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Even with ND, the NCHC wouldn't even come close to the media coverage for the BTHC or HE. This is a media no-man's land compared to those markets. Lol @ the "big TV money" for the NCHC. UND should have stayed in the WCHA. (they see that now) But their insane jealousy of Minnesota's move to the premiere hockey conference in the country, enticed UND to want something (possibly) better. UND has created quite a mess. Did you people really think that UND and the NCHC had the wherewithal to grab ND? Most people knew better...

He's not incompetent. But he is arrogant, stubborn, and immature.

+1

Women's hockey is a huge money loser...they lose more than many DIII, DII, and FCS football programs.

Men's hockey was 396k in the black. BUT what about women's hockey? Should they be a part of the conversation?

Have you seen the P&L statements for SCSU? You have no idea what you're talking about.

It's a shame.

My comment was obviously in jest. (rolling of the eyes)

Ok, now I know where you're coming from... "Behind the Pine Curtain". Did you know anyone on the "restricted list"?

You are a desperate liar with Saigo-itis. Give it up kiddo.

No, that would be Minnesota.

Specifics please...

Subjective magazine ranking are irrelevant. Academically speaking, the NCHC is not the Big Ten or even the old CCHA. School rankings had anything to do with the creation of the NCHC. Look, UND is a good school. But ND would not go out of their way to be associated with UND, SCSU, UMD, UNO, DU, CC, MU, or WMU. The new conference is (and should be) about increasing revenue. Even in the world of BCS football, a school's subjective USNWR ranking is only a talking point. Revenue potential trumps all other criteria. The NCHC must get teams with the greatest number of televisions in a given market. The only program that has good access to the Twin Cities Metro is SCSU. I'm not referring to the number of fans, (of which there are many) but the number of cable subscribers. It doesn't matter if they watch the games or not.

You people are comical. UND, UNO, UMD, Miami,.......Notre Dame...ok You should be slightly embarrassed.

You're right. I just looked at ND's historical results (through 1995). They were mutts until 2005.

Wait a minute! Notre Dame is the 19th ranked university in the country. Sorry, but you are delusional about the station of NCHC schools. ND has more in common with the CCHA (Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio State) than the NCHC.

Don't get it twisted. Notre Dame's brand and portfolio is far beyond ANY of the NCHC schools. The only thing UND has in common with ND is they both have good hockey programs.

DI basketball without football??? Bring it on!

haha good one

The NCHC wouldn't compete with B1G name recognition no matter who was in the conference. BGSU or Bemidji would have really captured a large audience

You're not going to see many rational comments because they hate SCSU for many reasons. But there are some hospitable UND fans (just not that many) Anyway, this will be a good league on the ice, but the league office is out of their minds if they think the NCHC can compete with Big Ten branding.

Right on!

The NCHC had to have a " no Notre Dame contingency plan".

most people are thrilled. I'm definitely in the minority.

I would like to hear some objectivity in regards to TV revenue. It's all speculative at this point. I agree...people shouldn't think small. If you people could read these posts through the eyes of an outsider you'd be dubious too. If this conference was formed to generate TV revenue, there's no other school in the state of Minnesota that makes more sense than SCSU. I think the NCHC officials are thinking with their pocketbooks and some (very vocal) UND fans are being irrational. I've said it before, I am against SCSU joining the NCHC. I apologize for being a smart ***.