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Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby deucetz » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:00 pm

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/educatio ... facilities

I still don't understand why we don't have one built on Petus for cheap or across the highway by the "East Campus". Instead of raising $150 million, build one for 20 million and put brick and columns around it--its going to be ugly one way or another. Once we become good, then we can build the 150 million dollar one.

The basketball practice facility cost around 10 million. If this was the football program, they would want it built for 60 million.

My high school had an IPF since 2003. It's a steel container with a football field. Serves its purpose so we can practice when it rains.

UT has a bubble. I know we don't want to destroy the look of the campus, but building a cheap IPF in brick and columns doesn't cost $150 million. I wonder which alum is going to get the building contract. It just sounds crazy for the product I have viewed.

This cost Oregon 68 Million.

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Postby RGV Pony » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:34 pm

150 is for a lot of stuff in addition to ipf. Phase 1 which is just ipf and soccer stadium and an indoor track, all of which are included and a must, is 50 million.
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby smupony94 » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:57 pm

@u2_marathon @coachchadmorris @dallasnews @AD_RickHart Will an IPF keep you from being destroyed by Memphis and navy? If so I am all for it
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby Charleston Pony » Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:04 pm

RGV Pony wrote:150 is for a lot of stuff in addition to ipf. Phase 1 which is just ipf and soccer stadium and an indoor track, all of which are included and a must, is 50 million.


Isn't the new swimming facility also included in that $150 mil total?
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Postby mrydel » Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:14 pm

I do not think so
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby SMU89 » Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:41 pm

IPC....get with the program
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby mtrout » Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:07 am

We are now a tennis / equestrian / golf school and Gerald Ford is sick of funding everything football.

Building it on Petus is not a bad idea. What's the negative of that?

I have toured Oregon's football facilities. They are on another planet compared to what we have.

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Postby PoconoPony » Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:30 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:
RGV Pony wrote:150 is for a lot of stuff in addition to ipf. Phase 1 which is just ipf and soccer stadium and an indoor track, all of which are included and a must, is 50 million.


Isn't the new swimming facility also included in that $150 mil total?


NO. The new swim complex is under construction in a rat hole area between SMU BLVD, North Central and Greenville in the "east campus".
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Postby smusic 00 » Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:49 pm

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Postby lwjr » Sat Dec 17, 2016 2:32 pm

mtrout wrote:We are now a tennis / equestrian / golf school and Gerald Ford is sick of funding everything football.

Building it on Petus is not a bad idea. What's the negative of that?

I have toured Oregon's football facilities. They are on another planet compared to what we have.

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I'm assuming it's being funded by Mr Knight and the Gang over at Nike?
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby leopold » Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:45 am

mtrout wrote:We are now a tennis / equestrian / golf school and Gerald Ford is sick of funding everything football.

Building it on Petus is not a bad idea. What's the negative of that?

I have toured Oregon's football facilities. They are on another planet compared to what we have.

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No, the NCAA is a tennis/equestrian/golf organization. If you want the ability to build football facilities without paying for those sports then take it up with Emmert and company.

And Oregon's facilities are on another planet compared to most everybody, save Alabama and such. Phil Knight donated $90M for that specific purpose - billionaires don't grow on trees and they happen to have one who made it on athletic apparel. Go figure.
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby smupony94 » Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:36 pm

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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby SoCal_Pony » Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:48 pm

smupony94 wrote:http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2017/01/report-unt-athletics-finished-with-a-20-million-deficit-in-2016.html/


So over the 4-year period a typical undergrad attends school, NTSU, UTEP and UTSA will lose a combined $200M. And still UTA wants to bring back FB.

College FB programs are like banks in America.....there are too many of them.
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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby Stallion » Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:58 pm

What makes you think SMU is any different-in fact there is a huge difference-we don't have 20,000 or 30,000 students to charge a student athletic fee to fund the athletic program. We the SMU alumni get to do that instead ourselves

"SMU expects to spend $34.8 million on athletics in 2016, according to a recent report from the All University Finance Committee. This spending, which amounts to 7.5 percent of the university’s $462 million operating budget, exceeds athletic revenue by $10.1 million. The $10.1 million deficit does excludes athletic scholarships—“grants in aid”—of $19.7 million, which pushes SMU’s total athletic deficit to $29.8 million.

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Re: Texas high school football’s latest arms race

Postby smupony94 » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:04 pm

Stallion wrote:What makes you think SMU is any different-in fact there is a huge difference-we don't have 20,000 or 30,000 students to charge a student athletic fee to fund the athletic program. We the SMU alumni get to do that instead ourselves

"SMU expects to spend $34.8 million on athletics in 2016, according to a recent report from the All University Finance Committee. This spending, which amounts to 7.5 percent of the university’s $462 million operating budget, exceeds athletic revenue by $10.1 million. The $10.1 million deficit does excludes athletic scholarships—“grants in aid”—of $19.7 million, which pushes SMU’s total athletic deficit to $29.8 million.

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/smu-athletics-the-business-of-sports



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