Quote Originally Posted by thebigund View Post
With our current structure, yes, screwed without hockey. Ideally, for me, we would get the other portions of our AD to basically be independent from hockey. That would mean all other sports have the support they need to succeed. Really we can’t compare our AD to peers because we have none. The area FCS schools don’t have hockey and the area hockey schools aren’t FCS.
Yes, your points are valid (edit, see Bison Bison below; solid point). No, you should be concerned as you are subsidizing your athletics heavily on the back of the state and students relative to NDSU. You have a similar enrollment (insert online jokes here), and both are the premier universities in the state. That is a problem for you; subsidization % should be similar to NDSU. As you state, you pull hockey out, and my God it would be a disaster. You guys need to trim more from the non-hockey sports. Like drop football! (Yes, I do know you won't, but it would actually help!)