Siouxperfan7

I think a lot of us were confident that the YES vote would take measure 4. But, did anyone imagine the numbers being like this? Congrats to all who got the word out there and told the facts about the issue.

Pretty numb to the whole situation now. We have had the name retired several times already!! This time however it will be for good.

30 minutes after polls closed and still only 3 precincts reporting. Could be a long night boys!!!

Interesting... http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/14143/

I wonder how long it will take results to come in.

early results...YES - 59.1...NO - 40.9

I wonder how fast the results will come in? Also what percent will be reported right away? Oh well. I guess we will find out any minute.!!

Today is a very bitter sweet day. Today I am voting to have the University of North Dakota retire the Fighting Sioux name and logo to ensure that the state of the UND athletic department will be strong and viable for years to come. But at the same time, I will voting to to retire the name of the teams for the University in which I have cheered for my entire life. As much as I hate to see the name go, I know that retiring it is the right thing to do to ensure the University of North Dakota and its athletic teams can compete at the D1 level free of any santions that will end up harming the the atheltic programs. Deep down I will always be a Fighting Sioux fan. But more importantly I am a University of North Dakota fan First and foremost and I will do what is right for UND. That is why I am voting YES on measure 4 to have UND officially retire the Fighting Sioux name and logo.

Exactly. What makes this Sean Johnson think that a constitutional amendment will have different results than this measure. In reality it will have worse results!! If it the YES wins say 57-43. How in the word does he and the committee think that the vote for pretty much the same thing will be swayed by 15-20 points!!

Solution...stay at one of the 20 hotels that are within 10 blocks of the Target Center. Many of them are also connected by the Skyway!! If you don't want to do that and the train ride is too long, stay at home. I am sure the games will be aired on TV.

Have you been to downtown Minneapolis lately? Cops everywhere!! Also, there are tons of hotels downtown. Many of them that are connected by the skyway so you don't even need to go outside!!

Location is great...what are you talking about??!! 4 schools are within 6 hours of Minneapolis. Plus, the Target Center is right downtown. Plenty places to stay/eat/etc. The one thing that you could say wasn't ideal is the facility. Yeah, they had hockey there before (Final 5, state tourbnament) and it wasn't great. But they are going to renovate the place. I would assume that part of the renovation is to make it better for hockey. True ht X would have been the best location, But I think with these renovations taking place, it will still be good.

It's official. 5 yr deal!! http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205437983

In the eyes of the NCAA, the issue is resolved. They have the signed settlement. Keep the name, deal with the sanctions. NOTHING is going to change their miand or get them to back down.

June 13th chould be the offical "Boycott DakeK Day"!! everyone can block is posts, then no one can respond to ihs rediculous statements!! I'm game..who's with me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwPovyR9HY Is that what you really want from all fo us?!!

Um...can you repeat the part of the stuff where you said all about the things??!

We all wanted to keep the name initially when this all came out. We wanted the tribes to give their approval. They did not. So as a result we have to retire the name as per the settlement. Everything changes after the deadline was passed. After November 30th 2010, there was no way to keep the name without being sanctioned by the NCAA. They have a legally binding settlement. So the reason our tune has changed is before November 30th, 2010 there was still a chance to save the name with tribal approval. After the deadline the game changed. It was either change it or you are santioned.

Dave, Fetch....you paying attention to this? By the way, we are still witing for PROOF and FACTS that the NCAA will back down on their posotion and take us off sanctions if we keep the name. What indications do you have that they will do that? Still waiting.........

When people make claims about how the NCAA is going to back down on the sanctions, that we aren't going to lose recruits, that schools that say they won't play us will "wise up" and start to schedule us, and that our membership in the Big Sky is not in jeopardy, those of us who know the FACTS have to come on here and educate the poster and those reading it about the truth. When we hear flat out LIES about the issue, we call them out. Sorry you take offense to it. But if you are going to give FALSE information about the issue, prepare to be corrected.

Of course Fetch would bring up an article that is factual inaccurate!! This is right up his alley!!!

We can debate the Big Sky issue all we want. The FACT that Minnesota, Wisconsin, SDSU, Iowa and an evergrowing list of schools that will not play us is REAL. UND CANNOT host NCAA playoff games. These are not scare tactics. The NCAA is not against the ropes. They have already said that a state law means nothing to them. Remember the meeing in Indianapolis last summer? They have a signed settlement. They are not backing down. If you can provide proof that the NCAA will back down on their policy, I am all ears. Let's hear em!! Sorry buddy, I will listen to the coaches and hear what they have to say about how having the "Sanctioned" stigma on the University has affected recruiting and how it will hurt their respective teams over your opinion any day. Sorry, I think they know their team and how their recruiting works better than you pal. I have lived in Grand Forks my entire life. I am proud of the Fighting Sioux nickname. But the UNIVERSITY and its teams are more important to the fans than the name and logo.

If there is even a chance the Big Sky could kick us out because of the issue, it is not worth it. If they kick us out, that's it. No league is going to want a team that was kicked out of their conference. NO ONE!! And Minnesota and Wisconsin willl not play us in any sport. And yes that includes hockey.

Unfortunately we are beyond the point where tribal approval will get us anywhere with the NCAA. Yes, the Spirit Lake Tribe was late to the party granting us approval, but in the eyes of the NCAA, that doesn't matter. They have the signed settlement agreement that says we need both tribes approval. Is it worng...YES. Is the NCAA overeaching their power, Absolutely. But its their club and if we want to be in it, we have to follow by their rules. Its a crappy situation, but that is our only option for college sports.

There was a process that schools with native american names had to follow in order to get approval from the NCAA. Florida State followed that process. UND did not follow the process because they could not get immediate approval from Spirit Lake. So they sues and settled. They agreed to get 2 tribal approvals. they failed to do so. So you can say that it is hypocritical for the NCAA to allow Fla. St to keep their name and UND cannot. But they followed the rules and guildlines set forth by the NCAA. We did not.