They will always be the Sioux in your heart but it is time to move on. The nickname will hinder us from moving forward (as it already has), I simply do not want to be playing the South Dakota School of Mines (NAIA?) on Saturdays and I diffenetly do not want to be moved down the list in the Hockey world (and play cake eating teams). For UND to become viable in the D1 world we have to let the nickname go. I understand the logo means a lot to people but you have to remember this is a fight between the NCAA and the ONE Sioux Tribe who is as stubborn as a mule.
The NCAA has laid out the rules for everyone to read and we have to follow them. I understand there are other schools that are D1 that might play us but I don't want to play the Central Michigans or Furman Colleges of the world, I want to play the big boys (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) because when you play the big dogs you get better television/national coverage. We have already seen what schools will do (Iowa and Wisconsin not playing us) and what the NCAA will do (our UND Women's hockey team can't play at the REA for the NCAA tourny), so it is time to move on.