Yes to the bolded, please. Why?
1. Rewards regular season excellence.
2. Increases likelihood of the best teams being there at the end.
3. Maximizes attendance and revenue.
What could be wrong with any of that?
That doesn't reconcile with the popular opinion here that 70%-80% of citizens in those counties were pro-Fighting Sioux...which very well may have been the case.
Shame on you, Darell! We're North Dakota, we don't cow-tow to politically correct lunatics! Keep fighting the good fight and we'll be the Fighting Sioux again!!!!