Honestly, I really don't understand this. Can someone clue me in? With their revenue, they could easily get the loans they need to build any damn facilities they want immediately. Why the hell do they need $100+ FREAKING MILLION in donations? It's beyond belief.
It's like Jeff Bezos starting a GoFundMe to get money to build a new Amazon warehouse.
All I know is if we don't have a football only putt putt course and and a football only water park this will be a giant fail. A football only monorail system to classes would also be nice and cut down on scooter accidents.
All I know is if we don't have a football only putt putt course and and a football only water park this will be a giant fail. A football only monorail system to classes would also be nice and cut down on scooter accidents.
This is such nonsense. Yes, it is true that if I take my kids to the b-/c+ level amusement park in Valdosta, Ga, they will have a great time and love it. Just like if we stay in a Holiday Inn with a pool, they will have fun in the pool.
But, if given the choice to pick, they are picking Disney World, not Valdosta World, and they are choosing to stay in the Grand Floridian, have dinner with Mickey, and hop on the "monorail" you reference right from the lobby.
This preference for nicer, more convenient things doesn't change throughout life. You can be happy and successful without access to the best things in life. But, it is ignorant to suggest that most people "choose" to not have the best things when those are available. It is far more often an issue of access. The best players have access to the best facilities (if they go somewhere other than Florida) Our housing, training facilities, and off-time environment for football players is substandard and it shows in our results. My point, is our AD's office still seems to not care much about it.
Swinney wasn't an amazing recruiter. Now he offers Disney World to his players, and he is.
Maybe I read the sarcasm wrong in gator1946 posts, but it seems more likely that you did. I think he is scoffing at the idea that everything has to be football only vs having some multisport use out of the facility. I like the idea of letting the other sports piggy back off the football facility for stuff like dining facility and rec area ... instead of the other sports getting ahead of the line like that stupid baseball complex.
did this actually happen? link?Think you can get Stricklin to give you another public beatdown?
For the most part you're right. But it's a slight mix. For the most part you hit it. We have to be smart about the way we spend the money. I want to get the most football bang for the buck while satisfying the administration's headlong rush to upgrade other sports support facilities. We can ***** all we want but that's their priorities.
Second just a word to be careful, I am not for matching facility for facility or amenity for amenity, those other programs who are going to spend themselves into a hole. TV contracts are not guaranteed to go on at the rate they are now, and attendance is not going to plug the gap. If we had a sugar daddy like A&M or Oregon what the Hell. Spend their money. Otherwise be reasonably smart.
And finally, for the most part there's no choice now. But as an old fart, and one who's experienced what happens to kids at the top end of show biz. Kids without their heads screwed on straight are ruined by showbiz. The same applies to college athletes. Why should college football provide players with the Taj Mahal and then dump them into the real world with a sense of entitlement soon to be replaced by shock. I know...I know. If you want to be in the top ten there's no choice. Is it good for the kids or the college game in the long run. I don't think so.
You want to change the rules and pay them more, fine. Figure out how to do it. Going over the top is a piss poor replacement for that plan.
So, short version, you wouldn't trade spoiling kids under the currently allowed rules for a winning program because it may be unhealthy for those college athletes that don't realize the benefits are temporary. OK. I just disagree and would like to do more than "get the most football bang for the buck" or match other's facilities. I'd like us to exceed what others are doing. Perhaps more focus on high end technology training than putt-putt, though.
But, since its not entertaining to write, "OK. I just disagree", I'll conclude with noting that you're a senile old fart!
So if I read this correctly (probably not), it looks like it's saying thanks for your donations. We've already spent them on non-revenue sports even though we know that isn't what you donated for. Now we're asking for more, so trust us, we'll actually spend it on Football this time. Honest!
This shows EXACTLY what we have been saying. EXACTLY. Fvkk football, everything else first.
Amd we dont give a damn if football.makes 140 million a year, that money belongs to the other sports first.
I don't mind the tweets , I don't have to read them. Its the dang calls at 8:30 at night from their money hounds. Maybe if I pony up they will take my name off the call list.Just think it’s funny how a tweet for donations “infuriates” you guys.
All I know is if we don't have a football only putt putt course and and a football only water park this will be a giant fail. A football only monorail system to classes would also be nice and cut down on scooter accidents.
Time to remove them.I want to get the most football bang for the buck while satisfying the administration's headlong rush to upgrade other sports support facilities. We can ***** all we want but that's their priorities.
You sound like professor cat lady.Second just a word to be careful, I am not for matching facility for facility or amenity for amenity,
We DO pay them already.You want to change the rules and pay them more, fine. Figure out how to do it. Going over the top is a piss poor replacement for that plan.
That was supposed to be a burn?
Screw off and I mean that it in the kindest way possible.