Student fee to possibly fund on-campus football stadium

[Apis Bull]

21 minutes ago, BayIslandBull said:

I've seen a few 2 for 1's announced recently.

There was one recently with Louisville and as soon as UCF announced their 1 for 1, this board went ape-****!

[BrassBulls12]

1 minute ago, Apis Bull said:

There was one recently with Louisville and as soon as UCF announced their 1 for 1, this board went ape-****!

 I feel like there a vocal few who went crazy and a good amount of us saying NBD. 

[NewEnglandBull]

I was referring to one and done. That will usually allow a team to play anyone at anytime. 

[Apis Bull]

1 hour ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I was referring to one and done. That will usually allow a team to play anyone at anytime. 

Losing out on the home game might be a financial burden for the school.  Without seeing the books, we have no idea if the net revenue for an away game makes up for the loss of net revenue for the home lost home game.

[slayer9]

On 4/2/2018 at 5:00 PM, USF_Grouper said:

 

Don't worry about it.. the $80 will just get financed into your student loans, you'll never even notice it.

Nah, I'd rather have that 80$ per semester to pay for food and rent

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, Apis Bull said:

Losing out on the home game might be a financial burden for the school.  Without seeing the books, we have no idea if the net revenue for an away game makes up for the loss of net revenue for the home lost home game.

That is a good point. I have no idea either how important that extra revenue is versus getting paid a lump sum by a Mich/Ohio State, etc. Regardless, I don’t think it would make much difference in financing a stadium unless we did three times a year for thirty years. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by NewEnglandBull

[Ned A Starr RIP]

An OCS should be funded by Bulls Club donors, not on the already over- burdened students.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/food-nearly-60-percent-of-college-students-food-insecure-

013014#1https://pantry.fieldandfork.ufl.edu/

https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-opens-food-pantry-for-students/

https://dos.fsu.edu/resources/food-for-thought-pantry

Edited April 4, 2018 by NAS Gone to Paradise

[BrassBulls12]

The Daily Stampede’s USF On-Campus Stadium Funding Survey Results

General opinion is split, but student majority is against an additional fee to help fund a stadium

[charsibb]

2 hours ago, BrassBulls12 said:

The Daily Stampede’s USF On-Campus Stadium Funding Survey Results

General opinion is split, but student majority is against an additional fee to help fund a stadium

As one of the commenters mentioned, the survey is large enough to be statistically valid, but it's not representative since it's a self-selected sub-population.

Which, in all actuality, probably skews the results positively, since the responders are TDS readers. A truly representative survey would include a larger proportion of non-sports-fans, and would probably be more negative towards funding a stadium.

The most troubling aspect is the following quote. If true, it says that athletics is not doing its job regarding school spirit. USF needs to finally shed the commuter school atmosphere.

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The current student body is not concerned with football. As nice as a stadium would be, it’s clearly not a priority anymore and student attendance at football games confirms that.

 

[El_Toro_86]

Kind of depressing to read.  Anxious to see what the Athletics survey will show.  I’m not sure if or how this stadium will ever get built.