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Now that Kennedy is no longer employed by any university, it would be interesting to listen to an interview with him about this. Would be interesting to hear more specifics about those negotiations...

I understand that the donor can donate for whatever cause they want, but I think its questionable that the usage agreement at the REA went from this: to this:

If UND doesn't have a software program that helps with the analytics and automatically processes this information for them, this would be one place to start. There are programs out there that can help to identify different groups of potential donors, or former donors, or sport specific donors, etc. Are donors who have committed to fundraising drives like the Lets Help Bubba drives on this website being encouraged to join the champions club if they aren't cc members, for example? Much of this could be processed by software, and select groups of people could be sent information that is more tailored specifically to them (former donors, donors that have decreased their donations but still donate, donors that increased donations over prior years, etc.)

Presidents Circle represents total donations in excess of 36 MILLION. By my count, 3644 Members x 10K (minimum total donation total of 10K-99K Pres Circle). Total donations of that level are probably double that or more... "small" donors are just as important as large donors.

Add back depreciation.

Appreciate the info!

One other thing to mention is that the NCAA changed a rule and schools are now allowed to provide about 6K in additional payments, above and beyond schollarship and cost of attendance costs.. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33684066/only-21-130-ncaa-fbs-level-schools-say-plans-provide-allowed-academic-bonus-payments-athletes-year UND might be working on this with something called The 701 fund? This would essentially allow the school to pay key players directly if they get good grades, but I'm not sure if they are allowed to pick and choose if certain players get the money (based on athletic contribution). https://undalumni.org/giving-impact/colleges-programs/athletics.html That's new, right?

Yeah I was just saying in general, because a lot of people just say NIL when they are referring to NIL Collectives, specifically. Interestingly, UND missed on transfer RB recruits who commited to Youngstown and Montana State, both of which have NIL Collectives. I'm not sure how much of a factor they played into the player's decisions though (don't know if they were offered $$).

If you guys are going to talk about NIL programs, it's helpful to clarify whether you are speaking about NIL "Collectives" or legit NIL programs, where players are compensated for their actual name image and likeness (such as merch sales or participation in advertisements). Some NIL programs are essentially pay for play and others are more geared towards finding student athletes legit NIL deals with local companies. There's a lot of grey area, obviously, but I think it's more accurate to say collectives rather than just NIL, if that's what you mean, because schools can legitimately work with companies like Opendorse or Brandr group to start NIL programs, whereas they can't be involved with collectives.

Read the post I quoted.

You're making stuff up and presenting it as fact.

No. Murray got into the MVC despite FB. They were wanted by many of the MVC schools for a while.

This time? There news out?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/business/forum-communications-planned-purchase-of-kvrr-tv-in-fargo-kqds-tv-in-duluth-falls-through

At the same time, Phase Two of the Pollard Center is beginning construction this summer and they aren't publicly fundraising to improve that project either. We should be in the public phase, right? It kinda seems like the alumni association wants to focus all donations toward champions club scholarships, but they are missing out on additional $$$ that people would give to other projects, imo. Really seems like a strategic decision to not publicly fundraise for facilities.

You saying that isn't a possibility? If so, can you explain why it isn't? I'm not predicting it, but I think your head is in the sand if you think the odds of that happening are 0%.

Seems this will be discussed at the city council meeting tonight. https://www.grandforksgov.com/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/9485/459

I don't really see the problem. UND has made tons of internal promotions and they retain talent pretty well in an industry that has tons of turnover. Not to mention this hire is probably better than who they are replacing.

UND had one. The person left, and they filled the position.

Not sure I get your point. Seems like a good hire.

Is UND vs Boise one of the only FCS vs FBS games on national tv this year? Seems everything is mostly espn+ for the most part.

If the new und softball field is going to have some sort of partnership with the city at the same time they are looking at this project, I think someone should really look to see if it could be made compatible with a seasonal bubble.

Not sure why I subscribe. Have to find the primary source for pretty much everything they cover to actually understand what's going on.

Assuming this deal is similar to the first project on the Memorial Stadium site, Memorial Village will own this building, but not the land the building sits on. For Memorial Village Phase 1, UND "sold" the land to the Alumni Foundation. The Alumni Foundation owns the first floor of that project and paid for the construction of that floor. Memorial Village owns and paid for the construction of floors 2 and above. UND is leasing the first floor space from the Alumni Foundation. For Memorial Village Phase 2, I'm guessing the TIF is for construction of the building that I assume Memorial Village will own and be taxed on? Can probably find more information in NDUS meeting minutes. Not sure how the softball field would be handled.