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Al was just an absolute gem when I interacted with him and he was a true gentleman when I introduced my kids to him. Just an absolute legend. Any idea when a funeral for this man will be?

This is the reality, but we just had to try and keep up with the Jones... and for what to be constantly jealous of their tier 2 pretend D1 titles? This "one year" is not an anomaly If a person can not see the past and future trajectory, there's really no hope for them...

Every organization has a culture. Making sure it tracks with the mission and objective is the pickle. It's also very easy for it to derail

And a portion of the fan base already is burning her at the stake for existing. This is 100% accurate. NIL collectives are competition to the organizations you mentioned. It is and will continue to grow to be a big issue.

Speculate this possibility Player goes to a school where he can get NIL money to the effect that tuition and scholarship isn't needed. Scholly dollars go to other talent recruits or portals to fill out team? Could scholarship "limits" basically go the way of the vcr?

Calm down...

And I could make a real argument for an 8th too..... Dang good team they had there.

Dean French hangs it up at South-Shanley. https://www.inforum.com/sports/prep/fargo-south-shanley-boys-hockey-coach-dean-french-steps-down

No. He's a CharlieUnicornNovemberTango of a person.

Eero Butella Saw some of this kids play for Chicago Mission this year, think he's already committed to Northeastern but maybe a flip or a portal get later. Don't know his situation but, Great shot, compete level good poise on the ice... hes one to watch.

This should 100% happen at UND. Theme ideas would be: Local post-game re-hydration establishments. Pre Game Eats. Notable local attractions. Regularly closed Interstates and Hiways

The TeamND competitiveness vs full time Tier1 teams is always an interesting conundrum. This year they beat the full time Power program for Nationals berths... Clearly, nobody expected that to happen. At the national level it's just a whole different monster playing uber high end teams that play disciplined team structure. So question is IF the TeamND played a 60 game Tier1 schedule... how would they fair? How would the roster look? Stronger? Would it be a better team? Would the kids who leave have stayed? Would the ones who played have committed and been able to stomach the schedule and expense? It's a huge double edged sword. The reality is a ND based Tier1 team of only ND players in theory can and would compete with the top in the Nation But that's a fantasy to assume the top 20 14 or 15 or 16 year old kids could or would commit to the time expense and life change of Tier1 hockey. ND high school hockey would be changed for sure but I'm not in the camp that Tier1 would "kill" ND HS. It may actually solve some of the inequality issues.. who knows. Bottom line is... its great to see the success the TeamND kids did have this year and I know they did impress nationally

That certainly would not look out of place on the black helmets

Hearing the same, Good on them. Oneil kid has been the best '07 and frankly probably '06 in ND through Squirts PW Bantam HS up until he left for AAA. Heck of a kid and hockey player.

Lots of good thought here, shows knowledge of issue for sure. Once of the most realistic issues UND (and most all other universities) will have is something you elude to... UND NIL collectives will compete with the Alumni Association, the REA, the foundations, and UND itself for the monies that are out there and available. (sports will compete against other sport too) So a fair question is; How supportive, really supportive, is the University, the Alumni Association, and the Athletic Department going to be in the existence of the collectives. So far the "wait and see" attitude seems to be the messege. That's not going to be sustainable, but I fear UND is hoping the NCAA can reign in the demon and at this point, that's not possible.

30-35?... So Noon. You just had to say "at noon"

I was hoping you would go out and find this HEADLINE to try and "dunk" on it., because I knew you wouldn't understand the situation or how it relates to the overall topic. Basically someone who knows absolutely nothing about the topic, ....and doesn't read details... would actually think there something to this extreamly recent, ongoing, presently unlitigated and toothless attempt by the NCAA to regulate the NIL landscape Hint: It doesn't. It was meaningless and toothless and literally spells out how not to conduct the activity vs stopping the activity. This case also has nothing to do with anything you've tried to pretend to know about the NIL landscape. What you and everyone needs to understand is that. NIL will be, and IS the most influential and landscape altering aspect of college athletics for the remainder of the NCAAs existence. It's never going to not be an issue in the college athletics world again. Nothing can stop it. It is a major factor right now in the recruiting landscape of college hockey. Combined with the portal it's never going to be a non issue again. Having your head ignorantly in the sand isn't going to change that.

The collectives are not necessarily sport specific per say.... they sure could be.... if they wanted them to be. So if Money is needed for the Hockey program to land a YUUGE 1st rounder or 5.... or the WBB team needs that superstar... The available pool of money from huge donor and alumni bases... money could be, and is used, through the collective.... to get that athlete paid. "Through their NIL" It's not the money thay may make from selling some posters or doing a few commercials or running a hockey camp. Its the money they will be given, funneled through sales of posters and a commercial if they commit. The things these monies are "not supposed to be used for" and "what it's used for" are not the same. No matter what the NCAA wants to try and control. The "regulations" in NIL are being viewed as the speed limit is viewed on I-94. When it was 65.

This is accurate. This cat is out of the NCAA's bag. They have zero control. They can try and corral it but precedent has been set in the United States SUPREME COURT precedent. .... but some fool on ss.com says hockey not popular so it's not an issue. yikes

Ya know that meme of the dragon show where the ginger freak sez something like ... "You know nothing Jon Snow"...? You are Jon, on this subject. You don't even know what matters in your own argument. Hint: Hockey "popularity" vs other sports has nothing to do with the issue.... Zero, Zilch, Nada... Nothing.

To be fair ... its hard to text with a meth pipe in one hand and stabbing stick in the other.

It's not about the "Hockey Market" it's the overall pool of what's available to offer. This is where the B1G will dominate... strike that... IS DOMINATING down into the world of NCAA hockey. You have to understand it's not a "hockey market" issue or a "niche sport" issue. It's a volume and alumni base available issue.

Bingo. It easy to tell who is knowledgeable about what's actually happening in the recruiting world right now and who.... absolutely isn't.

Holy Christ its the opposite of Jason Bourne mentality here. If I looked up "Holy Mother of Mary I have no gaddamn clue what the Eff I'm talking about".... in the dictionary. This post would be the definition. WOW

Did kid yourself... gopher fans are still gopher fans and have a massive cross section folks that couldn't light a fire with a bucket of gas and a blowtorch. But lets be honest Gopher fans after getting a 6th would be way way WAY less obnoxious, and arrogant than the Saint cloud fans after their 1st. ... and less methy