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re: Tulane's Giving Itself A Huge DISADVANTAGE In Yulman Stadium?
Posted on 8/9/14 at 12:06 am to saintsfan22
Posted on 8/9/14 at 12:06 am to saintsfan22
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Why on Earth do they need a stadium bigger than the Superdome
They never will IMO because they are not capable of bringing in enough revenue to justify the modern expense of a major football program. Even were a real stadium to magically appear in place of the 20K high school stadium they've constructed their chosen location would still rob them of the ability to profit from parking and be a nightmare for large numbers of people to make it in and out of efficiently.
I don't see the road to football solvency for Tulane. The costs of coaches salaries continues to rise as the revenues of the bigger schools increase. This is fine for the programs who bring in tens of millions with television deals but catastrophic stupidity for the schools without these advantages. What is Tulane going to do to just break even (let alone profit) when it comes to football? They can't afford a proper stadium, they can't afford proper facilities, they can't afford a competitive recruiting budget, they can't afford to hire and retain top tier head and assistant coaches... the playing field is just terribly slanted against a little guy with a smaller budget
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Define relevant?
Nationally relevant. A program someone on either coast who loves the sport would consider interesting to talk about for positive reasons. That is, as good as they could be in baseball, capable of winning a national championship if things break right for them. Surely you don't argue going to a bowl means relevance. The lesser bowls often cost their schools more to attend than they generate in revenue.
They (Tulane) presently have a completely stupid and inadequate situation in full blown retard mode going on at Tulane. A 20K stadium is just a waste of space and donor money that won't do anything more than obligate them to throw more good money after bad in the future. They should completely change course and move to a lower division, stop pretending they are more like LSU than Williams and readjust their approach to their athletics.
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Posted on 8/9/14 at 12:17 am to molsusports
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the playing field is just terribly slanted against a little guy with a smaller budget
You're putting them on the wrong playing field for some reason. They're not on center stage and aren't trying to be, and they shouldn't.
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A program someone on either coast who loves the sport would consider interesting to talk about for positive reasons.
This is like 20 programs in a given year, none who are in the AAC.
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Surely you don't argue going to a bowl means relevance.
Your definition of relevance is unobtainable by most football programs.
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The lesser bowls often cost their schools more to attend than they generate in revenue.
The bigger ones usually do too.
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A 20K stadium is just a waste of space and donor money that won't do anything more than obligate them to throw more good money after bad in the future. They should completely change course and move to a lower division, stop pretending they are more like LSU than Williams and readjust their approach to their athletics.
They aren't competing with SMU not LSU, that's why they built a similar stadium.
Posted on 8/9/14 at 1:57 am to molsusports
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They (Tulane) presently have a completely stupid and inadequate situation in full blown retard mode going on at Tulane. A 20K stadium is just a waste of space and donor money that won't do anything more than obligate them to throw more good money after bad in the future. They should completely change course and move to a lower division, stop pretending they are more like LSU than Williams and readjust their approach to their athletics.
Ridiculous.
What they are trying to do is play competitive ball - like all but 20 teams in the NCAA are trying to do. They aren't trying to be like LSU and they haven't since WWII. Their trying to be like 80% of the schools who play ball and meet their academic mission.
As for the stadium, at the current price points at which they are able to sell the seats, it is going to bring in more money than many 35K stadiums. They aren't filling stands with 10K students and another 5k $10 escort tickets.
No they aren't going to compete for national titles - just like all but about 20 other teams.
Regardless, TU is a private school using its own money.
As for basketball, they have to recruit nationally; heck, LSU has to recruit nationally. There's no culture in this state for LSU basketball like there is for football. And the level of talent isn't here.
This post was edited on 8/9/14 at 2:05 am
Posted on 8/25/14 at 10:48 pm to molsusports
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molsusports
quote:you are dead wrong on Tulane. Tulane made the right move, build a small but nice stadium. Boosters are paying big bucks for seats, students are actually excited, and they get to keep all the money they make. Playing in an off campus stadium will kill any program (I.e Miami and Pitt).
Nationally relevant. A program someone on either coast who loves the sport would consider interesting to talk about for positive reasons. That is, as good as they could be in baseball, capable of winning a national championship if things break right for them. Surely you don't argue going to a bowl means relevance. The lesser bowls often cost their schools more to attend than they generate in revenue. They (Tulane) presently have a completely stupid and inadequate situation in full blown retard mode going on at Tulane. A 20K stadium is just a waste of space and donor money that won't do anything more than obligate them to throw more good money after bad in the future. They should completely change course and move to a lower division, stop pretending they are more like LSU than Williams and readjust their approach to their athletics.
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