All of that looks good but will see how that's duplicated on the field this year. A lot of guys get the finest woman but the key is can he keep her. Will see how a good looking weight room makes y'all successful this season.It doesn't mean we'll win championships but it sure as hell does attract the caliber of athletes we'll need to win a championship. We weren't getting those players before last year... Just this past summer alone we had over 70 unannounced recruits show up to campus (and that's with the stadium still a work in progress) for a visit. That has NEVER happened for us and it doesn't happen without facilities....
It also doesn't hurt when you can take a player into a locker room that is one of the best in FCS and on par with some FBS schools...
Are HBCUs putting too much stock into having nice facilities?
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PV_Sigma7
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Did you read my first sentence or did you just look at the pictures? Apparently you didn't. Smh!
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The Founder
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So you are saying that we are on the same level as a Top 5 BCS football program?
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What we don't factor in is that even when were getting top flight athletes, we still weren't generating top flight revenue. We still didn't make a lot of money at the gates, we saw very little money from merchandising, TV deals were porous and alumni giving was probably worse than what it is now. So the money just wasn't there to upgrade infrastructure. Nowadays, we still have no money and we are losing recruits. Let the FBS and the P5's get into an arms race with each other.
Rather than focusing on catching up, we need to stay in our lanes and focus on doing what's best for our schools and not worrying about what other schools have. UCF got a $1.5M donation from a student's parent yesterday to build a new baseball facility. That ain't happening at JSU, Howard, FAMU or anywhere else. We don't have it like that, so why compare ourselves to that?
PV_Sigma7
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I couldn't find any words to respond to that.. Lol!
Hey I read it. Attract athletes but are y'all attracting winners that's the question. Look at Grambling facilities? They attract winners!!
Wrong. GREAT players are born. Coaches just guide them along the right path to use their abilities correctly
The Founder
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Braveheart can't either....
Look at this
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/02/alabama_athletics_profit_2014.html
Alabama athletics reports $33 million operating surplus in 2013-14 as football drives huge revenue
According to the documents obtained by AL.com, Alabama's athletics department generated $33,050,145 more than it spent in 2012-13. That's up from the $27.2 million surplus in 2012-13 and continued the trend of surpluses in recent years. It hasn't operated at a loss in the last 10 years, according to documents obtained through public records requests.
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I get so tired of folks trying to compare the two.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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What has Gram won recently.
PV_Sigma7
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And what "winners" have they attracted?
They haven't won a championship But there record speaks for itself. Wait!! This is a PV and Southern conversation u suppose to b on my side. Plus I was just proving a point Grambling weight room is not the best but there known of winning the chip.
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That's a crazy question coming from u. When was the last time y'all beat them?
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2013, again... what "winners" have they attracted?
The Founder
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Examine our record since the team boycotted. The next year we beat PV and was literally a few plays from being in the SWAC Championship. The next year we defeated both SU and PV but lost in the SWAC championship. Yet, our facilities are much worse than both schools.
This year? lol
Naw man, try year #3. Are you one of those longhorn supporters who thought charlie strong was gonna' wave a wand and magically make those ppl contenders in yr one? lol Be realistic smh.
FTR, and I've seen our team this fall up close (literally), this is the BEST PV football team I've ever witnessed from top to bottom since I followed them in the early 90s(on paper). In that regard, w/ what we have now in yr 2 of recruiting, we would not get the attention of those who came w/out the facilities and great coaching/nutrition plans. So in that regard, yes, great facilities played a major role in landing those 2 big/fast cornhusker txfers lolololololololololol.
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So would you say it's coaching?
PV_Sigma7
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And they boycotted for what? Facilities/amenities.
This shuts down part of the tomfoolery in this thread lol.
Will see
2019, agreed?
We are not remotely established yet. We're trying to undo 43.4 years of athletic administration ineptness in just now year number 2 lol. It takes time. Give us 3 years and lets see how improved we are
.The question is what winners have y'all attracted? Y'all haven't proved nothin. When was the last time y'all played in a championship?
I'm watching2019, agreed?
We are not remotely established yet. We're trying to undo 43.4 years of athletic administration ineptness in just now year number 2 lol. It takes time. Give us 3 years and lets see how improved we are