April 6th, 2010 - Standing Rock Council Decision

[dmksioux]

I believe its because until ndsu actually fills their schedule for next year and the year after and the year after with 6 home games like Taylor says he will do than UND and Faison still hold a little bit of negotiating power. Right now Faison looks a little silly but he is also the one who has to schedule 7 non conference games per year. He can decide every other year is the way to go anytime he wants. Taylor is not going to pull that offer. If he says no but still doesn't have his schedules filled for more than 2 or 3 years out than who looks silly. It doesn't hurt UND and Faison to hold out. If Taylor can only schedule a DII or lower this year for a 6th home game people are going to have to ask why he didn't take UND's every year offer.

Now back to SR deciding its best to drop the nickname.

Again...not sure why Faison has made his decision but this is more plausible than idea that the nickname has anything to do with it.

[krangodance]

Wrong...Summit does not sponser football. I'm not sure why Faison doesn't want an every other year contract, but the nickname is not the reason why.

i didn't say the summit league had football. in fact, i specifically said: "everybody involved will have to find a way to get und into the same football conference as ndsu. one catalyst to that goal is to get other und sports in the same conference as ndsu (ie. the summit league)"

"other sports" being the important part of that last sentence.

i also said "just a theory".

ugh. your type, the kind who choose to completely twist others posts so they can throw out something like "wrong" or "epic fail", are the worst.

[krangodance]

Again...not sure why Faison has made his decision but this is more plausible than idea that the nickname has anything to do with it.

let it go, man.

i wasn't formulating a conspiracy theory i intend to spread around the internet. i was just thinking out loud.

no need to drag my words through the dirt.

[The Sicatoka]

As important as we thought April 6, 2010 was, April 8, 2010, looms far larger.

[The Sicatoka]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/156972/

Suppose the board were to write the council saying something like this:

We at the board respect the tribal council

[Let'sGoHawks!]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/156972/

Seems so simple when the Herald writes it.

I couldn't believe that when I was reading the paper this morning. The GF Herald editorial is...GULP. 100% Correct!

[choyt3]

As important as we thought April 6, 2010 was, April 8, 2010, looms far larger.

Or... not.

[star2city]

Or... not.

So the board doesn't expressly say that they will honor a Standing Rock vote?

The nickname is all but toast and the SBoHE is responsible.

[The Sicatoka]

Wait until May when the campus is empty. Seems to fit.

[the green team]

This is going all the way to November, I have no doubt about it, to simply think otherwise, I believe... would be folly.

Here is the sequence I believe what will happen...

the court will rule in May (dismissing the claims) but only after the SBoHE has met which will give them their June meeting to retire the nickname, but between now & that time the board will have issued their humble request (similar to the one in the GF herald) to the tribal council requesting their response regarding the nickname, thus by the time the June meeting comes along the tribe will respond to the SBoHE just prior to the June meeting that they will have their response by September. Thus by the October meeting we will have nearly been given all the time necessary to gain acceptance. Now will they give approval, I don't rightly know, through all of this the only thing I'm sure of anymore is that this will be unpredictible.

[choyt3]

And now there's this...

[GeauxSioux]

ND Supreme Court says higher ed board can retire Sioux nickname early

[MplsBison]

Damnit! Now the nickname won't be retired until the May SBoHE meeting... unless they can somehow get word today and work it into the agenda.

May is going to be cutting it close for getting UND in the Summit for the 2012-13 season...hopefully they can retire it today!

[Oxbow6]

ND Supreme Court says higher ed board can retire Sioux nickname early

So the ND Supreme Court deems the voice of this state's NAs "unnecessary" and "without merit"?

Another proud day for Leigh Jeanotte and his ilk in advancing the rights and voice of his own people!

[MplsBison]

So the ND Supreme Court deems the voice of this state's NAs "unneccessary" and "without merit"?

Another proud day for Leigh Jeanotte and his ilk in advancing the rights and voice of his own people!

Not even close.

Your spin would make Fox News dizzy.

[KEH]

So does this leave an opening for the SBoHE to drop the nickname?

Not sure it's game over, but it's not only the last inning, with an 0-2 count and two outs.

It is now a 3-2 count with 2 outs

[GeauxSioux]

It is now a 3-2 count with 2 outs

I think the batter's shoulder is dislocated, too.

[MplsBison]

I think the batter's shoulder is dislocated, too.

And he doesn't have a bat either.

The nickname is retired.

The the only thing we don't know is if the date is Apirl or May.

[The Sicatoka]

[Oxbow6]

Not even close.

Your spin would make Fox News dizzy.

So your take on this issue is "golden"? Give me a frickin' break!

Your woody for the Summit League overshadows any other reasoning or logic in this whole ordeal...sad!

[The Sicatoka]

It is now a 3-2 count with 2 outs

No, it's 0-2. There's no way for a walk with anything less than four bad misses right now.

And he doesn't have a bat either.

Has bat; doesn't see 1/4 inch wide crack running through trademark.

[GeauxSioux]

So your take on this issue is "golden"? Give me a frickin' break!

Your woody for the Summit League overshadows any other reasoning or logic in this whole ordeal...sad!

If for not other reason than to smite Mpls, I hope UND finds another conference home besides the Summit.

[MplsBison]

So your take on this issue is "golden"? Give me a frickin' break!

Your woody for the Summit League overshadows any other reasoning or logic in this whole ordeal...sad!

My take on this issue is very simple: the nickname was retired the moment that the state agreed to the deal with the NCAA.

It was inevitable. There was too much residual opposition in the tribes for both to agree to keeping the nickname. And, most pertinent to the issue, there was nothing in the deal that forbids the state from retiring the nickname before the deadline.

[choyt3]

If for not other reason than to smite Mpls, I hope UND finds another conference home besides the Summit.

As I said on Tuesday, I'm sure Douple has already called Grant Shaft with a congratulations and an invitation.

[MplsBison]

If for not other reason than to smite Mpls, I hope UND finds another conference home besides the Summit.

There is no other conference. Take your pick: Summit or Great West.

I know which choice a businessman would make.