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I'm not a fan of any contract that prevents a team from broadcasting games locally if they aren't being broadcasts nationally. Sacrificing local fans, be it through weekday games or a decrease in exposure, in exchange for a handful of national broadcasts is never worth it, imo. The buy in from local media and games that are readily available on local TV are a large part in why the Dakota and Montana schools do so well with attendance/ticket rev/contributions. People aren't going to attend CMU or EMU from accross the country just because they saw a random FB game on TV. They might learn who they are, but so what? National TV isn't worth it if the cost hurts a mostly local fan base, IMO. Casual fans in ND cheer for NDSU because of the success, yes, but in being on statewide TV every Saturday, they were also the most accesseble and easy to watch. Nobody had to search in order to find the game. I think that's hurt Gopher hockey recently, and its nice to see they are more consistently on their local Fox station now, with fewer home games televised on Big Ten Network than other Big Ten hockey schools.. despite being terrible this year, their attendence was relatively good. Sure NDSU moving to FBS gives their program relatively more cachet, but it left a void for WDAY to fill... what if they took over the UND football broadcasts and it was UND FB that was broadcast statewide? What if the largest media company in the state directly benefited from UND's success for a change - what would the ramifications be? Getting back on topic, I think UND sticking with Saturday football and having broadcasts on statewide TV would be better than a MAC TV deal with a handful of broadcasts relegated to ESPN+, and the rest scattered about ESPU, ESPN2, and CBSSN, with a couple weekday games mixed in.

I believe the rendering that I posted is the one that would have been installed.

The Alerus Center needs a ribbon board above the suites, like any major venue has.

Tik Tok didn't even cross my mind until now lol. I was referring to this website.

Missing one I think

I think this is the correct rendering. Found here:https://www.grandforksgov.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/10627/459?toggle=allpast

Glad to hear that. College hockey needs a new conference to facilitate growth so as far as I'm concerned, the more indipendent schools the better right now.

They have an arena similar to Ferris State's on campus. They should cut baseball and add it. But they won't.

Cool buckets.

Holy crap! Stillwater lead WBL the entire 3rd and WBL scores with goalie pulled - then they win it 30 seconds into OT! Winner by Nash Roed.

OMG... was wondering what happened! @Wilbur thanks for the tip on https://www.legacy.hockey/ it's amazing! How old is that website?

Interesting. If they won't be on WDAY, they will have less exposure to North Dakotans whether they are on national TV or not imo.

Will their fb still be on wday when streamed or is it exclusive streaming if not on national tv?

EGF vs Thief River HS is on Midco right now and I saw an ad for a new FPHL team that will start playing there next year - Northern Lights. League is pretty interesting and has drawn relatively well in the south. https://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/att_graph_season.php?lid=FPHL2020&sid=2026 Suprised they are trying to expand so far north. Seems like a good fit for the mini Ralph though.

Maybe wrong thread but EGF vs Thief River is on Midco Sports Plus right now. Maybe Midco Sports Network as well.

UND should be doing this at the ralph https://fargond.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/211769 https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/02/09/how-do-you-create-sports-adjacent-mixed-use-districts-that-are-active-year-round-in-cold-climates/?publicationSource=newsletters&issue=69865c37c2aa6f15ce7ff726&utm_source=sbj&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_facilities

I was looking for it but I may have deleted it or something. All you gotta do is send an email though.

Not according to the polling that they have done for the sole purpose being to satisfy title ix interest/abilities requirements.

This is the opportunity for w hockey advocates to write a letter to the Fargo paper. Their use of prong thee for title ix is a joke. They are likely going to add w wrestling if anything because its cheap despite their prong 3 title ix polling that shows literally zero interest. Equestrian and Hockey would be D1 if they were sponsoring w sports based on interest/abilities as they claim.

I think the midco/Summit deal needs to be renewed before next season doesnt it? Expires after this season?

With the different pricing structures that seem to work best for hocky ($$$$$) and basketball/olympic sports ($), it makes it tough, but it would be awesome if they could figure out a way to somehow break down the subscription silo's between each of the leagues somehow. For example, a CCHA game of the week for non CCHA Midco Sports Plus subscribers. Would add value and it wouldn't prevent someone from buying a CCHA subscription.

Midco Sports announces selection of Visaic as tech partner https://bbcmag.com/midco-sports-announces-selection-of-visaic-as-tech-partner/ Extending reach with Samsung and LG connected TV experiences

Not sure if mentioned but Midco signed with the NSIC conf for Midco Sports Plus, starting next fall.

If the tribes support it, I dont see how it would be tainted. Dedicate a % of licensing rev to na schollarships (rather than the tribe directly). Would be a win for everyone.

A smaller varsion of this, with seating accessed from the upper level that slopes down toward the court, starting from the right side of this picture. Sloped seating would maybe stop 8 ft above bb court, so people in the restaurant at court level could see/hear the arena interior/atmosphere to some degree, perhaps with a rail or tables/booths near courtside. During games people could gather down there similar to the bars at hockey. REA would operate it. Restaurant kitchen could also be used to make meals for team. Somehow work to make it compatible with student meal plans in some way if possible during weekday afternoons.