Monday, August 03, 2015

Being North Dakota Doesn’t Violate Settlement Agreement

This summer, there's been a lot of discussion regarding UND and simply being North Dakota. Obviously, some fans, me included, would rather see UND remain North Dakota then adopt a silly and moronic nickname like Sundogs.

Some have said that would violate the settlement agreement between UND and the NCAA. That's not true at all. I reached out to the UND leadership to get clarification. Here's the response that I received.
Eric, thanks for the email and the support for our university. The NCAA says there would not be a violation of the settlement agreement as far as they are concerned if UND didn't adopt a new nickname. However, the NCAA did say that if fans resumed using Sioux or Fighting Sioux, the NCAA believes other schools will complain and that, in turn, would very likely result in sanctions. The NCAA does seem to believe that UND has done its best to comply with the settlement agreement.

Peter Johnson
Executive Associate Vice President for University Relations
(701) 777-4317

4 comments:

  1. Wow, so if rival fans object to the sea of Sioux jerseys at their home rink, we could be penalized. Can we join the CHL?

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    1. I don't know about that. That seems kind of odd.

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  2. Sun dogs I was not a fan of but think about it, its more like sun gods, the friday night version of football only for college hockey, that is, major priveledge to attend UND hockey program.

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  3. Sun dogs I was not a fan of but think about it, its more like sun gods, the friday night version of football only for college hockey, that is, major priveledge to attend UND hockey program.

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