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(1.) Read Dee's comments on the $25M loan. Google Dee's comments as to why he refused to break ground on Mark Light until they reached $23.5M in donations. Google "new Ron Fraser building", which they never built because they never attained the $10M they sought..... The "new" stadium plans also called for new batting cages which also did not materialize. Morris pitched a fit and they acquiesced on the aluminum stands, but those stands were out of Athletic's General budget.
(2.) What does Mercedez pay for the Saints' sponsorship or Microsoft for Dallas?
(3.) We are not an SEC school. What do you mean by "top school"? The school is now ranked 50 and they formerly called it "sun tan U". It was ranked in 200s during the 80s in most rankings. They raised $4B in the past campaigns WITHOUT football.
Conclusion: You are irrational and delusional.
Hard Rock is a HUGE ADVANTAGE!
You are full of ****e. I started at UM in the 1980s. We were ranked 81st when I applied, 79th when I started. We got as high as the mid-30s under Donna Shalala, and we have just recently slipped outside of the Top 50 (2019 ranking is #53).
As for the history of our campus, I know it very well, I don't need to google any of the past events. I know full-well that we have struggled to raise money in baseball, as there is almost no TV or conference revenue to give us a way to help to fund such improvements out of general revenue, and it is very hard to raise the money from donors (A-Rod being the major exception).
So you gave a bunch of non-comparable baseball projects, which have nothing to do with a football stadium.
Big deal.