Re: REPORT: North Dakota cutting women's hockey
Wow! Sad state. Definitely not the way to conduct things.
Wow! Sad state. Definitely not the way to conduct things.
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REPORT: North Dakota cutting women's hockey
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TonyTheTiger20
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Man, NoDak looks terrible here.
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Gracen Hirschy has a tweet of the team on the ice today
https://twitter.com/ghirschy06
Gracen Hirschy has a tweet of the team on the ice today
https://twitter.com/ghirschy06
TonyTheTiger20
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Current sophomore on the men's team; that is an impressive tweet.
Current sophomore on the men's team; that is an impressive tweet.
TonyTheTiger20
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Hearing that this is effective immediately and NoDak will not field a team for the upcoming season.
Hearing that this is effective immediately and NoDak will not field a team for the upcoming season.
Scott_TG
Well-known member
Re: REPORT: North Dakota cutting women's hockey
Awful news all around. What does that mean for their players and players at other programs who may be out of their spot if their current team brings in a former North Dakota player? Does this turn into musical chairs between now and next fall or will the ND players not be able to find a home for 2017-18 and sit until 2018-19?
Awful news all around. What does that mean for their players and players at other programs who may be out of their spot if their current team brings in a former North Dakota player? Does this turn into musical chairs between now and next fall or will the ND players not be able to find a home for 2017-18 and sit until 2018-19?
TonyTheTiger20
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As for musical chairs with players losing spots due to NoDak players transferring in -- I'm guessing that'll be a problem, yeah.
The players will be able to transfer for this coming season, but I imagine scholarships will be few and far between at this point.
As for musical chairs with players losing spots due to NoDak players transferring in -- I'm guessing that'll be a problem, yeah.
TonyTheTiger20
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Official now per the press release -- team has been cut effective at the end of the '16-'17 academic year, so they will not field a team next season:
https://twitter.com/SchlossmanGF/status/847186562697842688
Official now per the press release -- team has been cut effective at the end of the '16-'17 academic year, so they will not field a team next season:
https://twitter.com/SchlossmanGF/status/847186562697842688
Re: REPORT: North Dakota cutting women's hockey
Not only that, they would need to redshirt a year first if they transfer to another WCHA team. Eastern teams could get a jolt.
Not only that, they would need to redshirt a year first if they transfer to another WCHA team. Eastern teams could get a jolt.
First they change their name to something lame like the Fighting Hawks and now this?! This is terrible.
Nowheresville
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I am really curious how UND thinks they'll be able to pass Title IX cutting two womens programs but only cutting one mens program. There are a few different ways you can be in compliance, but with a roughly 50/50 mix of men and women in the student body and a football program that takes up a lot of resources/roster spots on the male side of things it's hard for me to see how they make this work legally.
I see that UND's golf program was saved thanks to private donations from similar cuts, and with the support the teams hockey program has, I wonder if someone would step forward to support the womens hockey team.
Of course, at this point, even if the program is saved, Its hard to see how it overcomes the damage of today's news, especially with how the team was(n't) informed.
I am really curious how UND thinks they'll be able to pass Title IX cutting two womens programs but only cutting one mens program. There are a few different ways you can be in compliance, but with a roughly 50/50 mix of men and women in the student body and a football program that takes up a lot of resources/roster spots on the male side of things it's hard for me to see how they make this work legally.
I see that UND's golf program was saved thanks to private donations from similar cuts, and with the support the teams hockey program has, I wonder if someone would step forward to support the womens hockey team.
Of course, at this point, even if the program is saved, Its hard to see how it overcomes the damage of today's news, especially with how the team was(n't) informed.
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Guessing that would not apply in this case.
Guessing that would not apply in this case.
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Correct. Sitting out a year within the conference only applies if your program still exists. For example, when Alabama-Birmingham cut football in 2014, those players could transfer within Conference USA without sitting out.
Correct. Sitting out a year within the conference only applies if your program still exists. For example, when Alabama-Birmingham cut football in 2014, those players could transfer within Conference USA without sitting out.
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Probably because they cut men's baseball last year, and men's golf is up for the chop as well.
Puckdrop14
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This really plays poorly on the school and the Athletics department. Good luck with your recruiting going forward. I really do feel for the girls and sincerely hope that all of them are successful with transfers to other more respectful programs! As for sitting out a year if they find a WCHA home, you would think that the rule would not apply in a situation like this one. Brutal.
This really plays poorly on the school and the Athletics department. Good luck with your recruiting going forward. I really do feel for the girls and sincerely hope that all of them are successful with transfers to other more respectful programs! As for sitting out a year if they find a WCHA home, you would think that the rule would not apply in a situation like this one. Brutal.
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If the program does not exist there is no 1-year wait. While I won't miss the goon squad in green I do feel terrible for the women who committed there. Many could play on other programs but what about credits and I doubt there are scholarships just sitting there to be used. What a horrible thing for them. I don't know what UNDs options were, maybe this is the best they could do. About the only thing I could think would be to play one more year to give the kids a chance to shop around a little. But I suppose that would be pretty bleak for the team too.
If the program does not exist there is no 1-year wait. While I won't miss the goon squad in green I do feel terrible for the women who committed there. Many could play on other programs but what about credits and I doubt there are scholarships just sitting there to be used. What a horrible thing for them. I don't know what UNDs options were, maybe this is the best they could do. About the only thing I could think would be to play one more year to give the kids a chance to shop around a little. But I suppose that would be pretty bleak for the team too.
MadCityRich
20 Years and Counting
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Sad news for the hockey community.
I wonder if UND reached out to the Engelstad family because of it's past donations in Grand Forks and Thief River Falls. If UND did, and the family said NO because of the Sioux thing...that would be interesting.
Sad news for the hockey community.
I wonder if UND reached out to the Engelstad family because of it's past donations in Grand Forks and Thief River Falls. If UND did, and the family said NO because of the Sioux thing...that would be interesting.
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more likely they would say no because of the girl thing. I was really disappointed when we went to games there. There is a relatively small set of pictures for their national championships & huge images of formr players hoisting the Stanley Cup. Apparently the school only wants to be a farm team for the NHL.
more likely they would say no because of the girl thing. I was really disappointed when we went to games there. There is a relatively small set of pictures for their national championships & huge images of formr players hoisting the Stanley Cup. Apparently the school only wants to be a farm team for the NHL.
TovarishchLisa
(Comrade Fox)
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Can we even call UND a university anymore? seems clear to me there's no class
Can we even call UND a university anymore? seems clear to me there's no class