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(02-09-2020 11:15 AM)dc1 Wrote:  You are right 17huskie they don’t have the full facts but that’s the problem! We wouldn’t need the facts or have questions if they were properly prepared. I will be willing to bet at the next game there will be 2 EMTs there.

But how do you know they weren't prepared and this was the plan- to not significantly move him until the ambulance arrived?

It seems like many have taken a gigantic step to say because the ambulance took a while to get there, that means the ath department was completely unprepared for any health emergency for the fans or players.

That seems like quite a stretch to me...why do we have to go to such extremes?
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(02-09-2020 10:27 AM)dc1 Wrote:  Sorry Milwaukee pilot this is not ok! We all can see the ambulance at football games so no one should be questioning that but not to have a couple of EMT’s at the basketball game is crazy. The players leave the floor constantly and someone easily could land on their head or back. If it’s a matter of money by all means raise the ticket price. Are there any police at the games anymore? This is like the school is playing Russian roulette and eventually will lose.

DC—nowhere did I say anything was OK—-I just said that I know there is a physician at the basketball games—-and I just watched the recording of the game and he was on the court with the injured player. I certainly agree that there should be an EMT or two at the event. Pretty sure the physician on hand is there much more for ankle or knee injury scenarios than emergent situations. Just not seeing anywhere where I said anything was OK.
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I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.
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I guess if you want to be enraged, go ahead and be enraged. Some of us were just trying to have an actual discussion on what actually occurred. There doesn't have to be 'sides'.
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(02-09-2020 12:27 PM)dc1 Wrote:  I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.

I can't believe the hysteria. 'We need EMTs at the game in case someone has a heart attack and then NIU will get sued if there aren't EMT's there'!!!

Here's a rational question: how often are EMT's needed at a basketball game?
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Watching Roy Williams epic collapse making me feel better about Monty. Hopefully we got it out of our system early in the year.
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I agree with El Duderino and 17Huskies that this is getting off the mark, but for a different reason. Anyway, a lot of it is "what if," and without talking to everyone directly involved in the injury incident, it's going to stay that way.

It is kind of disgusting that we can't have a simple discussion any more (and I plead guilty to crossing the line myself a few times). This seems to be spreading, and more and more board members are jumping in to comment on more threads.

So let's look at that: More and more people are getting frustrated and disgusted when they find out anything about anything they didn't know the a.dept has done/is doing.

People are ticked off about not being told about a mbb time/date change until they raised hell, that the cheerleaders were cut back in 2017 and don't show up at some games because they're fund-raising to keep going, that there was no real promo about a wbb player being close to joining the rare 2000-point-plus club, the gee-whiz-there-is-a-fan-advisory-board, etc etc etc etc. Now it's the availability/lack of EMT service for athletic events that draw hundreds of people.

All the above happened in a very short time period, so it seems to be piling up. These are more than mere b-m-c. They were/are actual incidents.

And until the a.dept starts coming out of its self-protective shell, the frustration is going to keep building. To what end, I don't know.

So what's wrong with the a.dept saying "we need your help, fans." Pride, ego, self-preservation? Don't know, but something has got to give.

One last ??: what is the a.dept afraid of? It's most die-hard, long-time Huskies fans?
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I will provide a solution to the issue. What we need is a team of young nurses at each game. Student nurses are fine (and won’t break the budget). Then, when the nurses give us old geezers a heart attack, we’ll need a team of EMTs to resuscitate us. Gee, I guess I didn’t solve the problem after all.
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No, but you made it a heckuva lot more interesting for us old geezers.
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Idea should help with future attendance also
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I was at the game. It appeared after the collision under the basket the KU player slid on the floor and hit the bottom of the basket support structure.
There was no bleeding or cries of pain that I noticed.
No coaches or trainers seemed to be in a panic
My guess is that they were taking precautions because of a possible nhead/neck injury.
The player, last I heard, seems to be okay...
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(02-09-2020 01:17 PM)El Duderino Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 12:27 PM)dc1 Wrote:  I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.

I can't believe the hysteria. 'We need EMTs at the game in case someone has a heart attack and then NIU will get sued if there aren't EMT's there'!!!

Here's a rational question: how often are EMT's needed at a basketball game?

Rarely.

And to extrapolate, where shouldn't there be EMTs? With this rationale, EMTs should be stationed every single place any kind of congregation of people are gathered and if not, then someone apparently needs to be sued.

If a 90 year old man has a heart attack at church, can the church be sued? If a person has a stroke at the park, can the park district be sued? If a person chokes on a piece of candy on the bus, can the bus company be sued?
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(02-10-2020 12:15 PM)Big Red Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 01:17 PM)El Duderino Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 12:27 PM)dc1 Wrote:  I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.

I can't believe the hysteria. 'We need EMTs at the game in case someone has a heart attack and then NIU will get sued if there aren't EMT's there'!!!

Here's a rational question: how often are EMT's needed at a basketball game?

Rarely.

And to extrapolate, where shouldn't there be EMTs? With this rationale, EMTs should be stationed every single place any kind of congregation of people are gathered and if not, then someone apparently needs to be sued.

If a 90 year old man has a heart attack at church, can the church be sued? If a person has a stroke at the park, can the park district be sued? If a person chokes on a piece of candy on the bus, can the bus company be sued?

Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.
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(02-10-2020 12:15 PM)Big Red Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 01:17 PM)El Duderino Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 12:27 PM)dc1 Wrote:  I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.

I can't believe the hysteria. 'We need EMTs at the game in case someone has a heart attack and then NIU will get sued if there aren't EMT's there'!!!

Here's a rational question: how often are EMT's needed at a basketball game?

Rarely.

And to extrapolate, where shouldn't there be EMTs? With this rationale, EMTs should be stationed every single place any kind of congregation of people are gathered and if not, then someone apparently needs to be sued.

If a 90 year old man has a heart attack at church, can the church be sued? If a person has a stroke at the park, can the park district be sued? If a person chokes on a piece of candy on the bus, can the bus company be sued?

Your general point is well taken, but there are not a thousand people on a bus. Hey, we don't need a stand-by ambulance at football games either ...or anywhere else. Let's cut the cost of all of it and say, well, they can't sue us so who cares?

I reiterate a point from earlier post: the real point is lack of consideration/concern for people, whether fans or participants, vs. more focus on shaving some cost.

This is the point that is being made more and more frequently on a number of threads, and I don't think any serious fan finds it comical.

I repeat:
-- were you happy to learn that the cheerleaders were cut three years ago?
--- were you happy not to get a mesage about the mbb game day/date change until after people raised hell?

People vs. $$, and the $$ are winning. Northern does less and less -- sometimes nothing at all -- to wave the flag and show it gives a damn. THAT'S what this is all about.
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(02-10-2020 12:51 PM)pvk75 Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 12:15 PM)Big Red Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 01:17 PM)El Duderino Wrote:  
(02-09-2020 12:27 PM)dc1 Wrote:  I can’t believe that there are two opposing sides to this but whatever. If everything is ok with the response than let’s not have a couple of EMTs or ambulance at football game’s no need. I will say it again if it’s a cost issue then raise ticket prices.

I can't believe the hysteria. 'We need EMTs at the game in case someone has a heart attack and then NIU will get sued if there aren't EMT's there'!!!

Here's a rational question: how often are EMT's needed at a basketball game?

Rarely.

And to extrapolate, where shouldn't there be EMTs? With this rationale, EMTs should be stationed every single place any kind of congregation of people are gathered and if not, then someone apparently needs to be sued.

If a 90 year old man has a heart attack at church, can the church be sued? If a person has a stroke at the park, can the park district be sued? If a person chokes on a piece of candy on the bus, can the bus company be sued?

Your general point is well taken, but there are not a thousand people on a bus. Hey, we don't need a stand-by ambulance at football games either ...or anywhere else. Let's cut the cost of all of it and say, well, they can't sue us so who cares?

I reiterate a point from earlier post: the real point is lack of consideration/concern for people, whether fans or participants, vs. more focus on shaving some cost.

This is the point that is being made more and more frequently on a number of threads, and I don't think any serious fan finds it comical.

I repeat:
-- were you happy to learn that the cheerleaders were cut three years ago?
--- were you happy not to get a mesage about the mbb game day/date change until after people raised hell?

People vs. $$, and the $$ are winning. Northern does less and less -- sometimes nothing at all -- to wave the flag and show it gives a damn. THAT'S what this is all about.

If more people showed up to basketball games I’m sure they would have emt’s there, and I’ve been notified of every game change somehow whether it was a call,email, website, ect. Only issue I have with them is cutting the cheerleaders and silverettes, which that I think is complete BS. Till more than 300 people can show up for a basketball other than 4 games a year don’t expect emt’s at a frickin basketball game.
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(02-10-2020 12:26 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.

Break out those old man emojis, but to set the record straight "HuskieManiac" it shows you joined in 2019 --- however, it's likely you've been a fan before that.
I know several posters on here -- myself included -- who now fall into your "75%" that don't attend games. BUT we used to. My first season tickets for football and men's basketball were from 1979-80. When the chairback seats were first introduced in Huskie Stadium, I upped my investment and bought four of those simply hoping to re-live the thrill of the Cal Bowl season; I'm confident in saying the number of Huskie events I've attended are 50 times the number you've seen. It says I joined this board in 2010 but I promise you my being a Huskie fan goes way back.
That being said, I also don't disagree with you that "some on here over react" to posts, however, frustration times longevity often lead to over reacting when you see coaches or administrators who have no knowledge of NIU's past and don't seem to care.
Respectfully, my point is don't assume lack of attendance today with a lack of support. Because you can't yet identify with those of us who relished McDougal's team going to the NCAA in Dallas followed by the drought until Molinari used Rosborugh's recruits to get us back; and that was also followed by another gap until Hammel did that. On the women's side, we saw Albright produce a program that made "watch the bracket reveal" parties an annual affair. The success of Waite's volleyball program, the elimination of a men's gymnastics program that produced All-America performers with regularity, a women's national championship in another eliminated program in badminton; the dropping of baseball and the revival with one NCAA prelim round appearance under Spanky McFarland.
There are too many of us whose past contributions suddenly had no value as new rules were implemented for season tickets, parking, etc. We've endured not just losing streaks but consecutive losing seasons, changes of administration that have made us feel less valued. Don't think for a minute that the decision to stop buying season tickets or even attending games didn't come without some painful internal debates. We're still Huskies, but frustrated Huskies.
Don't know enough about costs and logistics when it comes to the ambulance debate, but it did seem like a very long response time considering there is a fire station just off Annie Glidden on Dresser (a mile-plus at best?). Simply glad the Kent State player was doing well enough to return with his teammates.
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(02-10-2020 01:02 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 12:26 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.

Break out those old man emojis, but to set the record straight "HuskieManiac" it shows you joined in 2019 --- however, it's likely you've been a fan before that.
I know several posters on here -- myself included -- who now fall into your "75%" that don't attend games. BUT we used to. My first season tickets for football and men's basketball were from 1979-80. When the chairback seats were first introduced in Huskie Stadium, I upped my investment and bought four of those simply hoping to re-live the thrill of the Cal Bowl season; I'm confident in saying the number of Huskie events I've attended are 50 times the number you've seen. It says I joined this board in 2010 but I promise you my being a Huskie fan goes way back.
That being said, I also don't disagree with you that "some on here over react" to posts, however, frustration times longevity often lead to over reacting when you see coaches or administrators who have no knowledge of NIU's past and don't seem to care.
Respectfully, my point is don't assume lack of attendance today with a lack of support. Because you can't yet identify with those of us who relished McDougal's team going to the NCAA in Dallas followed by the drought until Molinari used Rosborugh's recruits to get us back; and that was also followed by another gap until Hammel did that. On the women's side, we saw Albright produce a program that made "watch the bracket reveal" parties an annual affair. The success of Waite's volleyball program, the elimination of a men's gymnastics program that produced All-America performers with regularity, a women's national championship in another eliminated program in badminton; the dropping of baseball and the revival with one NCAA prelim round appearance under Spanky McFarland.
There are too many of us whose past contributions suddenly had no value as new rules were implemented for season tickets, parking, etc. We've endured not just losing streaks but consecutive losing seasons, changes of administration that have made us feel less valued. Don't think for a minute that the decision to stop buying season tickets or even attending games didn't come without some painful internal debates. We're still Huskies, but frustrated Huskies.
Don't know enough about costs and logistics when it comes to the ambulance debate, but it did seem like a very long response time considering there is a fire station just off Annie Glidden on Dresser (a mile-plus at best?). Simply glad the Kent State player was doing well enough to return with his teammates.

Not in any way was I trying to disrespect any old timers or people from the past who don’t go any more. I apologize if I came off that way. I’m just trying to say with such low attendance you can only expect the school to put so much money behind a Tuesday night basketball game on espn 3. I have nothing but respect for the older gentleman like you who paved the way and I have respect for all of you on this board. We’re in this together! I just wish more of my generation felt as passionate about huskie sports as me or you guys do.
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(02-10-2020 01:10 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 01:02 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 12:26 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.

Break out those old man emojis, but to set the record straight "HuskieManiac" it shows you joined in 2019 --- however, it's likely you've been a fan before that.
I know several posters on here -- myself included -- who now fall into your "75%" that don't attend games. BUT we used to. My first season tickets for football and men's basketball were from 1979-80. When the chairback seats were first introduced in Huskie Stadium, I upped my investment and bought four of those simply hoping to re-live the thrill of the Cal Bowl season; I'm confident in saying the number of Huskie events I've attended are 50 times the number you've seen. It says I joined this board in 2010 but I promise you my being a Huskie fan goes way back.
That being said, I also don't disagree with you that "some on here over react" to posts, however, frustration times longevity often lead to over reacting when you see coaches or administrators who have no knowledge of NIU's past and don't seem to care.
Respectfully, my point is don't assume lack of attendance today with a lack of support. Because you can't yet identify with those of us who relished McDougal's team going to the NCAA in Dallas followed by the drought until Molinari used Rosborugh's recruits to get us back; and that was also followed by another gap until Hammel did that. On the women's side, we saw Albright produce a program that made "watch the bracket reveal" parties an annual affair. The success of Waite's volleyball program, the elimination of a men's gymnastics program that produced All-America performers with regularity, a women's national championship in another eliminated program in badminton; the dropping of baseball and the revival with one NCAA prelim round appearance under Spanky McFarland.
There are too many of us whose past contributions suddenly had no value as new rules were implemented for season tickets, parking, etc. We've endured not just losing streaks but consecutive losing seasons, changes of administration that have made us feel less valued. Don't think for a minute that the decision to stop buying season tickets or even attending games didn't come without some painful internal debates. We're still Huskies, but frustrated Huskies.
Don't know enough about costs and logistics when it comes to the ambulance debate, but it did seem like a very long response time considering there is a fire station just off Annie Glidden on Dresser (a mile-plus at best?). Simply glad the Kent State player was doing well enough to return with his teammates.

Not in any way was I trying to disrespect any old timers or people from the past who don’t go any more. I apologize if I came off that way. I’m just trying to say with such low attendance you can only expect the school to put so much money behind a Tuesday night basketball game on espn 3. I have nothing but respect for the older gentleman like you who paved the way and I have respect for all of you on this board. We’re in this together! I just wish more of my generation felt as passionate about huskie sports as me or you guys do.

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(02-10-2020 01:02 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 12:26 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.

Break out those old man emojis, but to set the record straight "HuskieManiac" it shows you joined in 2019 --- however, it's likely you've been a fan before that.
I know several posters on here -- myself included -- who now fall into your "75%" that don't attend games. BUT we used to. My first season tickets for football and men's basketball were from 1979-80. When the chairback seats were first introduced in Huskie Stadium, I upped my investment and bought four of those simply hoping to re-live the thrill of the Cal Bowl season; I'm confident in saying the number of Huskie events I've attended are 50 times the number you've seen. It says I joined this board in 2010 but I promise you my being a Huskie fan goes way back.
That being said, I also don't disagree with you that "some on here over react" to posts, however, frustration times longevity often lead to over reacting when you see coaches or administrators who have no knowledge of NIU's past and don't seem to care.
Respectfully, my point is don't assume lack of attendance today with a lack of support. Because you can't yet identify with those of us who relished McDougal's team going to the NCAA in Dallas followed by the drought until Molinari used Rosborugh's recruits to get us back; and that was also followed by another gap until Hammel did that. On the women's side, we saw Albright produce a program that made "watch the bracket reveal" parties an annual affair. The success of Waite's volleyball program, the elimination of a men's gymnastics program that produced All-America performers with regularity, a women's national championship in another eliminated program in badminton; the dropping of baseball and the revival with one NCAA prelim round appearance under Spanky McFarland.
There are too many of us whose past contributions suddenly had no value as new rules were implemented for season tickets, parking, etc. We've endured not just losing streaks but consecutive losing seasons, changes of administration that have made us feel less valued. Don't think for a minute that the decision to stop buying season tickets or even attending games didn't come without some painful internal debates. We're still Huskies, but frustrated Huskies.
Don't know enough about costs and logistics when it comes to the ambulance debate, but it did seem like a very long response time considering there is a fire station just off Annie Glidden on Dresser (a mile-plus at best?). Simply glad the Kent State player was doing well enough to return with his teammates.

+1000. I joined the board in Jan. 2018, but still have an old videotape of the Cal Bowl and a pile of memories going back to "Carpentersville Cruncher" days back in the 1970s. Recall conversations with Cary Groth, Jane Albright, Johnny Mac, Bill Mallory, Jerry Ippoliti ...all of whom took the time, listened and responded to fans directly. We "old-timers" have been through it all, ups and downs, and just want to see some good times roll again. We're frustrated because we know how good it can be if some people get off their a's and give a damn. We don't need anyone telling us how to be Huskies fans.
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(02-10-2020 01:10 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 01:02 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  
(02-10-2020 12:26 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  Big red hit the nail on the head. The way some on here over react to certain things is just comical, 75% of this board isn’t at any of the games anyways. Glad the kid that got hurt is fine and returned home with his team that night.

Break out those old man emojis, but to set the record straight "HuskieManiac" it shows you joined in 2019 --- however, it's likely you've been a fan before that.
I know several posters on here -- myself included -- who now fall into your "75%" that don't attend games. BUT we used to. My first season tickets for football and men's basketball were from 1979-80. When the chairback seats were first introduced in Huskie Stadium, I upped my investment and bought four of those simply hoping to re-live the thrill of the Cal Bowl season; I'm confident in saying the number of Huskie events I've attended are 50 times the number you've seen. It says I joined this board in 2010 but I promise you my being a Huskie fan goes way back.
That being said, I also don't disagree with you that "some on here over react" to posts, however, frustration times longevity often lead to over reacting when you see coaches or administrators who have no knowledge of NIU's past and don't seem to care.
Respectfully, my point is don't assume lack of attendance today with a lack of support. Because you can't yet identify with those of us who relished McDougal's team going to the NCAA in Dallas followed by the drought until Molinari used Rosborugh's recruits to get us back; and that was also followed by another gap until Hammel did that. On the women's side, we saw Albright produce a program that made "watch the bracket reveal" parties an annual affair. The success of Waite's volleyball program, the elimination of a men's gymnastics program that produced All-America performers with regularity, a women's national championship in another eliminated program in badminton; the dropping of baseball and the revival with one NCAA prelim round appearance under Spanky McFarland.
There are too many of us whose past contributions suddenly had no value as new rules were implemented for season tickets, parking, etc. We've endured not just losing streaks but consecutive losing seasons, changes of administration that have made us feel less valued. Don't think for a minute that the decision to stop buying season tickets or even attending games didn't come without some painful internal debates. We're still Huskies, but frustrated Huskies.
Don't know enough about costs and logistics when it comes to the ambulance debate, but it did seem like a very long response time considering there is a fire station just off Annie Glidden on Dresser (a mile-plus at best?). Simply glad the Kent State player was doing well enough to return with his teammates.

Not in any way was I trying to disrespect any old timers or people from the past who don’t go any more. I apologize if I came off that way. I’m just trying to say with such low attendance you can only expect the school to put so much money behind a Tuesday night basketball game on espn 3. I have nothing but respect for the older gentleman like you who paved the way and I have respect for all of you on this board. We’re in this together! I just wish more of my generation felt as passionate about huskie sports as me or you guys do.

I didn't think what you said was disrespectful and I was surprised it was taken that way.

Now, to address what you said, the number of people in attendance doesn't matter in regards to there being EMTs or an ambulance there, it's about the sport. Football has an ambulance because the chance for a serious injury is pretty high while the chance for something serious in a basketball game is astronomically lower. Take a survey (if you could) of all D-1 basketball programs and see how many have an ambulance/EMTs at every single contest. And you'd have to check both men's and women's teams. I'd venture to guess that NIU falls squarely within the majority in not having one at their games.
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