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Fantastic point. I said it before, I'll say it again, a lot of posters analyze things in terms of "where we are today". Not enough people look to the future and realize that the players will change over time, the venues will change over time, the politicians will change over time. Whatever we...

Yes, and even if Miami students do not set shocking attendance records, the fact remains, UM students have been treated as an afterthought for quite some time. Here's a thought (since I was actually in attendance at the UM-UCF game a few years ago)...does anyone want to do a quick...

Me too! Please don't give me a violation point for admitting that...

Yep. Ignoring commuters, grad students, law students, med students... I paid the athletic fee, and attended all the football games, while I was a grad student and law student. Again, I'm sure you counted everyone and all those Cane Card scans were fraudulent, right? Student attendance was...

Sure. It doesn't rain in Central Florida. "After a soccer match"? Again, I've been a season ticket holder in Orlando for six years. The stadium has hosted BOTH the men's and women's teams, plus pre-season, plus friendlies, plus special matches (Gold Cup, etc.), and possible playoffs... You...

Cane Card scans said otherwise, but I'm sure you counted everyone as they entered...

TURF CONDITIONS? Have you ever been in a dedicated soccer stadium in Florida? I guaran-*******-tee you that the Orlando City Soccer field, year-round, is far superior to any of the fields that UM had to play on when Hard Rock had a partial baseball infield on the football field.

I said I would punch "someone", not necessarily you. You can delegate someone...

Another dopey response. We (UM Student Government) handed out free Metro passes for the Orange Bowl, Miami Arena, and Knight Center. Where is the Metro stop for Hard Rock? And we wonder why student attendance has dropped...

Ignorant point. Today's students are tomorrow's fans. If the Athletic Department stops ****ting all over the UM students, you might be surprised by how many super-fans we have in 20 years.

Yes, and I believe the student-generated idea was for a spot at UM where the newest dormitory has now been built. As a huge proponent of an on-campus stadium, and a UM alum who lived on campus for all of undergrad, I can tell you that we have built over almost all of the previously-available...

Miami construction is...not exactly "spotless reputation" type guys... But I also like to think about "own vs. rent". The key would be getting some help on land/roads from either the city or county (depending on location).

I believe that I posted an old article once that said that Coker's extension put him in the Top 10. Also, Butch's extension would have been near the top of the market for college football, but for that damned buyout clause. And Richt's salary was not bad. Maybe not Top 10, but not bad, and...

Very good points. Couple things. Article was written 6 years ago, so the end of the lease is nearer and some of the numbers (and leverage) may have changed. I did think that the LEASE was not $4 million per year (closer to $1 million) and that the other $3 million in revenue was from...

Lots of posters have been trying to convince everyone on the Anti-Alonzo Train that this is NOT about "bureaucracy" or "an AD not having his whole portfolio" or any of the other invented reasons for trashing Alonzo, yet there have been some real hard-heads who have copied/pasted their same...

What a great post, and it pulls together a lot of different things I've discussed and heard about "where we are" and "where we need to be". Completely agree on "AD vision", and then we need "AD leadership" to execute on the vision. Facilities - I've tried to explain to people that we sit in a...