Some key tweets:
#USF Stadium: Pictures of plan and possible tailgating and rendering of stadium. #Bulls pic.twitter.com/Ppz0hqA0qb— Chris Torello (@TorelloSports) August 8, 2017
Four proposed sites for new on-campus 40-50K seat football stadium @ USF #WTSP pic.twitter.com/o5RGYEUnpi— Mark Rivera (@markriv) August 8, 2017
Pay no attention to those giant financing numbers....hey look, pretty pictures! https://t.co/p4na65lyxC— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) August 8, 2017
Of course, I've been tracking USF's athletic budget challenges since 2011. And a stadium will certainly compound the problems: not enough football profit, booster contributions, or TV dollars to cover their Division-I-sized expenses.
#USF football wants to hang with the D-I big boys, but students are paying a hefty price for big-time athletics: https://t.co/nn4xLmtLCK https://t.co/tIGCNLJBjE— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) August 8, 2017
Whoa. $200+ price tag for new football stadium means roughly $18M/yr new in construction bonds. #USF current athletic revenues only $47M/yr. https://t.co/AHBsKujRYA— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) August 8, 2017
School officials said this morning no state or educational funds would be used to fund the stadium. But.....
However, educational funds HAVE been helping athletics balance budget in recent years. Adding $20M/yr to current $47M budget won't help. https://t.co/cWTXE7IBxh— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) August 8, 2017
Bake sale starts now. https://t.co/cWTXE7IBxh— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) August 8, 2017
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Everyone understands the cost, most of us heard the interviews, read the articles, and the hurdle is well known.
ReplyDeleteSo let's not act like this article is the first to point out the cost, though it's good business to have your naive readers to think so.
Piling on old news is worthless, Captain Obvious.
Not trying troll this blog, I just always believed this blog would be better served & revered if stating the obvious, rebuking, and negative views were replaced w/ better solutions, and a mixture of positive reasonings & facts. Besides, "conservative Alt-Right views" are mainly the views of FoxNews not CBS, just saying.
ReplyDeleteie. https://www.draysbay.com/stadium-saga
ReplyDeleteIt's not negative views; it's watchdog views. You hear one side from those cheerleading for stadium subsidies; this is a safe place for you to get the full story/perspective.
DeleteThat's like saying your look-a-like Jesse Watters of FoxNews gives the "full story/perspective" on politics. No, it's a conservative/one-sided opinion by a Red Sox fan (sry, makes it sound better, lol), by a Red Sox fan that doesn't believe in the price of progress for prosperity...
DeleteIt's your blog, obviously say or RE-say what others say about whatever, but with one's prominent stage in the community, it would be better received by a vast majority if solutions to the inevitable were discussed than the endless "no, it's to much" approach.