Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th.

[Pump It Up]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

AD Peters has not spoken with McLeod, but they've talked to most of the WCHA ADs.

[greenG]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

Daniel Morgan University?

Kudos

[willythekid]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

AD Peters has not spoken with McLeod, but they've talked to most of the WCHA ADs.

including UMD, that seems weird to me...

[7&7]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

AD Peters has not spoken with McLeod, but they've talked to most of the WCHA ADs.

sounds like they have support from mnscu members

[The Sicatoka]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

They have a soft commitment of 15 million dollars but only if they go to D1.

Specifically, not for Dragon Athletics but specifically Dragon Hockey.

They've talked to ADs at BSU, SCSU, and UMD (other Minnesota schools) about what budgets would need to look like.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

They seem confident. They have a three month window of opportunity but they don't want to paint themselves into a corner.

[aparch]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

Wow! Soft commitments for 15mil. already if the team is announced.

Have NOT talked with McLeod in the last two weeks.

AD and Pres have been in talks with the smaller Minn schools (Bemidji, Mankato, and St. Cloud). Caught those teams off guard by how quietly they've put this program together.

Continued push. Says there is "three months" to get the ball rolling. They're using the openings in the conferences to push this through. Definitely could be fast-tracked to WCHA by 13-14 (in my opinion).

"Other conferences may need us now instead of two years ago where we needed them." - President

They're railing HARD on the WCHA, and what it would look like in the future. But they want to jump into this with both feet.

[Pump It Up]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

3 months is MSUM's "window of opportunity" according to Peters. Hurricane Edna (MSUM President) is okay with being an independent for a few years, while she previously said they wouldn't go D-I without a conference.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

President, in chaos there is opportunity.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

They need the 37 million dollars over a five year or seven year window. Alot of money up front.

[Pump It Up]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

They'd do both mens and womens hockey, with full schollies.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

They will have both men's and women's hockey and fully funded.

[aparch]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

Men's AND Women's will be added.

Full scholarships for both.

They're getting the community on the bandwagon to make sure that they can announce this. Great for them!!!

They're closer than they may be leading on.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

All the WCHA schools were suprised because they on purpose flew under the radar.

[4four4]

Re: Minnesota State Moorhead Dragons to call press conference at 1pm Friday July 15th

Men's AND Women's will be added.

Full scholarships for both.

They're getting the community on the bandwagon to make sure that they can announce this. Great for them!!!

They're closer than they may be leading on.

I agree.