ScottM

Such a bitter, bitter little man.

That's pretty extreme. But at least you don't advocate taking away their birthday too. So you're not a total lunatic ...

But pants are still optional, right?

I'm sure they were left with that exact impression after dealing with Clueless Al last year.

"Don't let the door hit ya on the a$$."

I remember seeing him play. Nice guy too. RIP. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-09/stacy-robinson-receiver-on-giants-super-bowl-teams-dies-at-50.html

In my own view, the UND saga lays the groundwork for them to assert themselves over the member schools, directly by sanctioning members, or indirectly by sanctioning states. They've established the internal framework to give their agendas legitimacy and, thanks to SL and similar cases, have started to establish the "voluntary membership" defense in the courts. And they can probably defend their moves against collateral attacks from tribes, alumni associations, states, etc. They may be idealistic eggheads, but these people also honed their strategic thinking skills as they climbed the ladder.

Now extend that logic to the NC$$, and the academics that run it. In MS and SC, the legislatures effectively memorialized the Southern Cross on state land under threat of NC$$ sanctions. The state of North Dakota has the potential to do the same with regard to the Sioux moniker. Those same cries of racism and insensitivity that brought the NC$$ "riding to the rescue" in the south were heard in the pretty recent past in North Dakota too. The NC$$ and their allies in academia are on a crusade of sorts to remove NA imagery from college sports.

I don't see it like that. They're watching us tear each other apart in the run up to the June referendum. If the Sioux moniker sticks, UND gets hung out to dry and made example of by the NC$$. The bedwetters then have the leverage to effectively demand that an entire state should bear the weight of its decision to maintain the moniker ala Mississippi and South Carolina. I see that geographic attack as a back door way to sanction those who are are not on the H&A list in a more comprehensive way without having to single out member schools. It's more defensible politically and legally. And it's actually more "intellectually honest" than granting a hodge-podge of exceptions based on tribal "consent". Every time FSU plays football on TV you can feel the academics cringe as the white rider drives his lance into the ground in front of thousands of war painted and tomahawk chopping fans ... Their hypocrisy must drive them nuts.

Considering UND has had players like Parise, Toews, Oshie, etc. pass on MJ, I think we can hold our own.

Which is why I think the NC$$'s next move against NA imagery will be more broad and subtle. They may not take on individual schools, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them impose larger restrictions that may be tournament or geography based. More defensible on a number of levels, and I think SL's loss in court may also give them some basic defenses from attacks by third-parties. In fact, I find the relative silence from academia regarding the current Sioux moniker fight to be very "interesting".

At some point, the NC$$'s creeping power will not be limited to schools, but will expand to include the states where member schools reside too ... (ahem, Mississippi and South Carolina, and maybe North Dakota?)

If you loosen up a bit, that lump of coal you're carrying around is probably a one carat diamond by now ...

Oh yeah, that'll show 'em. I have a better idea. Why don't you drive to Indianapolis, park yourself in front of the NC$$ headquarters, douse yourself in gasoline and strike a match? May as well "send a message" that gets more than 5 seconds of TV coverage ... You really are delusional.

Meh. Back in my day, if we acted up, the teachers would send us to the dungeon and we'd be put on the rack, put in the Iron Maiden, and occasionally waterboarded. Kids have it way too easy these days ...

Wasn't one of the big reasons the now-headless College Hockey, Inc. formed was to make it competitive with MJ? If so, they've got a lot of work to do.

Given that this is a June election, turnout may be low, and key to the result.

If the kid had gone to Catholic school when I did the nuns would have not even bothered with "solitary confinement" ...

FSU never litigated their position, Florida and Utah's congressional delegations fired up almost immediately and got the NC$$ to go the tribal permission route. Meanwhile, NoDak's delegation went dress shopping at WalMart.

It's better than him leaving pictures of his "conquests".

You mean when UND upset 'su at its own cow-tipping invitational?

Are you threatening a federal judge? Your mom may not let you out of the basement for a whole month ...

Perhaps. Then again, Soderstrom hasn't bothered to read the decision even though it's linked on the Hurled's website. At the end of the day, he's just another assclown who could care less about the impact of the sanctions on UND.

Agreed.

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