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Pretty sure it's paid off now. NCAA reports show total Athletics debt as 1.24m for 2017, 421K for 2018, and 0 for 2019

Fixed. Just think about this. The Ralph gets 52% of tickets sales, 100% of concession/alcohol sales, 100% of novelty sales, a percentage of sponsorship sales, and 100% of suite sales. And UND still has to pay for many expenses over there. AND the Ralph is already paid for, so they don't have a $100 m loan to pay off. Basically they are just hoarding millions in profit, even though their mission is to supposedly operate for for the good of UND Athletics (not itself). Sure, they let 500k to 1m flow through to UND, but they are hardly operating in UND's best interest, IMO.

UND also pays 100% of the credit card fees.

Yes, because we aren't going to get anyone who is better right now, and our Facilities are what is holding the program back, not coaching, IMO. Need to win recruiting battles, and the other 3 Dakota schools dominate us in the facilities department. I think it's actually pretty amazing that UND football is doing as good as it is right now while working out of Memorial Stadium, which was probably condemned lol. This isn't D2 anymore, and an indoor practice facility (phase1) isn't enough. Guarantee that if we hired a new coach it would probably be a D2 guy or a first time head coach. I'd rather take Freund.

This building is listed as "Athletes Village" in UND's 2018 Athletics master plan. Not sure what that means exactly. Hopefully it's housing for Athletes. Opposite view:

If Chaves has come to the conclusion that Freund has "it", and if he wants Freund to step in to replace Bubba when ready, then this move makes tons of sense. If Chaves thinks Freund has the potential to be the future of the program, and even if he thinks Bubba is mediocre, why NOT extend Bubba if it allows Freund to develop? If Chaves were to fire Bubba, we would have a few years of instability due to a new coach coming in anyways, and we would potentially be worse off in both the short term and the long term (IF Freund turns out to be a star, as many of us think he has the potential to be).

Does it really matter until Phase 2 is built? Look at UND's locker room situation vs the other Dakota schools... Cannot see much upside with a new coach until that project gets rolling.

Tough when they aren't side by side, but how do you think they look in practice vs Ketteringham?

If this is the case, people need to readjust their priorities. In MN at least, aren't most kids just focused on making their HS team and getting to state? Sad if kids are only playing so they can get scholarship money for college, but I don't think that's the case. Sorry if I missed the point. Could maybe see this is this case for some of the ridiculous travel youth teams or aaa high school teams that have kids from across the country, but that would probably be a good thing IMO.

+1000 for having offensive players returning punts and kicks.

I think I remember seeing complaints about him while Kelley was here - almost 100% sure. Why does everyone hate the guy so much? Don't really know anything about him, or the influence that he has on the school or decision making processes.

Letting the Ralph control the revenue generated from UND athletics, and the Herald for Villainizing Kennedy for his efforts to renegotiation the contract.

Agreed. The most annoying thing for me is that puck carriers have zero responsibility to protect themselves. From someone who grew up playing, the new rules make hockey difficult to watch.. open ice hits are pretty much illegal now. BORING! Maybe I'm biased because I'm Grimaldi's size, and would have benefited from the current rules when I played, but players these days just seem so soft. When I played, you were 100% going to get head hunted if you had your head down, and I've been steamrolled more than I'd like to admit, but I never stayed down on the ice like todays players do. If you're not hurt, get the frick up. It's just embarrassing.

Considering what they have to deal with in their locker room situation, completely disagree. NVM. Rudolph's play calling was by far the biggest bust.

I directly quoted you. Never disputed that. College hockey tv ratings are terrible, though. The NCHC is most likely paying CBS to air these games if anything. Again, its a non factor, but a team like Mankato would draw the same or better than many teams already in the conference. Media market only matters with big time negotiations, such as when the big ten network gets added to cable packages in certain regions due to local university conference affiliations. And if people in a big market don't watch, it doesnt matter how many people live there.

CBS Sports is a non factor. They don't pay the NCHC.

SiouxVolley, I think you're wrong on this one. Mankato has the 15th best attendance in the country - that's better than half of the NCHC. Mankato hockey not that popular, relative to... what exactly? Tech which is averaging 3,065 at 68.6% capacity? Mankato is averaging 4,514 at 93.4% capacity. https://fanforum.uscho.com/showthread.php?116064-Average-Men-s-Attendance/page12&highlight=attendance

I think part of the issue was that it would be pretty much all Notre Dame games though, right? Not really a true league-wide contract like we have with CBS.

Did Tommy grow an inch?

UAA was an independent from 1988 to 1994. If they have to shut the program down, it's on them. Especially after they recently built a 110 million dollar basketball-only arena.

They are saying on ags that ndsu took some of the top rows in the student section away....

True. Smaller retail business is very competetive now. The good thing for them is that if the owners can get a handle on tech, social media can be a great source of free advertising, and they can sell online to supplement their storefront income. Of course there is tons of online competition now. Business savvy is prob more important now than ever.

Amazon is going to save America (huge stretch). Box stores are closing and small specialty shops are thriving in city centers. Edit: at least in places like Stillwater and white bear lake.

This thing is written like a bad VOX article, and the quality of evidenced based research is embarrassing. The section on social justice is comedic.

Who will the captains be?