Mississippi High School Football Championships leaving Jackson!(Memorial Stadium)


JR said:
Yep. Now it is up to the Mayor to beyotch about it for the other businesses that lose out in Jackson. No skin off JSU's butt so to speak.
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I sorta disagree. Anytime the city of Jackson loses, JSU loses. We live off of each other. We need Jackson to grow and Jackson needs us to thrive.
 
stopdah84jsu said:
You would think the city of Jackson would have stepped in to keep that money in the city. JSU didn't lose out, Jackson, MS did.
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I have to agree with you and to quote a former Jackson mayor, "that my friend is the Bottom Line"! I have to assume that the State did subsidize the MHSAA Championship games in the past at least to some degree whereas JSU was in no position to allow them those same subsidies especially since we were in a financial hole from the homecoming issues. I would image that the powers that be probably were not in the mood to deal with this and decided to just wash their hands of the whole situation after looking at the financial loss incurred. Now my only issue and question is did they take this marquee event but money losing situation to the City Chamber of Commerce or City government to let them know what was going to happen if the University did not get major support. Heck, I would think some Bank or other business could have been a daily sponsor of the games and thereby absorb the daily expenses of putting on a game. The final game could have been the "Nissan Class 5A Championship Game" with only Nissan advertisement being displayed that day.
 



JR said:
That's what Jackson's Mayor is supposed to do. Raise hell for everything that is Jackson which includes JSU. Your admin can't start running their mouths about this without the MAYOR saying this is a Jackson, MS thing. At the end of the day it ain't about JSU. It is about the white folks hating on the CITY OF JACKSON. So the HNIC needs to stand up. That ain't Dr Meyers. Its the new kid on the block Mayor. Now maybe she should voice her concern to the Mayor and let him take it from there. The City leaders have to take a stand. They are the ones who represent the business folk of the community. Not JSU. JSU is a business just like everyone else. So those business leaders and JSU should all be in the MAYOR's office raising hell to see what HE is going to do about it if they are indeed concerned. Looks like JSU leaders ain't worried so there it is.
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:tup:

JSU only loses 37K. The city of Jackson is the big loser in the grand scheme of things.
 
City of Jackson should submit a bid. Montgomery bided on the AHSAA championships but did not win it because Auburn and Alabama offered free housing for participating teams.
 
J C said:
City of Jackson should submit a bid. Montgomery bided on the AHSAA championships but did not win it because Auburn and Alabama offered free housing for participating teams.
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...and where they gonna host it? LOL Montgomery probably owns Cramton Bowl. The state owns Memorial but JSU controls the day to day operations and all contracts. Now what Jackson needs to do is file a joint bid with JSU in the future. JSU does not need the HS championships; Jackson does! That's why we threw up the dueuces and pimp walked out the door!
 
JR said:
Yep. Now it is up to the Mayor to beyotch about it for the other businesses that lose out in Jackson. No skin off JSU's butt so to speak.
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Directly not, but still JSU did the right thing for now because them good ole boys didn't honor their contract. It does effect JSU somewhat in that potential signees wouldn't have the opportunity to experience playing in the friendly confines of Memorial where JSU plays. That's an experience all in itself.
So yes, in a sense, JSU is effected, perhaps not financially but in other ways but you already know this.

I just find it hard to believe that other HBCU's weren't even on the list whereas you have the three White schools ONLY on the list when 80 percent of the athletes are Black.
 
SUJagFan said:
:smh:

Why am I not surprised it's over some piddling amount? Why am I not surprised these clowns are willing to lose dollars trying over a nickle?

:shame:
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Why am I not surprised that you don't seem to have ALL of the information from both sides? I KNOW why I'm not surprised.

I wonder why su refused to play in Mobile again. Think about it.
 
JayRob said:
You can't see a lot of things. The city of Jackson has already stated that it supports a dome. Where have you been?
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Your optimum word is "stated". Has the City of Jackson signed a contract "stating" that they would put in "X" amount dollars for the dome project?

I definitely would support something that would benefit me if I wasn't financially obligated to commit to it yet.
 
:topic: Oh well. But on another note, word form Ros is info on the DL coach replacement should be out this week. Maybe as early as tomorrow.
 
In_The_662 said:
Here USM. Take this little bone.
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USM may have the better deal. They will have most of the top athletes from Alabama and Mississippi on campus every other year.

The top athletes from Mississippi are not guaranteed to be in the state championship games. MSU and OM won't be interested in 99% of the players that play in the championship games, but they will both have several recruits in the all-star game on USM's campus.
 



Tigerpride said:
on another note...
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It won't make much of a difference. The AAC locker rooms have seen some great high school legends. From Justin Reed to Mo Williams to Monta Ellis. You can even go as far back to the "Dream Game" which featured Erick Dampier and Othella Harrington, among others. It's too many to name actually. Those schools playing right there on our campus never really translated to better recruting.

So the MHSAA can take their little football game, as far as JSU is concerned. Now how I feel about it as a Jackson resident, from a citywide perspective, is totally different. The City of Jackson needs this.
 
GramblingMan2009 said:
this should be another reason to build JSU a dome, why wouldn't u want to keep one if the largest events in the state in the most centralized and populous part of the state? I guess if Ole Piss don't have one, JSU don't need one !
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It actually appears harder to do the Dome now, because the high school move just rubber stamped it.
 
HORNETSWARM said:
It actually appears harder to do the Dome now, because the high school move just rubber stamped it.
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If moving the State Championship games is all it takes to make The Dome go sour, then it need not be built in the first place. JSU is thinking beyond 5 high school football games with The Dome. I don't agree with The Dome movement, just my opinion, but even I know that this move does not distort the vision of JSU leadership.

Also, a Dome is a game changer. It may entice MHSAA to come back. But if they can't get our funds to us in time, well......
 
HORNETSWARM said:
It actually appears harder to do the Dome now, because the high school move just rubber stamped it.
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Not necessarily so especially with some of the claims that the HS coaches (probably white) are making in the paper about how happy they are that they will be moving to the [better] facilities at MS State and Ole Miss. If that is the case it should actually have a positive spin on the Dome proposal.
 
in Texas..if you don't have a dome and are not in a major city do even bid on anything related to football now

How can you sell Starkville, Miss. and Oxford, Miss. for a state title?
 
the band fan said:
in Texas..if you don't have a dome and are not in a major city do even bid on anything related to football now

How can you sell Starkville, Miss. and Oxford, Miss. for a state title?
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easy.... the same way this state sold Tuscaloosa and Auburn.
 
the band fan said:
in Texas..if you don't have a dome and are not in a major city do even bid on anything related to football now

How can you sell Starkville, Miss. and Oxford, Miss. for a state title?
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Because the people who run this state are alums of the schools back in those two towns that's why (that and as what JR and others have said, them yt folks do not want to come to (black) Jackson plain and simple).

Whenever they decide to build whatever type of stadium (dome or open air) then the MHSAA will have no choice to add Jackson back to the rotation and/or put it back in Jackson permanently (but knowing these folks here, I bet they already have thought of this and got a plan in place to counter because they know they can't sell Starkville and Oxford over metro Jackson to most in this state)
 
Now that the books are actually out, if JSU's losing money, I don't blame them for not caring about it. Basketball revenue will make more money for the school any how and more folks are interested in basketball than football in and around the Jackson area.

A year or two from now, I'd like to see the attendance numbers for Starkville and Oxford. I highly doubt that folks from the coast will drive ALL the way up to those two country towns for two hours then drive back.
 
Teams in so. Mississippi ask MHSAA to consider helping with state football travel

You know a decision is dumb when...

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/07/29/teams-southern-mississippi-ask-mhsaa-consider-helping-state-football-travel-costs/13307183/

Picayune football coach Dodd Lee would be thrilled to see his team compete in back-to-back MHSAA state championships.

But with the football title games moving to Starkville this December, the cost to get the Maroon Tide there raises a question for his school and others.

Should the MHSAA help foot the bill for teams that have to travel farther?

“We’ve played in Jackson three times (at the state championships) and never stayed (overnight),” Lee said. “Last year, we chartered four or five buses and had a meal afterward. If we traveled about 2½ hours to get (to Jackson), you’d have to double that this year, and we’d have to get some hotel rooms.”

Last week, the MHSAA announced that the state football championships will rotate between Starkville and Oxford through 2017. As a result, several coaches, including Lee and Gulfport’s Eddie Pierce, are asking the MHSAA to help with the front-end travel costs.

Gulf Coast-based Hotard Coaches Inc. supplied two of Picayune’s four buses in 2013. Based on an hourly rate, the cost for the two 56-passenger buses was $3,241. Travel from Picayune to Jackson and back is about five hours. Factoring in the time drivers had to wait at the destination increased the meter.

It would take over eight hours round-trip to reach Starkville if the Maroon Tide goes to the championships this December. Add in the need for lodging, meals and the cost to charter buses overnight, and the costs add up in hurry.
 
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