fightingsioux4life

I took care of it for you!

I was in the 6th grade that season and that team was always the talk of our class. I went to a fair number of games with my dad. I was at the Saturday game vs. Michigan Tech where Bob Joyce scored six goals. Great memories.

I am so sick and tired of this Alcorn State garbage being brought up. Alcorn State is NOT a peer institution of UND. Not. Even. Close. They are also so small and insignificant in athletics and have not accomplished much of anything (and probably never will) that sanctions won't have much of an impact one way or the other. This is a pure apples and oranges red herring argument.

Different lawsuits, different jurisdictions. The Spirit Lake lawsuit is in Federal court, the ND Supreme Court will be making a decision on a ND State law.

I don't think so. The ND Supreme Court would have the final say in what is constitutional in North Dakota, just like the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say in what is constitutional for the U.S. as a whole.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao Please vote NO on the Fighting Sioux nickname referendum on June 12th. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.

And anyone that will blindly follow you and your ilk on this issue (shaking MY head) have never been a real fan of UND as an institution.

Big talk from somebody who gets his "news" from http://www.sayanythingblog.com. Your cute little one sentence answers to everything are very tiresome. You (and every single person who signed those petitions) are putting this entire institution and everything it stands for in grave danger. I am all in favor of the Spirit Lake lawsuit, but these petitions are not going to fix anything.

No, I don't feel comfortable about leaving it in the Legislature's hands. But it is something to think about and prepare for. This could end up being the biggest issue of the 2013 Legislative Session. We'll have to put major pressure on our representatives in Bismarck to save UND athletics. Hopefully, it doesn't come down to that.

You forgot one, http://www.sayanythingblog.com is their "Bible". The eternal words of Rob Port just CANNOT be questioned.

Well, they canned the President who was in charge of all this, so that's a good start. But they obviously need a thorough audit of everything to get to the bottom of it.

Please, let's keep politics out of this discussion. But I understand the point you are trying to make. The nickname-at-all-costs crowd thinks any and all consequences for keeping the name and logo are "a small price to pay". And anyone who doesn't agree with it is not a real fan and shouldn't call themselves a fan. The destruction of UND athletics IS NOT AN OPTION!!! The State Board had better do their jobs on Monday or else all will be lost.

And for all the rest of the news that matters: http://www.nationalenquirer.com/ Both of those links belong in the same catagory.

I hate to tell you this, but it kind of is. The N.D. Constitution clearly states that the State Board of Higher Education has the authority to manage the affairs of the Higher Ed Institutions of the State of North Dakota. The passage has been posted here many times and I am too lazy to look it up, but that is what it says. This was done to prevent the political interference in Higher Ed that took place during the early part of the 20th Century. The State Board is appointed by the Governor and is not a committee of the Legislature that can be ordered around by Al Carlson or anyone else. If "Prime Minister" Al Carlson and his allies don't like it, why don't they amend the Constitution to change it? As for funding, the Legislature is definitely in charge of that. And I am not surprised they haven't defunded the whole system and privatized everything by now, because they definitely don't like the concept of Higher Education in general.

My guess is that the State Board wanted to avoid the legal option if at all possible. But the time has come to challenge the legality of this law. If not, there is no telling what kind of micromanaging will take place by "Prime Minister" Al Carlson and the ND House of Representatives.

For the moment.

We get it, all you care about is Men's Hockey. Now please just go back to the Men's Hockey forum and quit being Rob Port's mouthpiece.

There you go, using logical reasoning again!

It is absolutely imperative that the State Board of Higher Education do what it takes to get this law struck down as unconstitutional by the ND Supreme Court. They should have done that as soon as it was passed in 2011, but now would be better late than never. Despite the nonsense you read on sayanythingblog.com, the nickname-at-all-costs crowd on this forum and the leaders of this petition drive, this action will destroy UND athletics forever and ever. It won't happen right away, but it will happen. It will be a slow, painful death. We will become the lepers of college athletics; no one will want to touch us (recruits, institutions, conferences). And that includes Men's Hockey; so even if that is all you care about, you should also be concerned. The State Board should show leadership on this issue or step aside and let someone else do it.

You, my friend, lost touch with both of those things a long time ago with regard to this matter.

What are you smoking? I'd like to try some of it.

But remember, it's "a small price to pay".

If the State Board meets next Monday and decides to "stand pat" and take no legal action on this stupidity, they should all be replaced. I am so sick and tired of the Board sitting on their collective arses so that they don't upset anyone. Get off your keisers and do something.

They'll just quote some stupid crap from their "Bible" (sayanythingblog.com) that "proves" that Fullerton is a liar and is bluffing and that Kelley put him up to it. When the facts aren't on your side, that's all that's left.