It’s all relative. It was better for them before B1G hockey was really a thing. Diehard goldy fans complained for a little while about how much they missed the old days, but not so much anymore …
This gives the fighting hawks more relevance in the metro again and will force them to stay focused on hockey. After NDSU goes FBS, I could even see them adding WIH now that there’s a pro league. It’s a lot like BigLake says – NDSU’s FB ambitions have knocked the regional D1 budgetary landscape completely out of whack and a reset is needed. The bar for UND hockey just got raised a little higher, which will have impacts. But just like NDSU FB, I think they welcome this kind of thing