- May 20th, 2016, 7:36 am
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Purple Haize wrote:What I would enjoy would be having the SBC now be so desperate for a financially stable school to join their Conference they have to come to LU with hat in hand and LU rejects them. I've never thought The SBC was a good fit for the SBC (although that view has softened) but they way they have treated LU makes the mantra 'Karma is a biatch' very pertinentAgreed. The more I look at the SunBelt and MAC, the happier I am that we have no long-term commitment with either conference. Coastal can enjoy this mess...it's getting ugly.
Jonathan Carone wrote:Haize inferred it in the post above yours earlier and pretty much said it outright in the post about them not having money. They have the money for this project but can't get permission to access it.Isn't that kinda like not having it then?
Jonathan Carone wrote:To say Coastal isn't financially stable is to speak out of complete ignorance. They have undergone a campus expansion very similar to ours over the last 5-6 years. Their enrollment has grown by close to 4000 since I was there in fall 2005. The money for this stadium is there and available for them to use through bonds and other avenues, just like they've used for their campus expansion. They won't have to raise taxes or take any extra money through taxpayers.It seems as though the state wants to have significant outside contributions before allowing bonds to be pursued. College funding is tricky; with not too much private support and a small endowment to boot, no school in Virginia would get the legislature approval, either. Coastal using bonds is very different than a school like ODU using bonds (their endowment is almost ten times larger) or even Liberty, which has less oversight. It is apparent that Coastal is stretching it financially with this jump.
Jonathan Carone wrote:Haize inferred it in the post above yours earlier and pretty much said it outright in the post about them not having money. They have the money for this project but can't get permission to access it.If they need permission to access it, is it actually theirs? You were correct in saying that this is turning out to be a test case for the new realities of funding for education in SC, and its really lousy timing for Coastal, but the old way of "rubber-stamping" projects like this just won't work any more. Bummer.
ballcoach15 wrote:Attendance should improve once they start bringing in FBS schools for home games. Most FCS schools are not a big attraction for anyone. I would love to see a "name" FBS school come to LU for a game, just to see what attendance would be. (a good ACC school for example, or someone like Marshall).Big name FBS schools will NOT be coming to Conway. They will have their SBC opponents (none of whom will be a "big attraction") and the occasional bottom dweller from other G5 conferences. The rest of their home schedule will be FCS, and they can COUNT THEIR BLESSINGS if Liberty will agree to go there again after this year, because it will be their biggest crowd of that season. I actually think we will do it if they agree to reciprocate with games at the Bill. Both programs would benefit by keeping that rivalry alive.
Most FCS schools' fans do not travel well. Actually it's embrassing.
Jonathan Carone wrote:Coastal doesn't need ACC schools for an attendance boost. All they need is UMass, UConn, any of the Ohio G5 schools, Marshall, or really any FBS school from Maryland to Massachusetts.I'd definitely drive down to Myrtle Beach to see the Herd play!