Texas A&M Donors & Boosters to spend $25 million renovating tailgating field

[a51]

What's dumb is he was only asking for a "little" to upgrade facilities. The irony is look how much they wasted on just buying out Taggart. (Over $20M lmao)

Actually, FSU is paying a net of not one but 2 buyouts right now. They're paying 3 buyouts (to Oregon for hiring Taggart, to Taggart for firing him, and to Memphis for Norvell) and are getting paid 1 buyout. (TAMU paying them for Fisher.)

Firing a coach actually results in paying 2 buyouts (both to the fired coach and to the school you hired a coach away from), unless you hire a coach who got fired someplace else.

 

[caneman73]

meanwhile we couldn't come up with cash to re-sod Greentree for 49ers

 

[nuprin]

It doesn't matter, his contract is fully guaranteed. 10 years, 75 million.

Oh wow didn’t know that. Is Blake the AD at TAMU negotiating deals now??

 

[pyhooya]

We didnt have to spend 125 milli for 8 and 4 tho.

No...but we are still funding the Temple football program........so theres that

 

[SayWhat]

Great to see a school actually invest some money into taking care of their fans/students. Yeah it has nothing to do with about how successful they will be on the field, but it speaks volumes on how they view their fans/students while Miami's admin bangs their collective drums on how great it is that they provide buses/shuttles for the students to attend games that are 20miles away from campus.

All of that.

You can also bet your sweet *** people would be in here bragging if we were doing this.

Good for them and their fans. It's a good look and something that they'll show off to their recruits. I'm not going to try and act like this wins ships, but when everything is a factor, this can only be seen as a positive thing for their program.

 

[Church95]

Texas A&M is set to embark on a multi-million dollar project that will improve the football tailgating and recreational areas on campus adjacent to Kyle Field. The "Aggie Park" campus beautification project was announced by the university on Monday.

Groundbreaking for renovations to the 20-acre space is set for Saturday, with a targeted completion date of spring 2022. The project, at a cost of $25 million, is being funded solely through private donations to be raised by The Association of Former Students and the Texas A&M Foundation, according to the university.

“We are excited about this project," Texas A&M President Michael K. Young said in a statement. "From beautiful places to study and relax to an outdoor amphitheater for events, Aggie Park will be enjoyed by generations to come. We are grateful to The Association of Former Students and the Texas A&M Foundation for their commitment to raise private funds to make it happen.”

Once complete, the renovated area will feature improved tailgating space, water features, an outdoor amphitheater, public Wi-Fi and permanent distinguished alumni recognition, among other features.

Cool beans! My daughter attends college there, so I'll have a nicer spot to post Canes Shhit when present! That !