Old School Guy

Sure thing...message me and I'll answer. I'm bouncing back and forth doing yard work and sneaking a peak at basketball on TV.. I'll respond without argument or debate.

Your statement is on point! I agree with the vast majority of your post and your on target on many points, but this statement is what being a college student/and or athlete is all about. Being a college athlete has an expiration date. But the outcomes of decisions, experiences, lessons learned last a lifetime. Choosing where to attend school is one the most important decision a young man or young lady will make in their life at age 17 or 18. Its huge. So I don't have an issue with a kid transferring in or out to maximize their college experience.

I don't personally like a kid that transfers has to sit out or transfer down in class. I think players should be able to transfer without penalty, if coaches can do the same. I just take issue with people complaining of kids transferring out, but we don't complain if a kid wants to transfer in. I will say, a kid should not be permitted to transfer within the same conference.

Injuries and performance are generally treated the same, but that is why I said suppose to. If a coach wants to reduce your scholarship, they will use other reasons like conduct or academics to justify it. If you are stater and slip to #2 or #3 on the depth chart because the next guy outplays you and is bumped up, that is not grounds for scholarship reduction. A coach can decide not to renew your scholarship for performance the following year.

The answer to your question is yes. Yes and yes. Happens all the time. However, a school is not suppose to lower the scholarship amount solely based on field performance.

Transferring to another school that gives a kid a chance to continue playing ball in a program that may give him a chance to play or play more is not the same as quitting. A kid that rides the bench or doesn't get to see the field at one school that finds a different opportunity is not a quitter. IMO if they are still playing and pursuing their goals in the the game of football they are just taking their talent and goals elsewhere. Happens in corporate America everyday. UND has actively asked kids to transfer in recent years or told them they would not see much time so they should look at transferring. That's a fact. Are those kids also quitters? Jalen Hurts left Bama, went to OU. Now he's in the NFL. Is he a quitter?

I don't often say things like this, but I wish I could meet you and say it to your face. You sound like a narrow-minded idiot. I played FBS college football and coached kids that went on to also play D-II, FCS and FBS college ball; most of which graduated with college degrees. I attended a FBS game last week between two nationally respected big time college programs and the stadium was packed to the upper deck. Then on Saturday, watched the OSU Michigan game on TV. Looked the like the players, coaches and fans were having a pretty damn good time to me. College football is doing just fine. Just because UND is stuck in the position its in, doesn't mean the changes mentioned above are bad for college athletics. Just for the record, I have been encultured open-mined, respectful of others' goals and educated long before 2020. I've been "woke" for decades, thank God. So your attempt to insult is actually a compliment. If you don't care about college athletics anymore, that's your issue. College football fan support is not going anywhere. Student athletes have been generating income for schools long before I played in the 80s and continue to do so. Coaches accept new jobs all the time, athletes now have the option to do the same. And yes, being a college athlete is a job whether people want to admit it or not.

I'm sorry you feel this way. All the things mentioned, are intended to recognize the student athletes as young men who are being empowered to make critical life decisions, while building leadership skills on an off the filed while embracing the whole person concept that is both aware of self and community responsibility. Recognizing the need for community and player safety is a good thing. A player transferring creates an opportunity for someone that wants to be in Grand Forks. If we get kids with all the attributes mentioned and he helps win games. Its a win-win.

This program causes hair loss and ulcers watching UND football. But glad we got a W.

Good thing Ohio State lives on the edge when it comes to unis. Otherwise, they'd still be wearing these fashion statements.

Oklahoma and Ohio State have multiple combos. The are top tier programs.

Ohio State also has a black helmet and jersey uniform combo.

I'm not saying a recruit goes home and makes his final decision on uniforms but kids want to look good and cool. Which is subjective. Old school and throwback uniforms are nice too. Alternate colors and uniforms is part of the game. Oklahoma does it too.

So with all of NDSU football successes in recent memory, why do they trot out multiple uniform combos? I agree some schools don't have to do it like Bama and Ohio State. But UND is not in that category.

Multiple uniform combos help marketing and recruiting. It shows that money is being pumped into the program and there is progressive attitude in coaching philosophy. Today's young athletes like that. It also signals a new era being prominent in the Missouri Valley Conference. All are positives.