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From what I understand, they are applying for a TIF (which is a tax deferment, not actual cash). I've heard similar arguments as it relates to the city owned Choice Health and Fitness.

If you consider a golf simulator put in as an amenity in an apartment building, yes.

If the building isn't significantly leased up prior to opening and then at above a break-even rate (which is almost always quite a bit higher than 80%) the first few months its open, they are in a lot of trouble. If you're discounting leases early in the process, also a huge red flag. Existing tenants aren't a big fan of seeing that... Not saying they don't offer some early-lease up specials (first and last month free, etc.) but what you're describing isn't how the process works at all.

Any developer who sees 80% occupancy and thinks one or two more need buildings need to be built is going to go broke real fast.

And go where? Maybe he likes and trusts the OC who told him what he needs to work on to win the starting role.

There's no way that's accurate on the Summit side. No clue on the MVC side.

Doesn't change your main point, but anyone who opted in can now allocate up to 105 scholarships.

A few years ago, Minnesota was showing $5 million in excess revenue over expenses before an extra $8 million in outside allocated (government, school, etc) funds. That deficit number is pretty close to the difference. That's for a school with a huge media contract and $135 million in revenue. This is why payment numbers below the P4 level are going to be going to be much smaller.

This is not quite accurate. No school is required to pay anything if they opt-in, it just gives them the ability to do so. I would guess most, if not all, will to some degree. Very few outside the P4 (and maybe even some on the bottom end of that) are going to get anywhere near $20.5 million (or 22.5% of revenue). Not sure if/how the 22.5% of revenue part effects UND as if it is tied to a portion of total revenue, they would be capped at much lower than $20.5 million (which they wouldn't come close to anyway). There are also new increased scholarship limits in other sports that will have to be funded to remain competitive in those sports.

These are the things that help fund UND's athletic department. You can't magically allocate those funds to NIL pool and think things will continue to run with no issue. Again, that's why extra donations to the 701 Awards are important to fill this gap.

The difference is the P4 schools actually have significant revenue to share. Everyone below that level is already operating at a deficit so figuring out how that is going to work within existing budgets is going to be an uphill battle. Which is why donations to the 701 Award fund is going to be important to help with NIL.

B1G?

3 regular season football games and 3 regular season basketball games plus the championship game for each sport on CBS along with whatever a consistent regular-season presence on CBS Sports is. Guessing that isn't going to be a real big contract.

For what purpose? Sac St.'s waiver is likely to be denied as the oversight committee recommended against the waiver. Would be a surprise if the D1 council overrides that. Neither approach seems to be working. Either you are in a desirable location for a specific conference or you aren't...

Trying to build back after the decimation of the flood followed by a decade plus of not aggressively pushing to get new (especially large) employers in town? I think the latter has changed a bit the last few years, hopefully it pays off. This was a large detriment as well.