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Michigan Tech Offseason 2014: Nothing To Say

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geezer said:
I agree with Mel that signing a LOI should be moved up a year to avoid uncertainty.
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They won't make that change without D1A football and bouncyball's request/approval to make it an NCAA-wide change. Which means it's not happening, so forget it.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
They won't make that change without D1A football and bouncyball's request/approval to make it an NCAA-wide change. Which means it's not happening, so forget it.
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I don't know what would be more difficult, getting a special rule for hockey or getting the wholesale change NCAA wide...neither seems likely. I could certainly see hockey pushing for a change in the rule for hockey using the MJ pressure as the reason.
 
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John J. MacInnes said:
Looks like the Gazette has decided to end free access in favor of a pay-to-read model. Good luck with that, I'll be getting my news elsewhere.
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Yep, that was announced on Twatter this past Monday. Whichever media conglomerate owns all the UP papers switched the electronic versions over to subscription model effective this morning.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Yep, that was announced on Twatter this past Monday. Whichever media conglomerate owns all the UP papers switched the electronic versions over to subscription model effective this morning.
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Good Luck with that.

The NCAA should simply allow signing at any time during the year. Maybe regardless of age as well. This has been brought up a few times by the football coaches.
 
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giwan said:
Good Luck with that.
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Yeah, I can't imagine it making a profit myself. The oldsters who subscribe or buy it from the coin-operated stand will still take their print version, and the Millennials already don't read the news or get it from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert ;), so...
 
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In support of small town news reporters, I'll refrain from copying stories to USCHO. All y'all should probably subscribe immediately.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Yep, that was announced on Twatter this past Monday. Whichever media conglomerate owns all the UP papers switched the electronic versions over to subscription model effective this morning.
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Because that's going to work. :rolleyes: Especially with the smaller sister papers in Escanaba and Iron Mountain.

The Mining Journal flirted with similar almost a decade ago. It lasted a month or two at most. They'll find web traffic numbers dwindling, offer up a story or two for free, find web traffic is stagnet still, then everything will be available once again.
 
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Yeah, I don't care enough about the newspapers where I live to pay for their online content, I'm not going to do it for the UP papers. I can get enough Tech sports info from the various other free websites out there.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Yeah, I don't care enough about the newspapers where I live to pay for their online content, I'm not going to do it for the UP papers. I can get enough Tech sports info from the various other free websites out there.
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I know I milwaukee journal sentinel kinda does this limiting you to 10 free articles a month...I just delete my cookies when I get to that point...I do pay extra for ESPN insider but thats like $20 a year and I "share" that login with a buddy.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
I know I milwaukee journal sentinel kinda does this limiting you to 10 free articles a month...I just delete my cookies when I get to that point...I do pay extra for ESPN insider but thats like $20 a year and I "share" that login with a buddy.
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That is what the Red Star and Cycle does. The St. Paul paper put so many annoying pop-up ads in to pay for their website that I quit going there too.
 
aparch said:
Because that's going to work. :rolleyes: Especially with the smaller sister papers in Escanaba and Iron Mountain.

The Mining Journal flirted with similar almost a decade ago. It lasted a month or two at most. They'll find web traffic numbers dwindling, offer up a story or two for free, find web traffic is stagnet still, then everything will be available once again.
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My Gazette iPhone app content is no less today than it was previously. But the option is available to get the entire paper online.
 
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If you're not serving up enough ads to make the paper make money online, it's not going to work...

And shirtless... just use privacy/incognito mode for those sites. No cookies stored... no limits ;)
 
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Anybody know what LOI's are coming this season? Have not seen a news release
 
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I'm pretty sure he (along with the rest of us) are waiting to see which of the officially committed players will join the team in the fall.
 
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