UNDvince97-01

Do you commend his communication skills (lack thereof), arrogance and ignorance? Great qualities for an AD.

A good AD (or any good leader) with requisite communications skills (which Faison doesn't have) should respond after the 1st email. It shouldn't take a 2nd, 3rd and 4th email to at least respond. That's part of his job - to communicate with his stakeholders. Faison has a long history and track record of handling his communication this way. This isn't a one-time occurrence. Requesting a meeting with him: good luck. How can you get a meeting with a guy that won't respond to an email?

FYP....

I dont really believe it's 3 million. It's actually closer to 2.5 million...

What I don't understand is why it's so difficult to come up with concrete numbers for sports at a publicly-funded University.

That's some fuzzy math.

Golf had 1.5 scholarships?

Try 3 million...

100% incorrect.

So we just found a way for almost 30 years and then decided to do away with wrestling?

For how much?.... Whats the annual gate revenue for womens hockey? Trick question.

Fact is: womens hockey was looked at as a legitimate possibility of being cut this time around. The numbers worked from a title 9 perspective in conjunction with other mens sports (not including mens basketball, which is ridiculous to even mention). Because it didnt get cut now doesnt mean it shouldnt have, nor does it mean it wont be on the chopping block in the next 5 years when budget cuts are revisited again soon. Instead of doing what is necessary for the long term betterment of UND Athletics all at once, we employed the little dutch boy for the near future.

Mens wrestling? How many schollies did they have cratter? And again, how did UND do it from 1972 until mens wrestling was dropped in 1999?

I am absolutely amazed that UND was able to operate as an athletics department and be title 9 compliant prior to womens hockey being added as a sport. How did they do it from 1972 until the addition of womens hockey?

I do know the realities of Title IX. I also know that it was more than doable if we chose to do it. Are you saying that it wasn't an option because of Title IX?

Mens sports were getting cut no matter what. Understood. Which ones was the question. Womens hockey and some combo of mens sports would have been easy to do on the calculator for finances and title 9.....now and in the future. This does nothing for the long term. I have a bad feeling one of these press conferences will need to happen again in the near future because we didnt do it right the first time. And that bugs the hell out of me.

They would have ZERO problem with that if they did it right. Faison's not big on doing things right though...the first time.

So why not womens hockey again?...

I'd set the line at 1.5....

It's ok that you have an opinion. It's also ok that you're wrong...

Nobody can tell me that at minimum, Will Ratelle can't do what Heath Farwell has done over his career in the NFL. I believe hes more physically talented than Farwell ever was coming out of college. He's also a smart football player with instincts.

I agree. I also added to your post.

Thanks, Ok, so what is the current Midco coverage for the state of ND? Is Midco all the way out in central and western ND? Or primarily the I-29 corridor? I do realize you have to have Midco to get the games, which is part of the problem in the first place with the current deal in my opinion. Hence, my wish to have a statewide network deal.

What I would like to see is a statewide football broadcast for every game on a network station like ABC (WDAZ, WDAY,other affiliates etc). Keep the hockey TV agreement as is and have the basketball games on midco like they do now. Is this impossible to do? Am I asking for a miracle? We need to get back to our roots in ND for TV games. I really hope our Big Sky Eversport Internet broadcasts aren't the holdup. Someone educate me please?

This would be a deal breaker in my opinion. UND would and should ask for some small revenue deal (relatively speaking). If not, then I could certainly understand UND saying no given all the variables.