out some current financial realities plaguing the athletic department. She said that, in fiscal year 2005, the school had to subsidize athletics with $250,000 to overcome a shortfall." "He said when North Dakota State in Fargo was mulling a move to Division I, that school said it, too, would fill its sports rosters with athletes from far-flung states. However, in nine instances where UND and NDSU soon competed head to head for regional recruits, NDSU got every one of them. "The school that had to go away to get athletes was us," Bollinger said." I can hear the bellaring already... "Phil Harmeson, senior associate to the UND president, cautioned other task force members not to get locked into a mindset that UND's Athletic Department has to be bigger. He said some schools actually are looking at cutting sports to make ends meet. "Everything has to be on the table," Harmeson said." Who gets cut? "Bollinger said that, as the study moves forward, it would be valuable to get data on changes in alumni giving from schools in the region that already have jumped to Division I, such as NDSU, University of Northern Colorado and South Dakota State. "I'd like to know: Has their giving increased for athletics after a move up?" Bollinger said." Any TeamMakers want to comment?

3:00 PM CST

Mankato confirmed.

UND poised for move up in key areas "UND already is well positioned in critical areas for a move to Division I sports, a school task force said Wednesday night." "The task force alluded to difficulties that other schools in the region have had on an independent schedule or in a new conference." "But getting into a conference is harder than it might seem, said Don Kojich, a former sports information director and now head of UND University Relations."

Canad Breaks Ground

Phil Jackson named to NCAA DII 50th Anniversary Team!

2006 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship - Printable Bracket Instructions: 1) Start at upper left hand corner with 1*North Dakota (32-0) 2) Proceed right to first empty line and insert 1*North Dakota (33-0) 3) Proceed right to first empty line and insert 1*North Dakota (34-0) 4) Proceed right to first empty line and insert 1*North Dakota (35-0) 5) Proceed right to first empty line and insert 1*North Dakota (36-0) 6) Proceed right to first empty line and insert 1*North Dakota (37-0) 7) Proceed downward to first empty line (National Champion) and insert 1*North Dakota (38-0) 8) For remaining empty lines...insert random team and record. Congratulations! You have now completed your 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship Bracket!

32-0! Congratulations!

Bellaring Cow Alert!

CUE "RED X" IN 5, 4, 3, 2...

"Phil Longo, who spent the past two seasons serving as the head football coach at NCAA I-AA LaSalle University, has been named the University of Minnesota Duluth

Same article...sound familiar? New article... "Q. Why were so many baseball teams affected? A. Baseball has several factors working against it. The sport's heavy travel schedule, the large number of players leaving school early to turn professional and a high transfer rate compared with football and basketball could account for some of the low numbers." Can someone find a tie-breaker?

This was just an example to show the worst case scenario for an institution...an 0-for-2...like MTU after this weekend! Still under "Defining Academic Reform"... Academic Progress Rate (APR). "The APR is the fulcrum upon which the entire academic-reform structure rests. Developed as a more real-time assessment of teams' academic performance than the six-year graduation-rate calculation provides, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible."

Under "Defining Academic Reform"... 0-for-2. "This term is the equivalent of a four-letter-word when it comes to reform. An "0-for-2" student-athlete is one who is neither academically eligible nor remains with the institution. An 0-for-2 player might be one who transfers, leaves the institution for personal reasons or leaves to turn pro and would not have been academically eligible had he or she returned. Obviously, these are the types of situations the academic-reform structure is most meant to address since they are the most damaging to a team's APR. While teams cannot always control the reasons student-athletes leave, the contemporaneous penalty holds them accountable for at least making sure student-athletes are academically eligible during their college tenures." I believe this makes it clear that a student leaving to "turn pro"...still costs the school a point. BTW...the Women's APR is 961.

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