Bama and uga are recruiting a gymnast down here. The parents were told by the coach that they see a huge ratings jump coming from women’s collegiate gymnastics. They showed her projections from the sec network.
Like I’ve been saying since I joined here. The laziest athletic department in the acc is in coral gables.
I’ll keep using the South African diamond mine analogy until they get it right. We’re letting other schools come here and take the resources that make them millions of dollar a year in revenue and free media exposure for the entire school during the playoffs.
Imagine south Africa refusing to mine diamonds but letting another country come in and take them for free. It’s literally what’s been happening for years.
Listen bro, I was bout to bring that up, too.
Check it out; going to CSULB, they didn’t have much athletics besides their baseball team, women’s volley ball, and their cheerleading squad. Misty May is one of my closest friends & I talk to her uncle literally every other week. When I tell u they made sure all 3 of those programs were nationally relevant when I attended, it’s an understatement. Here’s the results of just what those programs did for my Alma Mater:
-The NBA used our facilities for their Summer Pro League for several seasons (revenue)
-Nationally Televised events led to bigger sponsorship money, and old money alum (looking at u Mr Spielberg) reached in their pockets to upgrade facilities
-Applications & Student Tuition increased, ESPECIALLY w/ Eva Longoria’s little bro (Evan) was on the squad.
-Sports facilities got a face lift, & the gymnasium became a national spectacle, in which one of the donors towards it, donated another $2.1m as it was used to host several events.
Those r just some of things that took place while I was there & I heard the campus has completely changed. At one point, the UC system took hella notice of Long Beach & they were going to join, but I can’t recall the specifics as to y it fell through.