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Considering she's the third player to leave the team this season alone, and how many knows over the last 3-4 years you start to maybe the kids aren't the problem...

Yeah, except here's the rub: Those big time programs (many of which have come here in the past, so I guess, so much for that criticism) require a return trip or don't have a desire to fly out to North Dakota, particularly to play a tough UND team. Alternatively, they can save on their end of travel expenses by scheduling other teams that are closer by. On UND's side, in order to help fund the athletic department, they need a certain number of home games, so they have to buy some games against lower level programs that don't require a return game. Some people must get exhausted be faux-worked up over everything.

Two year average is actually $57,500 loss. Take those profit/loss numbers with a grain of salt though. LISTEN Center runs the gaming at the Canad Inn. I'm sure the actual gaming report is available from the AG's website somewhere but it's an overall net contribution.

I get where you're coming from, but incentives to develop aren't the same as giving away money the city already has to spend elsewhere. The Town Square re-development has been in the pipeline and was going to happen. The tax incentives do no harm the city's tax revenues over the short term and improve them over the long-term, as developer still pays original tax value of the land before it was developed. Would any of the projects that have been done or are in process moved forward without the tax incentives? Maybe? I'd guess on a different scale and timeline. In the long run, it's usually better for the city's tax roll rather than holding out hope and waiting that a development happens without any incentive. How long have some of those lots sat open already? Encouraging more use during both the day and evening is one of the stated goals. The ability to leave the restrooms more available was another, which they are unable to currently do because of the poor placement of them was another. I see the benefits of both setups but creating a more open, inviting space makes sense in general. If the main argument against it is because of a handful of paid events, I think there are solutions to solve that.

It's been doing continuously better over the years and has taken a large step forward with Spectra taking over as the management company.

The concerts are something they are taking into account, however one of the biggest complaints has been lack of access/safety that is caused by the large cement planters that surround almost the whole park. They are trying to come up with a way to open it up more. Depending on what the final design looks like, something like temporary fencing or removable bollards will be incorporated to continue to allow concerts. Making sure the farmer's market continues without issue is another big issue they are taking into account.

Not quite, Clemson took responsibly and acknowledged the substance, NDSU called their player a liar and passed on the blame.

Especially if Richman just finished signing his extension.

You can see his athleticism when he's out there, absolutely off the charts, but needs to work on defense and overall court awareness. Just needs more time to grow into the college game but could be a huge difference maker if he develops.

Was a fun trip this past season, I plan on going again. True, big time football.

To your point, they finished in the exact same spot in the Pairwise that they had in previous years and made the tournament during the streak, the chips just didn't fall in their favor last year, yet somehow we need to jump off a ledge. Not to mention #14 in the Pairwise had made the tournament every year since 2008. No one is excited about it, but to pretend they hadn't been in the same spot before and got a bounce or two go their way to get into the tournament is just putting your head in the sand.

I think both sides are a fair point on the salary portion. It's obvious she's been in this (similar) line of work for an extended period of time, so her major isn't all that relevant at this point, considering her experience, and it appears by all accounts that she does an excellent job, so I'm not all that worked up over that portion. It is probably just as fair to ask why a University President need a $185K/year attorney to be their Chief of Staff when the NDUS has a whole team of legal counsel. Before he was hired, that position did not exist at NDSU, it was created for this specific individual when they realigned legal counsels. Until we know what the actual job duties of each are, tough to make a comparison on the salary portion one way or another. However, I won't argue that the idea of paying for her travel up to $25K/year is just poor judgement. I understand the explanation they tried to use but they needed to take a step back on that one and see how it looks. Tough to sell the idea on a Chief of Staff who's only present a limited portion of the time.

No doubt the optics on this are less than great and it feeds perfectly into those that don't care for MK. Also, I'm not sure how that job functions and if doing it remotely is realistic, though it seems like someone who's working on site would be more effective, but as always, some of this is a little more nuanced than the knee jerk reactions. NDSU hired a Chief of Staff a few years ago, which was in the news as the individual that was hired there was previously on staff at NDSU as legal counsel. The state moved all legal counsel under the NDUS, so he was out of a job. Instead of applying for a job in Bismarck, NDSU hired him as chief of staff. His salary is about $183K/year and is in line with the average/median salaries stated by UND. While the individual at NDSU is an attorney, I don't know if that job actually requires a JD nor do I do know if the UND and NDSU jobs have similar duties but they do share titles and have a pretty significant difference in salaries.

From the article: This isn't the 247Sports "star" rating formula, or Rivals.com. It's only based on scholarship offers. If you held at least three FCS offers? You added bonus points to your school's ranking. But no matter what? If you signed with your school, you helped in the ranking below in our formula. We consider all D-1 scholarship offers of the 2,500 or so FCS signees ... P5 offers? FBS offers? FCS? How many? And if you signed with your favorite school? The offers are "tiered" and you helped the "score" because we gave credence to quantity AND quality. Once again, everybody who signed with an FCS school helped their school's rating in the formula. I mean, how can you give much credence to that. Not a chance they knew every kid's offers and how many of them were even committable? Also, some kids shut down their recruitment after they commit there and other offers they get (or would have got) are never made public. As previously stated, fine piece for conversation, but pretty short on actual relevance due to the shadiness of recruiting in general and here's a prime example of how accurate this kind of thing is:

Champions Club member don't get into the NDSU game for free. Ticket revenues for that alone are more than WIH, including playoffs.

I'm the end, how do you think it ends up being covered genius?

Those fees were approved by the students. Do you realize that your athletic department showed a $857K deficit last year?

He said it was a stimulant, not that it wasn't illegal. Ndsu was going to appeal it regardless, it's common practice, especially considering they are the ones being pointed at for being the provider of whatever caused the failed test. How many failed tests does it take to be dismissed from the team? Or does it depend on the substance? I'm also guessing that a "trusted staff member" providing the substance plays a role in that decision as well.

I mean, it could be worse: Florida State lost out at the last minute on the QB they thought they were signing after the same thing happening in December. They also didn't sign a QB last year, meaning back to back classes without a QB. On top of that, they are currently down to 1 eligible scholarship QB on their roster. They obviously have options with grad transfers and and have some one or two high quality walk-ons, plus already have a QB commit for 2020 but not a great situation for an incredibly high status program.

NDSU - 8/20 UND - 3/14 Three point shooting was the difference between two not very good teams. The only bright side? Hopefully it buys Richman a few more years down in Fargo.

Want to expand on why one or two of NDSU's players were suspended and/or dismissed over the last year or two?

Good breakdown of Schuster's accolades, offers, interests, etc: https://football.thedzone.com/players/tommy-schuster

Here are some actual numbers instead of rambling that makes no sense. MVFC "Revenues" UND - $28.2 million ISU - $27.9 million NDSU - $27.3 million MSU - $26.4 million UND w/o MIH - $23.0 million SIU - $22.1 million SDSU - $22.1 million UNI - $19.5 million USD - $19.3 million ISU - $16.1 million YSU - $15.4 million WIU - $11.9 million While those numbers don't actually tell anywhere near a full story, the ballpark of what men's hockey directly adds to it is $5.2 million. UND also just improved the expense side of their equation by about $3 million, which will start reflecting on the next report that is released.