Merle

Why don't we go to Denver, biz?

I want to discuss kind of the state of NIL.

I know at BU there's discussions, right?

Like, compared to these Big Ten schools, this football money, the Big Ten network, it's just a different ballgame.

Now, ironically, like...

A lot of these teams pay huge money for guys, and maybe it doesn't work out.

Certainly not the way it does for you at Denver.

But what is your guys' position with the NIL and money you have to spend?

And is there an aspect of you that says, listen, I'm not going to spend $300,000 on a kid when I know we can get a bunch of kids with less money?

Do you know what I'm saying by that?

How do you guys approach spending money on players now, which is still so weird for me to say when talking about college hockey?

Nothing crazy though.

My last question for you, Dave, is you talked about changing the regionals.

We've tried making more noise about this because I think this year more than any other, it was like, what is going on?

Watching some of the crowds.

And you brought up one through eight hosting nine through 16.

Explain kind of your thought process on that and how you think it should work out in the future.

And finally, is there any chance that this could switch or is it kind of like, I think we're in one here.

We've got to deal with it.

And then watching it on TV, you're like, as a young kid, it's like, oh my God, I want to go do that.