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Drake would not be part of any new conference put together with FBS intentions. I think this will be more along the lines of Chicago State to the Pioneer and Morehead(football) to the OVC. Maybe add WIU or Youngstown to the OVC as well. If the Summit IS actually going to add football, it could be about that I suppose. Interesting that he says "league" rather than "conference". Also interesting that he singles out an individual school and league, while at the same time it sounds like there may be news about others. Chicago State and Pioneer is my guess.

I think that would be earth shattering, relatively speaking. UNI publicly shows their foia requests and he did actually request docs from them last week. But basic stuff that he does for a lot of schools. Ncaa financial reports, coach contracts, and nil info.

Something is gonna happen. https://csnbbs.com/thread-964943-page-3.html

It's common knowledge that the NHL did 5 NHL feasibility studies, correct? Meke Snee, the Director of College Hockey Inc who helps to arrange these studies, was on a podcast recently. He sated the specific number of NHL feasability sudies that have been conducted since the program started in 2014. That number was 11. That's way more then pretty much everyone was thinking, isn't it? https://thecoachessite.com/beyond-the-xs-and-os-podcast-minnesota-hockey-development-model-mike-snee/

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2018/07/10/university-louisville-ice-hockey-campus/769693002/ Ok, this article from 2018 makes me even more curious as to how old this rendering is.

This is an interesting article from 2016 about Stony Brook. It highlights the headwinds that face college hockey and expansion. Presidents and AD's just don't want to take a risk or upset existing boosters to other programs, imo. https://stonybrookhockey.com/stony-brook-press-discusses-rink-on-campus-possibilities-with-the-university/ Excerpts: “I don’t want to add a sport just to add a sport,” Heilbron (AD) said. “It has to make sense for our program as a whole. We have to have a facility for them, but we also have to be able to win and be competitive.” Hall (former player) said that the idea of building an ice rink on the campus has been floating around since the 1980s. “I did a lot of research at one point and someone offered to build a rink on campus and it got turned back late in the 70s, early 80s.” “I would be reluctant to do that in this point and time,” Stanley (president) said. “From an economic standpoint, I don’t see [an ice rink] happening.” (article from 2016 mentioned $20M estimate for 4K arena) "In order to determine whether an on-campus ice rink would be economically beneficial, the school would have to conduct a research study." “To my knowledge, there hasn’t been a formal study done on hockey,” Heilbron (AD) said. “I know it’s something that’s always out there as a question, so I think to say it’ll never happen would be very shortsighted on my part.” “We’ve had people identify themselves and say they can raise the money,” Heilbron (AD) said. “It comes back to President Stanley and what his vision is for the university.” "Heilbron (AD) has concerns that if the school were to enter the NCAA, it would have trouble finding competition in the northeast." (not anymore, if ever) “There’s a limited number of schools throughout the country that play [hockey],” he said. "The northeast region of the United States is a hockey hotbed, however. In the Atlantic Hockey Division of Men’s Division one Hockey, there are currently 11 teams that Stony Brook could play whose schools are accessible by bus. Those include Holy Cross, Mercyhurst, Canisius, Sacred Heart and more. “In the northeast, the popularity of hockey is tremendous,” Heilbron (AD) said."

Didnt know where to put this, but this is a nice development.

Same. Not making any predictions, but they continue to have the potential to be a surprise addition. Rowing would cover title IX, and in regard to fundraising, I noticed that they have a relationship with Steve Wozniak, who is apparently a big hockey fan? (bonus is they are only 2 hours from Liberty) https://abc7news.com/san-jose-sharks-st-louis-western-conference-finals-game-2/5298627/

Looks like the city of Niagra is desperately trying to build a new events center, which would include a 6-7K seat arena. https://cjsarchitects.com/work/project:city-of-niagara-falls-centennial-park/ Would Niagra look to play there or would they rather stay on campus? Their current arena would make for a nice practice rink. Could make Niagra a great good fit for my new pipe dream conference with a core of Binghampton, Utica, RIT, Sacred Heart. Add Maybe Miami, BG, and the Service Academies. Maybe Robert Morris if they ever renovate their rink (if they built up a recruiting network when they saved the program).

Yes. I did too. It's still worth noting.

Thats amazing! Speaking of North Carolina, High Point added a women's rowing team a few days ago. Their 10 year master plan supposedly includes a D1 hockey arena... could be a sign. Because people are debbie downers when any information in regard to expansion is brought forth, I'm qualifying that by saying they are a long shot, pipe dream, yada yada, etc...

It's not obvious because public schools do the same thing.

Are you saying it isn't happening?

Dont think its been mentioned anywhere, but Ohio State is planning to build a new arena for the women and men (kinda). Seems to be full on legit practice facilities for the men and women, gameday facility for the women, and the men will continue to play at the basketball arena. Rumors are about that capacity will be about 2.5k. They made an official announcement, but it doesn't sound like the plans are finalized yet.

That includes academics and the new business building, etc. Not what I was referring to. UND used to publish how much the Champions Club earned every year - had a big check and everything. Pretty sure they stopped doing that for some reason.

Straw man argument. Besides, since you didn't have enough money before you won the lottery, DeAnna didn't have your number. You instead donated the money to your church. Why does it matter? Because champions club revenues are stagnant and it allows smaller donors to "buy in". Small donors can eventually become big donors. It's a sign of competence and it helps to create excitement. Because Chaves does not have a track record of success when it comes to fundraising.

Why? https://msubobcats.com/sports/2017/9/20/Facilities-MasterPlan.aspx Does that work for you?

In comparison, this is what UND has https://fightinghawks.com/facilities. Click the one that says master plan and see what happens.

OK.. Where is UND's announcement page? St. Thomas was still a D3 school when UND started fundraising for phase two of the HPC... pretty clear by now that UND's athletics fundraising isn't the example to follow.

Any word on phase two? If shovels are going to be in the ground this spring, we should probably hear something soon.... right? Another example of a fundraising web page which UND doesn't think is necessary for some reason: https://tommiesports.com/feature/lee-and-penny-anderson-arena

I don't think she has any anymore does she? If not, they could still promote the Engelstad Foundation though. I'd like to see Chaves put together a legit NIL deal though - sell jerseys with player names. Fill the ugly gap in the replica jerseys and players benefit... kill two birds with one stone. Completely legal and tons of schools are already doing this stuff. Most schools that UND competes against already have legit NIL deals in place (not collectives) with at least one company.

This is a good point.

All I know is I don't want Chaves hiring the next coach.

Hardly anything was part of your post, to be fair. As I tell my todlers, "use your words".

Please see my last post. UND already looked at it's finances and sports offerings and determined UND can't afford men's golf. NDSU supports the bare minimum non revenue programs. I'll hold my thoughts on the REA, but it shouldn't take a forensic anything to see the problem with golf. The money needed to support the the M Golf operating budget comes from somewhere, right? See where I'm coming from?