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44 minutes ago, See Red said:

 

The extent of my knowledge of Vinik buying the team was from a recent Athletic article where he said he didn't know how to spend the billions he made from his hedge fund so he googled "how to buy a pro sports team."  He actually considered buying the Stars but didn't see himself fitting in with Cuban and Jones personality-wise.

 

 

The guy's a great owner, though, and has been great for the local community as well.

The Stars Current owner Tom Gaglardi is nothing like Cuban and Jones.

18 hours ago, schlim said:

I've only heard baseball going this route, the NHL seems set at 32, along with the NFL. Maybe MLS will add another 16 teams, but it seems only baseball is going to come out of all this forever radically changed, from teams to rules to playoffs, etc. The NHL may change a couple seats at the table, but unless they're in a way, way worse situation, I can't see any changes amounting to the cumulative changes from  around 1995-2000. The league started the new century in a radically different place than they did the decade before with relocations, expansion, rule changes,  etc.

the NBA might consider it and the two new NBA teams will probably be Seattle and Las Vegas, which is what I don't want but it's inevitable that the NBA is next for Vegas after NHL and NFL.  

1 hour ago, sportsfan7 said:

D2

Gotcha.  So they are keeping their D2 sports.  

1 hour ago, sportsfan7 said:

https://www.ktuu.com/2020/08/19/uaa-to-cut-four-sport-programs-including-mens-hockey/

 

Alaska-Anchorage is dropping all 4 of their D1 sports; men's hockey and skiing and women' gymnastics and skiing. They will play this season before ending. Seven of the ten men's hockey members are leaving the WCHA after this season to form the CCHA, leaving behind Alaska-Fairbanks and Alabama-Huntsville. Alaska-Fairbanks has said that they will not be cutting any athletics programs.

Don't they have basketball?

So has the transfer window been moved back due to the late resumption of the Euro leagues?

2 minutes ago, Sebastianm said:

I'm suggesting who do you think will make that jump the quickest?

Nobody.  

18 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said:

 

1.) It's not going to be anytime soon. Liberty isn't a bad team... it's the school itself. The politics they espouse there is pretty dangerous. Why do you think the Sun Belt and Conference USA wanted nothing to do with Liberty when they made the move up? The moment Liberty does something that is even remotely controversial, those conferences would be getting big time glares for letting them in.

 

2.) Whatever drugs you're on.. please share. There's NO way on on this planet or any other planet or even this forsaken timeline that North Dakota State jumps ship to the Big Ten. First off is academics - 13 of the 14 Big Ten members are in the AAU, probably the most prestigious academic organization in North America (Nebraska was part of it before they left in 2011). Invitations for the AAU are extremely rare. Why am I bringing this up? It might be a sticking point for most of the schools.

 

Secondly is the massive overhaul NDSU would need to undertake in order to be in the Big Ten's radar. The Fargodome, where they play in football, is 5.5 times smaller (in terms of capacity) then Michigan Stadium. Hell, the smallest stadium in the Big Ten (Northwestern's Ryan Field) is 2.5 times larger in terms of capacity. It's the same with other sports. In terms of football is the extra money it would take - Where do you think they can come up with the money for an extra 22 scholarships in the middle of an economic downturn?

The thing is that if it's "conference only in College football" this fall, Liberty (as well as UMass, BYU, New Mexico State, UConn and Army as well.  Notre Dame would probably be ACC in that situation) would have to go into one of those two conferences for a year if they want to play in 2020

2 minutes ago, Sebastianm said:

How about the next school to FBS from FCS?

There are a few switching conferences in FCS or moving up to FCS from Division II but I don't believe there's none moving from FCS to FBS at the moment.

2 minutes ago, Sebastianm said:

Well, FCS until Mizzou valley becomes a FBS conference.

And that's not happening.  

North Dakota State would not be a fit in the MAC.  They would be the farthest team from everyone else if that happened.  Right now the Western most school in the MAC is Northern Illinois.  If the MAC wants to add more schools, they'll take them from the Missouri Valley Conference.

On 6/10/2020 at 6:08 PM, Seadragon76 said:

 

Which is why most people usually call it Ooey-Pooey.

That is what I will call it from now on.  

Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis is quite a confusing name for a university. 

If MLB comes back without any fans, it will basically be business as usual for the Rays.

Sideline reporter for today's Dallas vs. New York Game, Saints All Pro DE Cameron Jordan looks quite dapper in a suit.  

Can the XFL stop with "For the Love of Football" plastered at midfield every game?  Oh wait, this league is owned by Vince McMahon.....no they can't as he loves to beat catchphrases and nicknames down to death.  

20 hours ago, DNAsports said:

So apparently the XFL, or at least St. Louis, has captain patches?

St. Louis.  I did not see them in other games. 

I like how St. Louis does their captain's "C."  It's something I think the NFL should do, have a smaller "C" 

The whole "For the Love of Football" motto on the field is annoying as hell now, but since Vince McMahon owns the XFL, it's not surprising he would beat the motto or nickname down to death as he does with his wrestlers (ie, referring to Roman Reigns as the Big Dog everytime he appears).

55 minutes ago, Tygers09 said:

Did McMahon ever say he'd let the older teams come back? Like Frisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, etc. Of course, the Hitmen and the Extreme wouldn't unless the current teams changed, but that's unlikely.

New York and LA came back.  San Francisco could be among the top candidates the next time they expand if they can find a venue for the XFL.  I don't think they will go back to Las Vegas even though the Raiders are there now.  Chicago has never shown that they can support alternative football.  Besides, one bad QB in Chicago is enough.  

3 hours ago, kmccarthy27 said:

American Football Jersey Makers

 

Exclusive in that I think up until XFL everything they did was through Adidas. 

 

Let's not put the blame on those meh MLS Adidas jerseys on a little Football jersey company. 

So do they make the college football jerseys with the Adidas logos?

1 hour ago, kmccarthy27 said:

From what I can tell they are an exclusive jersey maker for Adidas

 

Here is the President's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwaksman/

 

https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/new-division-of-adidas-will-be-xfl-uniform-manufacturer/

 

"Custom Outfitters will be the brand manufacturer of the XFL Uniforms, not Adidas. Custom Outfitters is not a division of Adidas. They are based in Davie Florida.

Custom Outfitters is the primary producer of custom athletic uniforms for Adidas."

 

 

So are they the ones who produce MLS jerseys for Adidas?

48 minutes ago, AndrewMLind said:

They’re made by a Florida-based company called Custom Outfitters.

If you do a google search, the first thing that comes up is trailers for cars.  

The Vipers got too cute with their uniforms.  They might have had the best XFL uniforms if they had just did what the Jets had done and copied the Saskatchewan Roughriders.  

So are we going to get a worse color scheme with Seattle NHL than we are with the Dragons?