I never said the NCAA giving BCS money to the SWAC had ANYTHING to do with the SCG. That's you trying to twist it. The whole situation was about you not knowing what you are talking about, and it goes to show how much someone should trust in what you say. But I'll play your game.
Birmingham gives the SWAC FREE use of AN ENTIRE BUILDING for office space for SWAC HQ.
Birmingham gives the SWAC FREE use of sporting venues for championship game(s). (Legion Field, basketball arena, and city baseball facility.
Birmingham budgeted about $550,000 to GIVE to the SWAC last fiscal year.
The SWAC has NEVER voiced a problem about Birmingham. The only one's complaining is you all. Birmingham is not the problem. The few myopic fans are.
Is that enough FACTS AND FIGURES for you?
Is Jackson gonna offer a better deal than that? The SWAC was doing horribly financially in New Orleans. They were taxing that SWAC ass like some true pimps are supposed to. Please rationalize the move to Jackson or New Orleans. College athletics is a business, and if you are not making money....
And the SWAC is not looking for a new city. They are keeping their options open in case someone decides to put together a better package than what Birmingham currently offers the SWAC.
Mr. SWAC, thanks for your response. A bruh makes ONE mistake and you write him off. Damn! All of us should be written off then.
Here's another side of the debate.
If B'ham's offering all those free amenities to the SWAC,
then keep the headquarters there, UNLESS Jackson can offer a (half-way ) similar deal, which they've been trying to work out for some time. I'll explain the half-way part later.
My point is that the game needs to be moved FOR THE
FANS benefit.
My primary concern is for the SCG, though.
The number of fans attending the game in Jackson should easily
offset whatever B'ham is offering.
40,000 fans at 25 dollar tickets equals 1,000,000 dollars off the top. This doesn't include SWAC paraphanalia, concessions, etc.
JSU only pays 15,000 dollars per game for rental of the stadium. The city could easily offset that cost. 15,000 dollar's a drop in the bucket compared to 1,000,000 dollars.
You say that B'ham gives the SWAC
FREE use of AN ENTIRE BUILDING for office space for SWAC HQ, free use of sporting venues for championship game(s) in basketball, football and baseball.
Birmingham budgeted about $550,000 to
GIVE to the SWAC last fiscal year.
Mr. SWAC, all of that's fine and dandy and it sounds good, but the city of B'ham
makes far more than that off the fans.
When people make it to town, they're going to go to restaurants, rent cars, buy gas, hotel rooms, go to bars and clubs, Greek shows, movies, etc.
That money doesn't benefit the SWAC, it benefits B'ham.
So those "free" amenities that you mentioned aren't that expensive when you look at the totality of what B'ham pulls in financially for that weekend.
I mentioned some of the advantages of having the game in Jackson in an earlier post, so I'll do it again.
Why in the heck should we reward a city which doesn't cater to the SWAC until the SCG or until the MCC come around?
Every year, at least 5-6 HBCU schools play IN Jackson. When grambing, su, alcorn and other schools come to Jackson, we roll the red carpet out for them. They enjoy themselves for the most part, and most will be back home in less than three hours, whether they choose to spend the night or not.
The same fans usually spend big money by renting hotels, dining out in restaurants, car rentals, clubs, bars, shopping, game paraphanalia, etc.
Here's another tremendous advantage.
If you want to have a battle of the bands, bands wouldn't have to travel as far. That saves even more money for the schools. More than likely, they probably wouldn't have to spend the night, so that's even more money saved from hotel costs and breakfast.
Jackson has the history, the experience, the fans, the facilities, the hotels, the location, and it's 70 percent Black.
Even the saints had their training facility IN Jackson and played at Memorial Stadium to a sellout crowd, AND they're scheduled to do so again next year.
If Jackson's good enough for an NFL team, isn't it good enough for the SCG?
The newspapers, sports stations, news stations, local radio stations always give JSU, valley and alcorn publicity throughout the football season. Even when they're not playing the papers and reporters give them props.
They'll give that same publicity to the SCG, virtually free of charge.
What more does a city need??
B'ham might give the mcc a bit of publicity, along with the SCG, but what about the rest of the football year?
The B'ham people could care less about a SWAC school.
They utilize the SWAC only when they need to.
Jackson's NOT a one or two event wonder like B'ham.
Jackson's an HBCU multi-event wonder and bends over backwards to cater to SWAC schools and it's a great host for all HBCU schools.
When su, grambing, alcorn and other teams come to Jackson, they enjoy themselves without hassle or harassment from police officers.
If you want to keep the headquarters in B'ham, so be it, but the overall cost benefits seem to favor Jackson, especially if it could work out a package half-way similar (not better), to the package offered by B'ham.
Also when there are mandatory
appearance meetings for SWAC Presidents, coaches, athletic directors, etc, they have to fly all the way to B'ham. That's more time and cost to the schools for travel expenses. Jackson's more local and cost effective for them as well.
Again, it's a win-win situation if either or both the headquarters and SCG are moved to Jackson, along with the other championship games in basketball and baseball.:nod: :nod:
