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Not sure if anywhere else in town has them but the Sioux Shop now has the grey adidas jersey in stock.

They are well aware. A very aggressive first round bid that would was well above the minimum and would have easily secured a game was made last year.

No one deserves the amount of criticism those two have gotten. It has actually gotten to the point where it has become a parody of itself.

Good analysis. Cal Poly definitely got the what appears to be the toughest draw getting UND, UM, EWU and Weber.

I'm not sure you could find anyone that has a bad word about Q. Easily one of the most humble, appreciative and down to earth student athletes I've come across at UND. Regardless of who he is interacting with, kids or adults, he shows a genuine interest. He was an absolute steal on and off the court for Jones and company.

Admit it, you just wanted to fill up your inbox.

The only time that this has been done this year is for football games and the $25,000 for that promotion were privately donated, it has cost UND nothing. There are reasons to keep non-revenue sports. Using the argument that spending an average of $21,500 per student athlete per year in the sports you mentioned to prop up enrollment by 100 student athletes is not one of them. The math doesn't work out on that one.

The only think I can think of is that with the timing of the Big Sky Presidents meeting tomorrow, Kennedy knows something he isn't sharing. UND being a football affiliate had obviously been discussed informally. It was no slam dunk like one would originally think but maybe something changed. Otherwise I am at a little bit of a loss with this decision.

They showed up in the Herald in September because that is when the cases were settled. They occurred in May/June. I don't see him back on the team. Wish him well and that he can get things straightened out personally.

So you are saying that the WAC will change its core sport requirements?

NMSU was grandfathered in because soccer wasn't a required sport until the WAC cut football, long after NMSU was in the conference. No clue why UMKC isn't required to sponsor baseball but I also don't have a clue why they joined in the first place. Other schools were required to add it when they joined, so there is an explanation out there somewhere. So one school has a waiver on one of the 6 required core sports. Somehow that means UND will get a waiver on 2 of the 6, including one that they just dropped even though this plan has long been in motion. Excuse me if I'm having a hard time believing that.

The article from the blog is from recently. The information they are using to cite a Summit site visit and base their claims off of is from 2010 (which UND eventually canceled due to being accepted into the Big Sky).

They might be cut but it will have nothing to do with the WAC, which I want to point out requires men's soccer and baseball. Pretty bold strategy for UND to cut baseball if a move to the WAC was imminent. It is almost like Ed Schafer wasn't aware of this whole WAC thing.

If S&D is safe, soccer would likely be the only other one possibly on the block until any final decisions are made on conference affiliations. Tennis is required by the Big Sky, so they are safe unless UND moves Olympic sports to the Summit. On top of that, I'd be surprised if they cut two women's sports and no men's sports, especially due to participation numbers and scholarships given out. I still don't think this is enough and guessing there is some final decisions hinging on conference affiliations.

Since I already gave my thoughts on a couple of the recommendations, I'll finish out with the list: • Increase ticket prices by 25 percent across all sports for which tickets are required. - 25% is a little steep but ticket prices haven't increased much recently and I was surprised there wasn't any bump this year with season tickets. Season hockey tickets only cost $420/seat before donation so increasing by 25% move the price to $525. Increases in football, MBB, WBB and whatever else would be pretty minimal but you also need to be careful when raising prices without a strong demand. The big caveat with this one is whether it includes Champions Club donations or just the ticket price, which would make a huge difference. • Increase the distribution of ticket revenue from 48 percent to 60 percent. - Not sure exactly how this contract is worded, but I actually do think that if possible, this is something that should be looked in to. I believe that UND contracts with one of the REA entities for this. • Reduce the number of complimentary tickets. - Seems logical on the surface without actually knowing how many tickets are being comped. Likely will make a minimal impact though depending on the scenario could end in a few negatives. • Restructure the agreements with the Ralph Engelstad Arena and the Alerus Center. - Likely easier said than done with the Alerus Center, which I think is already pretty UND friendly to begin with, especially considering the amount of time UND actually uses it. The REA is a whole separate issue and my feeling is that any gains now come at the expense of gains when UND eventually takes it over. Doesn't mean there isn't some middle ground to help out right now but likely more complex than just "restructuring". • Add scholarships to fully fund each sport at the allotment of scholarships permitted by NCAA. - A recommendation to actually increase expenses instead of cut them. By my rough count, this would require UND to add ~25 scholarships on the men's side and ~15 on the women's side (plus FCOA as well). I actually agree with the general theory behind this but it should be done only after they have cut a handful of sports. Cut the operating expenses and move the scholarships over. If they did follow through I'm sure that imbalance wouldn't cause any Title IX angst. • Keep all 20 sports. - I've already said my piece. What a punt.

The Herald actually listed it as "Increase direct institutional support for UND athletics by no more than $7.3 million" which I take to mean as they are suggesting to double institutional support. State funding is being cut, so the increased institutional support will have to come from somewhere within UND (aka the academic side). I don't see that flying. Edit - If it is as Brad described, the Herald worded it poorly (big surprise!) and they must have meant they recommended leaving the institutional support the same as it was despite the state budget cuts. Point still stands about it not flying real well since it would have to come from the academic side. They also recommended increasing student fee for athletics from $10.69 per credit hour to $14.50 per credit hour which is a 35% increase. That would increase student fees to around $4.4 million (~$1.2 million increase). Student fees are high enough right now, no need to increase them further. If Kennedy follows through on these to the extent recommended without cutting anything on the expense side, UND would, and should, get skewered.

Christian Rozeboom's mentions (Though not lakes that I saw, he's busy commenting on GF Herald's facebook page instead. No seriously...)

Two separate issues. Mixed opinion on whether it was dirty or not. The linebackers only other choice was to let go with how he slid down the ball carrier and was about to break free while he was still moving forward. However, regardless of what your feelings on the play, it doesn't excuse adults for sending messages directly to student athletes calling them names and using hashtags like #bounty.

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Their recommendations are not realistic and because of that, they failed to do what they were asked. I'm not sure how a reasonable person can say that providing unattainable solutions instead of addressing the underlying issue is them somehow doing the job they were tasked with. They complained about not having a say the first go-around and when getting what they demanded, they decided they didn't want blood on their hands. That's their prerogative but don't act surprised when people call it for what it is.

Directed at the linebacker who took down their running back with an ankle tackle. Unfortunate play but the defender did what any other player in the situation would do.

They should be more concerned about the adults in their fanbase who send tweets directly at opposing student athletes for making plays that they are bitter about after losing.

The IAC publicly spoke out about not being included in the discussion when baseball and golf were cut. Kennedy gave them what they wanted this time and they pull this BS. By their own doing, they have completely relegated themselves as pointless. My gut feel is that there were some personal feelings getting in the way of some of the members on making a decision so they punted. Sports will be cut but now some of them think they will be able to sleep better at night taking the cowardly way out. There are cuts that can be made regardless of what conference UND is in. I wouldn't feel good if I was currently one of those sports.

Going to be a perfect day to tailgate. Get out, enjoy the beautiful weather, eat, drink and they go yell loud.

Get there early, walk around and you won't be disappointed or hungry. Stop and say hi to any group and you'll be taken care of.