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I wish I knew more than I do. I honestly have no idea how it'll work. It seems like a lot of money would need to be raised, so my only hope is that, if they are going to do it, they'll have everything in place before making that decision. I don't want to be one of those D1s that has to consider moving back down in 15 years because they couldn't pull everything together. It needs to be done right.
I will say I'm glad I'm not in charge of figuring out the how of it.
No way Augustana gets into the MVFC, Summit yes probably but they will have to go without FB, Summit may even be a stretch as i highly Doubt SDSU and USD want them, and being Private have no real State influence to protect
But with the way the MVC is ran they may be a direct candidate there if they dump FB...dont laugh
Plus, they are in perfect size market and I'd think the WCHA would be very interested quickly. I think they'd make good money on hockey considering the unique situation. It would really, really hurt the USHL franchise......makes way, way more sense than the hockey at NDSU stuff......heck, they could even stay D2 and play D1 teh hockies.
Actually, if Augustana wants D1 cred then starting a D1 hockey program and playing out of the Premier Center while staying D2 in all other sports would be a great idea that would give them the best of both worlds. It would much more financially feasible to maintain 1 team in D1 rather than an entire program. I wouldn't imagine Augie would do that though because some of their booster's sights are set on one weekend in Sioux Falls at the Summit Basketball tournament. That's what this is all about, being on that stage for that one weekend, which is a horrible reason to go D1 and will probably result in sucktitude at best and a complete failure that could bring down the entire school at worst.
DI hockey while being D2 makes a lot of sense for Augie (they can have their own niche in that market) but if they add hockey and want to go completely DI, my desire for them in the Summit dwindles to basically Chicago State levels. They can't afford it all, if they are going DI I want them to have a small stable of sports and have them pumping money into hoops.
NDSU to the FBS always. In all ways.
Hockey is a cash drain but also a possible revenue source but some of the money they spent of football scholarships would be shifted to hockey. Certainly it would benefit the MVFC teams since its flat out less football players getting a scholarship. Teams like Sioux Falls, USD, and SDSU would love it.
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6,741 fans per-game
And that's a step below college hockey. Would have been the 4th best in D1 Hockey
the Stampede set a USHL attendance record by drawing 191,280 fans in 30 home games and finished in the top 10 in attendance among minor league hockey teams.
NCAA Average Attendance Leaders:
Rk. School GP Average
North Dakota 21 11,408
Wisconsin 18 10,436
Minnesota 16 8,725
Omaha 18 6,118
Penn State 19 5,906
Minnesota Duluth 20 5,811
Denver 21 5,665
Michigan 19 5,399
Ohio State 20 5,337
Michigan State 16 5,157
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