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The report also said NDSU and SDSU would prefer to stay in the MVFC as they believe that they will get eventual full membership in the MVC.

There has been a report released by Collegiate Consultants whch was paid by Idaho. In the released report, it says that the WAC can still be an FBS conference and invite new FBS teams. The WAC compliance office verified that the the NCAA. This is major news. The report says the following can be future FBS teams can be in a new WAC: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Montana St, Idaho, NMSU, Cal Poly, and NAU. The WAC and Big Sky can essentially swap members. It's available on www.uidaho.edu/president

Think the Big Sky will change its headquarters to Denver, near where the WAC HQ are. Much better for flights and media exposure and business dealings. The new Commish will insist upon it. The WAC may move to Phoenix, if it doesn't co-locate with the Big Sky.

I stand corrected. Thanks, as I had not read the financial 2014 report.

In Idaho's case, a Ada County (Boise) Vandal booster wanted to donate like $2.5 million for the Vandals to stay FBS. President Staben didn't respond to his email. Another booster reportedly dropped Idaho athletics from receiving $20 million from his will. Imagine that are very few people that know about an FBS Big Sky plan. Probably limited to the President, the AD, and the Foundation director. Having a thread like this probably turned Kelley and the state board against Carlson Zink, who I've never been in contact with, so she was shut out of the committee selecting the new president. Faison wanted baseball dead earlier is my bet as it reduces the Title IX and financial impact of of FBS, but Kelley likely vetoed that.

The REA has a contract to manage all football ticket sales. How the REA Trust's charitable contribitions to the UND budget is displayed don't know.

Am only back for a couple games a year and for one game the tickets can cost up to $50. Used an average ticket price of $40, but concede it's is much lower with season tickets. The total take the REA gets though from men's hockey must be near $10 mill, including tickets, suite rental, parking, concessions, advertising etc. Champions Club memberships make up a huge fraction of ticket sales as people pay from $135 to $50 k to be members.

I said this thread was a prediction, and the realignment thread had speculation. You always find a way to distort what was written here. But that's what trolls do.

Champions club has expenses to pay such as salaries, charter plane costs, paying the REA for some perks, food, Alerus room rental etc. The REA has had 20 games including exhibitions and playoffs. The playoff money goes to the NCHC though. Doesn't include suites and premium seating as income on UND's financials.

The Herald article is wrong as sportswriters can't dig and don't know how to look into separate financial balance and income sheets for the REA and UND athletics. UND football on the UND athletics only shows revenue from the Champions club, as does hockey. Those aren't tickets sold but fees to join the club. All tickets sold go to the REA Trust which funds the arena upkeep, pays REA salaries etc. Selling almost 250 k hockey ticket a year is about 10 million, plus the football tickets plus the basketball tickets, plus REA concessions, plus REA parking, plus REA advertising. The total UND budget will increase substantially when the REA becomes UND property. So UND athletics real budget is more than $35 million, but sportswriters don't understand and aren't trained on financials.

And I will assume that you will deliver a huge apology for attacking my facts.

Idaho's graduation ceremony in Moscow is May 14th. The NCAA announcement will be before then. Otherwise Staben will hear boos instead of cheers.

Never said FBS isn't a challenge and wouldn't be risky for UND. But if new facilities create a climate like the Ralph and blow the doors off the Fdome, anything is possible. Just getting a home and home with Minnesota would be huge, but I not supposed to talk like that because if offends bizon trolls.

Never met Burgum but he has quite an intellect. But his uncle was on the UND board and he made more money off of Great Plains Software than his nephew did because he was an early and lead investor.

Expect an NCAA announcement soon. Staben will be in line for a firing squad if someone up higher doesn't come to his rescue.

Wichita St may be planning to go FBS as an independent too.

The CAA will go FBS with Army or UMASS as their existing FBS teams, even though both are not yet members. Youngstown St, with a former FBS coach as President and a former FBS coach will have an option to go Independent for FBS, like Troy did because the CAA likely won't take them.

It is called strategic thought, which I've never seen ndsu grads capable of. If you ever aspired to be an executive, it's a required thought pattern. Kelley had it but used it to deceive, as did Chapman.

Having worked in major corporations, thinking like this is required or you are fired.

The Idaho announcement was a ruse for the NCAA to step in. First, President Staben, if he wanted to keep his job for moving down to FCS, should have stated that Idaho needed x amount of dollars to stay FBS through 2023. That would have put the onus on the fans. Instead he's the bad guy, unless he knows what's coming. Secondly, Idaho didn't cut sports or the budget to go FCS, even though they would see a massive revenue decline and have like 17 sports. FCS only needs 14, so why isn't Idaho cutting non Big Sky mandated sports unless it intends to stay FBS? Cutting women's swimming and men's golf could be justified right now if Staben was serious about FCS. Thirdly, there are some rumors and reports that some Idaho alumni offered millions to keep the program at FBS. Idaho didn't respond. The NCAA will soon step in and adjust the rules for FBS, allowing Big Sky schools to move up if they choose. Staben knows this and is just giving the NCAA a good play book for them to step in.

I've explained that time and time again, but bizon fans get so enraged about the idea that the Big Sky will go FBS that they don't read on. The NCAA move up rules for FBS will be challenged in court by schools like Liberty and Youngstown St. The NCAA knows they have a poor case and could even have to pay damaged. The NCAA wants an FBS team to announce a move down, and all the sudden the NCAA will seem like a good entity when it changes the rules for Idaho - and others. PR 101.

Eventually, the Big Ten may have hockey divisions anyway. A western division of Minnie, Sconnie, Iowa, Huskers, and Illinois would offer better road series than Ohio St, Penn St, and Rutgers. If Notre Dame will still broadcast it's games on NBC Sports channel, Fox Sports North would probably offer well in excess of what we get from the NCHC / CBS Sports, especially if we played a Big Ten schedule.

They would first have to join the Northern Sun as a DII team and wait five years to be eligible for DI men's hockey. UBC wanted DII, but the political outcry in Canada was too much. Simon Fraser is not an elite school compared to Provincial flagships.

If the WCHA has a division of four teams with the Alaskas, Simon Fraser, and Minot St, the WCHA could force those teams to play each other twice. The other teams would only play them once, so there would only be two flights out west and only one to Alaska. Going to Vancouver or Minot is much cheaper than Alaska, which many teams have to fly there twice. Western teams help the WCHA travel situation, not hurt it. I'm sure Mankato and Bemidji don't fly to Minot for their Northern Sun games. The Upper Michigan teams wouldnot fly their either.

Schools that don't plan on FBS can move at no cost to the WAC, which will certainly take them and start an FCS league within it.