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Dr RC 
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| Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 12:51 am)
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Florida Atlantic is expected on Tuesday to finalize a deal with The GEO Group that includes naming rights for the football stadium, sources have told OwlAccess.com.
The deal is believed to be valued at around $5 million, though the term of the contract is not yet known.
The GEO Group is a leader in privatizing correctional facilities.
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Wishnitwas1998 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:02 am to Dr RC)
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Wooly 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:11 am to Dr RC)
Just gettitng their players ready for 5 years down the road
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redneck 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:12 am to Dr RC)
It's a private contracting firm, who gives a shite if they are doing prisons or hospitals?
Pussification of America 
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225bred 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:19 am to Dr RC)
Shoulda been UGA making that deal, it'd fit em perfectly
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Jefferson Davis 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 2:04 am to Wooly)
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Just gettitng their players ready for 5 months down the road
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Sophandros
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 5:03 am to redneck)
The privatization of prisons is a major problem in this country because those companies lobby lawmakers to pass laws that result in larger prison populations, which is just a dollar sign to them.
Those companies are fricking predators.
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LSUMastermind
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 6:14 am to redneck)
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t's a private contracting firm, who gives a shite if they are doing prisons or hospitals?
Pussification of America
wrong,
close relative of mine works for this company.
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Hazelnut 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 6:25 am to Dr RC)
I heard their fans are nick naming their stadium Owlcatraz
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Sophandros
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 6:32 am to Hazelnut)
OK, now that's awesome.
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brewhan davey 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:53 am to Wooly)
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brewhan davey
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 7:54 am to Hazelnut)
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I heard their fans are nick naming their stadium Owlcatraz
Very punny
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WarSlamEagle 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 10:14 am to redneck)
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redneck
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Pussification of America
Figures.
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SoFla Tideroller 
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:30 pm to Sophandros)
The privatization of prisons is a major problem in this country because those companies lobby lawmakers to pass laws that result in larger prison populations, which is just a dollar sign to them.
Those companies are fricking predators.
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Sophandros
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:36 pm to SoFla Tideroller)
Offer a rebuttal.
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Napoleon
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:45 pm to Sophandros)
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The privatization of prisons is a major problem in this country because those companies lobby lawmakers to pass laws that result in larger prison populations, which is just a dollar sign to them.
Those companies are fricking predators.
This, a reason why we have so many prisoner here.
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Jcorye1
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/20/13 at 11:19 pm to Sophandros)
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Offer a rebuttal.
The easy one is, they shouldn't have committed a crime in the first place.
For the record, I don't believe that stance, but there ya have it.
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Quidam65
Florida Atlantic Fan
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:50 am to Dr RC)
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Florida Atlantic is expected on Tuesday to finalize a deal with The GEO Group that includes naming rights for the football stadium
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The GEO Group is a leader in privatizing correctional facilities
May need to redo the FAU Fight Song:
We'll fight, fight, fight at FAU
There's riots in paradise
We'll fight, fight, fight at FAU
The new kid's in for 10 and he's looking mighty nice
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Quidam65
Florida Atlantic Fan
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Member since Jun 2010
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:56 am to Dr RC)
And on the FAU Owl message boards the prison jokes have already started:
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Instead of giving away shirts, the FAU student government will give away striped prison jump suits
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Team will walk onto the field with Fulsom Prison blaring
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Have to wonder whether this will make it easier or harder to recruit football players with criminal records. If a player from a larger school gets arrested, can a judge order him to transfer to FAU?
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The stadium will now be call the longest yard??..
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jigralizer
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| re: Florida Atlantic sells stadium naming rights to a prison company (Posted on 2/21/13 at 2:40 pm to Quidam65)
None of those jokes are funny at all.
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