Facilities-weightroom, locker room. New basketball arena and athletic offices. Recruiting a different type of athlete-player. Coaches going to clinics . New ticketing and computer systems put in to place. Additional Tailgate lots were paved with reserved parking system implemented.
What metric are you looking for?
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Thats all well and good. Think $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and opportunity. Anyone beating NDSUs doors down to have them join their conference?
Nope. So what the next option? We could go the Liberty route as the NCAA has now set a presidence in letting them move up as an independent.
Do we have a boat load of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to survive playing on the road and begging for games? What will the fans think when you only get 3-4 home games, no conference for how long and no playoff games? Did I mention$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? Title 9 requirements. Etc etc etc.
ps Im sure the water will be the same and we will do it right. Thats why they are waiting. WE really have no choice.
If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
Honest question: why does every 'stay put' supporter feel the need to remind everyone that we need a conference invite to move up? Wasn't that covered in like 2011? Of course we need an invite, everyone knows that by now. Really the two questions to answer are "What does NDSU need to do to get that invite?" And "If they get the invite, should they take it?"
Because most move up now people think it's as easy as just seeking/accepting the invite. In addition they don't seem to grasp the reality(or maybe dont care) that a g5 conference will never get a sniff at the NC. They also seem forget/ignore the immense sums of money required not once but every year.
So the same arguments are made over and over again until the thread slows. Then NDSU beats an Iowa and someone starts a new thread or resurrects an old one to rehash the same arguments when nothing has changed in terms of requirements and cost/benefits.
Last edited by BisonTeacher; 04-29-2017 at 11:54 AM.
I don't care how the vote ended up. They still suck and always will.
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It seems people need to be reminded because threads like this keep getting started/bumped and the answer to "why aren't we moving up right now" is the same. If you keep asking the same exact question, why would you expect the answer to change?
The two questions you ask are incredibly valid; raise money, keep investing in coaches/facilities, and make NDSU attractive enough to G5 conferences to overcome the geographic limitations. Can't do a damn thing about location, so money becomes essentially the one thing fans can help with to make it happen, if you want it to happen.
Should they accept an invite/any invite? Some would say yes, any invite. Some would say only the right conference. Some would say no way, no matter what conference offers. For me, the G5 doesn't do much for me and we aren't getting a P5 invite. I'd rather play for natty's at a level that we can afford.