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What works for some conferences doesn't for others. I have never said the BSC tourney was anything but, and I was an advocate for on campus playoffs when we were in that league. The point of my post was to highlight the difference in cost and travel logistics issues with on campus tournaments vs neutral sight tournaments. The fact that the Big Sky Tournament has been such an attendance embarrassment, yet the league has chosen to maintain the neutral site format says a lot. The point is that it would be stupid for the Summit to move away from Sioux Falls because they would have less revenue and higher costs and other complications. Besides that fact, Sioux Falls pretty much already has the vibe of the WCHA Final Five, but for basketball, and it shows great on ESPN.

One of the biggest reasons for the big sky moving away from on campus arenas is because it is a disaster when trying to make last second travel arrangements in small towns. The Summit tournament also makes tons of money for the conference and has better attendance than many high major conf tournaments. No reason to move it. I hope your argument is at least consistent and you want the NCHC to move to 100% on campus sites.

UND's been talking about a new business building for more than 10 years. This needs to be a priority given that everyone that attends UND takes classes at Gamble. Was really surprised when spirit campaign money wasn't allocated to it.

My exact experience, minus the mouse. Also I was in Brannon and was secretly jealous of the greater camaraderie that I perceived was at Walsh. I think the bathrooms between the common area and the dorm rooms in the Wilki complex made it more difficult to meet people, because you have to go into the bathroom area before you can see into someones dorm room. In walsh, you could just walk down the hall and say hi to anyone with their door open, without being intruding or feeling obligated to stay and chit chat.

Penn State hijacked the game and will be playing Notre Dame there instead.

All I know is I'm jealous of everyone else's Sanford money. Is a UND relationship with Sanford in the cards or is that just not feasible with Altru so close to campus? Either way, if Kennedy is interested in pissing even more people off, he should look into it. We need phase two money and I just don't see where it is going to come from. If they don't have an announcement by this time next year, I see it going the way of Chaves' Gateway project at EWU and phase II of the arena renovation at SCSU.

Yeah, I can't help but think how stupid of a decision this was every time I look at it. Why paint them the school colors when they can paint them so they look unfinished!

I don't have any feathers to ruffle, and this type of discussion is one of the more interesting topics on the message board. Genuinely curious, how would YOU have done it differently? UND has lost or will lose, like, what, 20% of it's budget? Where should that money have been cut?

1. You blame Kennedy for the !@#$ hand he was dealt as he arrived here 2. Kennedy makes meaningful, long term cuts 3. UND is better positioned for the future (improves !@#$ hand) 4. You are mad at Kennedy

Please do not refer to this as a donation, because it's not! It's UND's cut of the profit from revenue generated by UND Athletics! UND gets all the money left over after money is set aside for reserve funds and future upgrades. If the REA wanted, they could allocate as much money as they wanted to these funds to starve UND of cash. The thing is, they pretty much already do that anyway. The usage agreement aims for a minimum 500k allocation of these profits to UND each year, and that's what I would expect UND to receive going forward if they want to try to prove a point. Also, none of the numbers that are ever thrown around that involve UND hockey at the REA ever include concessions. The REA pockets 100% of millions in concessions each year.

I kinda disagree. Freund want's the offense to be simplified. Let the players react, rather than think... Danny is gonna be talked about as the head-coach-to-be this time next year. Offense doesn't have to be rocket science, just learn your routes (but I've never played football outside of recess, so what do I know).

You would think they can have access to a play book as long as they aren't "required" to memorize it.

So who all is going to try to make it out there and report back to us this year?

Not sure the plans. But it shouldn't, IMO. That park (and only that park) is a vital gathering space.

Another Santiago interview from Feb 12th, he said it was March 27th at UND for sure. Guessing they were trying to schedule the day before NDSU's which is the 28th. Plans must have fell through unfortunately.

Santiago Interview https://nfldraftblitz.com/2019/02/20/rb-john-santiago-north-dakota-interview/

25 it said unles Kennedy approved more.

It's other peoples money! At least hockey does have the potential to be profitable. Penn State has booked a profit every year since their programs inception http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-hockey-with-five-years-at-pegula-on-the-books-program-continues-to-turn-profit,1479245/. Don't know much about Champaign, but it seems like the arena complex will be good for downtown, and the general community will benefit from 2 additional ice sheets and a hotel and anything else that is included in the plans. That said, I don't have any idea how much money taxpayers would be pumping into this. I think probably have a similar line of thought when it comes to funding projects like this with taxpayer money.

100% chance they announce it this spring, IMO. With the amount of work they have put into the new arena project and the outspokenness of their AD or President since the NHL sponsored study, I can't see this not happening. And the more teams the better. Tons of parity in college hockey, and maybe more teams can help UND separate themselves from the pack again, as talent gets diluted across more teams.

He's done well considering the state cuts UND's funding by 10% every chance they get... Not defending this, though.

I've been a Kennedy supporter, but I'm tempted to call him the r word for thinking this is a good idea.

WTF... What makes her so special?

Say the mall did close, what do you guys think happens to the property and how does that change the shopping market in GF? Property gets re developed into apartments? Does downtown see more shops open as a result? More new strip malls?

Maybe the state of ND can endow a womens hockey team then. And mens baseball, so the increased womens scholarships and expenses (from the elimination of w hockey) doesn't cause title 9 trouble. Not gonna happen.