Let’s not kid ourselves, “RESOLVED” probably means dropped, nickname changed, no more Fighting Sioux nickname. Sioux fans our once proud name is going to be on the scrap heap of history soon. It appears that the Summit League has become a proxy for the NCAA, the first salvo has been fired over the bow, do as we say or else. I am sure Miles Brands is smiling today.
UND has missed it's opportunity to joining the Summit League this year.
UND president Robert Kelley says he talked with League commissioner Tom Douple over the last few days and learned UND has missed the scheduling window for the 2011-2012 season.
Kelley says 2012 will be the earliest they can play in Summit League conference play if they are even accepted.
They've applied but won't be considered until the "Fighting Sioux" nickname issue has been resolved.
Kelley say this was unexpected, they had hopes they would still make the window.
He says it shows the league won't wait for them even though they've said UND is a perfect fit.
Kelley says this points out the urgency of resolving the nickname issue quickly, so they don't miss out on other opportunities.
" We are seeing some doors start to close the scheduling has moved past us you know this is a long process there is no drop dead date in this the big concern I have is other schools are wanting to get into the Summit League."
Kelley says his concern could lead him to ask the league for a contingency plan to hold a spot for their application if the nickname issue is not solved in a reasonable time frame. [WDAZ]
I am depressed after hearing this. But Keep it up.
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Sadly say good bye to Fighting Sioux and happily hello to the return of the Flickertails.;)
ReplyDeleteScrew 'em! If the window is closed, now they forced UND to fight for its rights. Keep the nickname! Fight the battle! "Ski-U-Ma"...no, not a gopher fan, just a Sioux success cry after a victory. Don't give up the name and the Summit League. Keep the name and the Summit League will still be there. Since ND already lost the year, make it worth while.
ReplyDeletei agree with Sioux7NationalTitles. since we can't get into the summit league this year anyways, we might as well fight the good fight until the ncaa deadline, which might prove to be enough time to satisfy the ncaa requirements to keep the name.
ReplyDeletei consider this a good thing. now there's no pressure to rush the matter in order to satisfy the summit league, which never made sense to begin with.
I want UND to keep fighting for the name but even the President of the Univerisity is begging the North Dakota Board of Higher Education to change the name, I think this was the Summit League basically saying if you don't move on and change the name we will pick another school.
ReplyDeleteI have heard from a pretty good source that the Summit will except us without the name period. That that for what it's worth. I also heard that it's hard to schedule teams right now because of the nickname.