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Yet when they do try to open new revenue streams, people complain because they don't like the change.

Does that include when they lost it?

They can because they do medical research as well. The point is they don't compete for a large portion of their funding. Regardless of the "pot", when you get it, that is a significant difference when hundreds of schools are competing for a different pot, regardless of size. So "catching up to a state peer" is an absolutely ignorant statement.

The understatement on this is hilarious. A huge portion is non-competitive, federal funding they are allocated and have to do nothing. Meaning no one else can get it and there is zero effort to earn it. As was stated, night/day difference. Its important enough that it's is part of why Nebraska lost their research status a while back.

A lot of this. Schools at UND's level aren't going to have "revenue" to share. So that is a moot talking point. At this point, it doesn't sound like any of the Dakotas are looking at opting in at this point, at least in year 1. Probably the smart decision because the rules on what the settlement looks like (aka - what you are choosing to opt in to) won't be known until mid-April. Not sure the thought process for the other FCS schools. But again, one year isn't going to set anyone too far back, especially when no one knows what they are opting in to. UND would also have to trim some other sports rosters and I'm not sure how that would trickle down and have any possible effects on Title IX compliance.

No argument on who you lose to and when is huge difference. The other half of the equation is that the whole conference had a poor non-conference, which means in-conference comparisons aren't worth as much as they have been in the past.

UND can offer a lot of other things to help offset that difference until the actual rules are figured out (Alston, FCOA, NIL). No one knows what the actual rules are going to look like until mid-April when the final ruling comes down. Opt-in day is March 1 for the coming year. Guessing most schools will wait to see what the ruling states and then look at how to proceed next year, since an opt-in or opt-out is a yearly decision for non-P4 schools.

Pleasantly surprised they were able to get there as quick as they did. A few years ahead of schedule from the original plan! Probably not welcome news in certain parts of the state, but excellent for Grand Forks and UND.

I remember when we had a coach who did that but couldn't win "the big one". Pitchforks were out in full force annually. Pretty sure the Venn diagram of the people complaining now overlaps significantly with the ones who wanted to run Hak out of town... Schlossman had a pretty good article today showing that the team's record is actually pretty close to quite a few of those teams people are pining for, but unfortunately UND (and the NCHC as a whole) screwed up the non-conference schedule so Pairwise, they are in a much different spot.

UND has to pay the Alerus Center for all tailgating, Champions Club and any other parking spots they control access to. No clue what that is, but I'm assuming it is defined through the usage agreement. They then work backwards from there to come up with a balance that encourages tailgating and rewards donors with not losing money. The Alerus Center chooses the rates and collects the parking fees for the rest of the lots and also control the Suite/VIP parking.

When you own the facility, things are a bit different...

Same group is still running around, making sure everyone knows what their feelings are? Hilarious. To the Alerus Center, that's where general parking money goes. UND pays the Alerus Center for the spots they use during football games (tailgating, Champions Club)

But it was a meeting for season tailgate pass holders, not a public meeting.

Shouldn't part of the frustration go to whoever the contact is for your spots?

It was sent out to whoever has the spaces in their names. Multiple emails went out with the survey link and meeting info.