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Post by The Professor on Feb 27, 2022 21:17:40 GMT -5
If the Chancellor and the BOT says we can sustain it , should we not believe them? No 👎 They believed the same thing at WSSU. And we all saw how that would out . I believe no man . I wouldn't go through as they say in Missouri " Show Me " . And WSSU went back to the CIAA. They tried and failed. You act as if the university closed. Should they have not tried?
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Post by saabman on Feb 27, 2022 23:12:36 GMT -5
No 👎 They believed the same thing at WSSU. And we all saw how that would out . I believe no man . I wouldn't go through as they say in Missouri " Show Me " . And WSSU went back to the CIAA. They tried and failed. You act as if the university closed. Should they have not tried? Sustainability period .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2022 7:13:51 GMT -5
If the Chancellor and the BOT says we can sustain it , should we not believe them? No 👎 They believed the same thing at WSSU. And we all saw how that would out . I believe no man . I wouldn't go through as they say in Missouri " Show Me " . We are about to find out either way. Plus, it’s not like we can throw these people out of their roles anyway.
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Post by numberonebrave on Feb 28, 2022 8:37:20 GMT -5
I guess I fall into the "show me" group. When was phase one of the weight room built? When did we say phase two would be completed?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2022 10:03:05 GMT -5
I guess I fall into the "show me" group. When was phase one of the weight room built? When did we say phase two would be completed? I'm not sure but it does seem that they did upgrade equipment in the football weight room last spring & summer.
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Post by numberonebrave on Feb 28, 2022 10:08:44 GMT -5
That is good but phase two as I understood it was to be an upper level with offices etc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2022 10:48:32 GMT -5
That is good but phase two as I understood it was to be an upper level with offices etc IIRC, I believe those new athletic offices will be going into the Aggie Athletics Complex behind the south Endzone in the horseshoe.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 28, 2022 11:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 28, 2022 11:03:09 GMT -5
This is what I hope we can do first:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2022 11:09:23 GMT -5
Did you mention that Earl had these renderings documented since 2018/19?
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 28, 2022 11:34:30 GMT -5
The tweet is literally from June 15, 2018.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 28, 2022 14:22:52 GMT -5
any school that complains about "travel costs" and "missed class time" for its sports teams ain't got no doggone business trying to compete at the fbs level. there are no so called "bus leagues" at the fbs level and that's because the vast majority of fbs schools can "afford" to travel wherever their teams need to go.
fbs is no place for "penny pinchers"...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 28, 2022 14:27:23 GMT -5
That's a good point.
If it apparently was so easy to just pull $10 million out of a hat for our CAA budget, why were we even complaining about the extra travel costs in the MEAC?
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Post by aggieswag on Feb 28, 2022 16:06:49 GMT -5
A&T will be at the FBS level and there will be a FBS black conference that competes. We only lack one thing. Mindset. And that changed every day whether people want it too or not. Reasons why
1. NIL - I hate to admit I was so dead wrong about this .. but after further review this allows to seriously compete for top athletes that can topple FCS conferences and many mid major FBS conferences. Ain’t no way the likes of Troy Coastal Carolina Kent St etc can even come close to our viewership and attendance nor do they have the capacity to. The secret is out and the numbers don’t lie. The HBCU 80 year culture will not only get us there it will be enough to sustain us.
2. We are 3/4ths the way already there. Our endowment is larger than some that are already there and the trajectory is strong. We are already a R2 institution and soon will be R1. Graduating the most journalist, engineers etc. What other FCS program finished top 3 in anything like our track and field.
3. Competition- although HBCUs and others have finally figured out the huge capacity we have, the reality is there is a ceiling .. And all the elite hbcu chancellors who are visionaries understand this. The SWAC will sh us how to fill stadiums and leverage our culture - we will pave the way through elite competition and academics. Together the top 8 or so will unite. Everyone will be competing for first this top that, and it will benefit all of us.
If I had a 4th it would be enrollment. By the time we would make such a move we are looking at enrollment at or around 20k.. that’s a big school!
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 28, 2022 16:25:37 GMT -5
1. NIL - I hate to admit I was so dead wrong about this .. but after further review this allows to seriously compete for top athletes that can topple FCS conferences and many mid major FBS conferences. Ain’t no way the likes of Troy Coastal Carolina Kent St etc can even come close to our viewership and attendance nor do they have the capacity to. The secret is out and the numbers don’t lie. The HBCU 80 year culture will not only get us there it will be enough to sustain us. How do we transform HBCU culture into tangible dollars?
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