owlcountry said

GeorgiaOwl said

To me that is the same thing; contract, BB budget, FAU promoting BB…..

I don't see FAU's mishandling of its basketball team getting better until a new arena is built (that now has to be paid for) or Angelos leaves, whatever comes first.

Just curious, why do you think building a new arena is integral to our programs sucess?

walty12 said

Just curious, why do you think building a new arena is integral to our programs sucess?

I was thinking the same thing. Yes its small but its nice. We cant even fill it up right now so we dont really need a new one.

The only thing that the Burrow is probably hurting would be confrence affiliation. Its pretty small by other confrence stadards. If you ever get a chance to move to a AQ confrence, Im sure they would have issues with its size.

But we may very well stay in the 'Belt for quite a while.

I am a basketball fan, I grew up playing the sport, I am a season ticket holder and have been going to the games for years BUT this is football territory.  The fact is football is much bigger in Florida than basketball therefore carries much more weight.

All that being said there is no reason we can't put some resources into our basketball program, the fact that we don't need a bigger arena currently is a good reason why we should be able to lock up this contract for Jarvis but I know that football season has put a big scare into FAU regarding the athletic budget going forward.

Not to get off topic, but:

Trying to solicit a $20M naming right sponsorship right out of the gate was a little over the top, as was confirmed by the dropping fo the offering to $10M, and now $5M - still with no bites.

Should have gone for $5M right out of the gate, and there would be nothing to be concerned about; even with the poor year we just had…wasted too much time and lost momentum in the process.

Rick said

Not to get off topic, but:

Trying to solicit a $20M naming right sponsorship right out of the gate was a little over the top, as was confirmed by the dropping fo the offering to $10M, and now $5M - still with no bites.

Should have gone for $5M right out of the gate, and there would be nothing to be concerned about; even with the poor year we just had…wasted too much time and lost momentum in the process.

Yet somehow North Texas was able to get $20M for thier stadium. Me thinks we dont have the right rainmakers.

owlfamily said

walty12 said

Just curious, why do you think building a new arena is integral to our programs sucess?

I was thinking the same thing. Yes its small but its nice. We cant even fill it up right now so we dont really need a new one.

The only thing that the Burrow is probably hurting would be confrence affiliation. Its pretty small by other confrence stadards. If you ever get a chance to move to a AQ confrence, Im sure they would have issues with its size.

But we may very well stay in the 'Belt for quite a while.

I was at the Harvard game and their "arena" is about 2/3 smaller than the burrow and it wasnt full… but the team is ranked….hmmm. 

owlfamily said

Rick said

Not to get off topic, but:

Trying to solicit a $20M naming right sponsorship right out of the gate was a little over the top, as was confirmed by the dropping fo the offering to $10M, and now $5M - still with no bites.

Should have gone for $5M right out of the gate, and there would be nothing to be concerned about; even with the poor year we just had…wasted too much time and lost momentum in the process.

Yet somehow North Texas was able to get $20M for thier stadium. Me thinks we dont have the right rainmakers.

I understand what Rick is saying but think you are hitting the nail on the head.  Securing naming rights in Boca Raton shouldn't be a difficult task.  In fact there should be a competiton over who gets the rights.  At $250k a year to have the stadium named after your company its becoming a joke.

Heck there are A TON of individual people that could afford that let alone companies in the area.  If I had that money I would name it "Stars Dont Matter Stadium".  ;D

walty12 said

owlfamily said

Rick said

Not to get off topic, but:

Trying to solicit a $20M naming right sponsorship right out of the gate was a little over the top, as was confirmed by the dropping fo the offering to $10M, and now $5M - still with no bites.

Should have gone for $5M right out of the gate, and there would be nothing to be concerned about; even with the poor year we just had…wasted too much time and lost momentum in the process.

Yet somehow North Texas was able to get $20M for thier stadium. Me thinks we dont have the right rainmakers.

I understand what Rick is saying but think you are hitting the nail on the head.  Securing naming rights in Boca Raton shouldn't be a difficult task.  In fact there should be a competiton over who gets the rights.  At $250k a year to have the stadium named after your company its becoming a joke.

Heck there are A TON of individual people that could afford that let alone companies in the area.  If I had that money I would name it "Stars Dont Matter Stadium".   ;D

Money talks and BS walks.  This school has limited funds to make things happen.  There is a ton of money in this town and it's not making its way here. It's a shame.

I've always wondered about this. I mean, it make sense, put a school in a place where there is a lot of money already and the school will get a lot of money…right? Why is it so difficult to get people to give money in such a wealthy place? The only thing we can do is win, winning will solve all our problems. People in south Florida LOVE a winner. Most people don't have any real connection with sports teams down here so why go see a team who you don't care about lose?

The Heat are a perfect example. I am a die-hard Heat fan and I happened to come by some REALLY good (and expensive) tickets for the Pacers game this week. I wasn't sitting with real fans, I was sitting with rich people who go to Heat games for the entertainment (ie. drinks, food, social atmosphere) and not because they genuinely care for the team. Those people are there because the Heat are winning. Every game has been a sell out or close to it the past year. Before that the place was empy, except for the real fans.

If we win, we will fill the place (stadium and the Burrow), if we continue to be mediocre then we'll always struggle for funds.

That's a great point FAUFasho! Look at UM, they were the team to beat throughout the 90's even into the early 2000's. Sending record amounts of players to the NFL, setting records for winning streak at home and then all of a sudden they get put on probation, players start to leave early, coaches are fired and the new coaches don't have as much success, they move to the ACC and have been a middle of the pack team.

Just when they get a new coach and things may start to turn around they get hit with the whole Nevin Shapiro thing. Fans stopped showing up. When they were the hottest ticket in town it didn't matter if it was at the Orange Bowl or Joe Robbie Stadium, every seat would've been filled.

If we put together 3-4 winning seasons in a row including 3-4 Bowl games it wouldn't surprise if we averaged more fans a game then they do