Can an athletic department go broke?

[Reliable Source]

We need our very own T. Boone Pickens...

I'd rather have T. Bone Burnett....

Rock and Roll royalty, with Diana Krall and  husband Elvis Costello

 

Edited February 27, 2013 by Bullwinkle

[charsibb]

What do an a Show-me Missourian, an Irish Brit and a Corn-fed Canadian have to do with USF?

 

It'd be great if you could get them as boosters, but good luck!

Edited February 27, 2013 by charsibb

[Cow Pie]

 

Say what you like about DW, but I cannot imagine being in his position today.  Less than a decade ago he oversees his athletic program's move into the big leagues.  The media money immediately grows substantially, but with an almost certain leap into the $15-$17M per year range.  Plans are made, facilities are built on leverage, salaries are boosted.  And now his reality is that he will be working with less money than he could have possibly dreamt in his worst nightmare.

 

What realistic moves can he make?

 

Title 9 can make a University AD go bankrupt... USF is forced to fund a bunch of women's sports that it would had otherwise not chose to run. Florida should nullify Title 9 and let the University's do what they can afford to do.

 

If you think its bad right now, just wait until the new Obama extensions to title 9  go into affect... I heard that Universities will have to begin adding handicapped sports in addition to the women's sports that nobody attends as it is.

 

Link?

 

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/25/sports-are-a-civil-right-for-disabled-us-says/

[Cow Pie]

 

No chance in hell Ray Jay becomes a neutral stadium.

 

Or the yellow seats at Heinz field turning blue when Pitt plays. And saying that Heinz field is 5 miles from Pitt. Ray Jay is just over double that from USF. Don't make it sound like its in the next county.

 

 

 

 

Come on man, Yellow is just little closer to gold than red is.

 

^^^This... Comparing Yellow to Gold, and Red to Green is like comparing Taylor Swift to Honey Boo-Boo's mom in a bikini contest. Also take Miami for example as well... the Canes colors are Green and Orange, and the Dolphins colors are Aqua and Orange, thus the Canes fit into Dolphins stadium in the same way that Pitt does.

 

Also if you look at the map, Heinz Field is located 5 miles from the Pitt admin building and is still on Pitt's campus for the most part since students can walk from their dorms to Heinz Field. Meanwhile RayJay is about 16 miles from the USF admin building and students have to drive or be bused into the stadium for games.

[charsibb]

 

 

Say what you like about DW, but I cannot imagine being in his position today.  Less than a decade ago he oversees his athletic program's move into the big leagues.  The media money immediately grows substantially, but with an almost certain leap into the $15-$17M per year range.  Plans are made, facilities are built on leverage, salaries are boosted.  And now his reality is that he will be working with less money than he could have possibly dreamt in his worst nightmare.

 

What realistic moves can he make?

 

Title 9 can make a University AD go bankrupt... USF is forced to fund a bunch of women's sports that it would had otherwise not chose to run. Florida should nullify Title 9 and let the University's do what they can afford to do.

 

If you think its bad right now, just wait until the new Obama extensions to title 9  go into affect... I heard that Universities will have to begin adding handicapped sports in addition to the women's sports that nobody attends as it is.

 

Link?

 

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/25/sports-are-a-civil-right-for-disabled-us-says/

 

 

OMFG, the welfare nanny state strikes again. Playing sports is now a RIGHT???? Let's move this part of the thread over to the 'cow and have a real discussion.

 

From your link:

"the new directive from the Education Department's civil rights division

explicitly tells schools and colleges that access to interscholastic,

intramural and intercollegiate athletics is a right."

[Cow Pie]

 

SRQ at 406 PM est made me laugh.

And at 4:07, you cried...

Ok, you're safe now...

Here's Smaazas court room doll; can you point to where he touched you

 

[mviusa]

Also if you look at the map, Heinz Field is located 5 miles from the Pitt admin building and is still on Pitt's campus for the most part since students can walk from their dorms to Heinz Field. Meanwhile RayJay is about 16 miles from the USF admin building and students have to drive or be bused into the stadium for games.

USF (Admin Bldg) to RJS is 11.8 miles, or 12.1 miles from the Sun Dome.

How many students would walk 5 miles / 10 mi round trip to go to a football game.

[Skingraft]

SRQ at 406 PM est made me laugh.

And at 4:07, you cried...

Ok, you're safe now...

Here's Smaazas court room doll; can you point to where he touched you

Ahhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahaha

[Reliable Source]

this thread has officially jumped the shark

[charsibb]

this thread has officially jumped the shark

 

Can you point to exactly where you were jumped by the shark, please?