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(06-10-2016 08:40 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(06-10-2016 07:57 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  154/credit hour sounds way to high.

Keeping this new stadium in perspective is really easy for me, and I suspect lots of other old timers who remember the day when ODU Football was a pipe dream. Decades and decades have gone by with NO football. I'll take big time FCS or small time FBS any day of the week, thank you. Don't really give a schLt how big the stadium is. The new one will be comfortable enough for me and my wife that we can go to games until we're dead. That's not to bad. If there is one thing I've learned, no one can predict the future. The stadium might become 30,000 before the first shovel is turned.

But I think that is where people such as myself have an issue with this. And I mean no personal disrespect by this, but your comments represent the small time thinking that is plaguing this decision. For the people who say this is fine for ME...or perfect for today's landscape ...well they are the ones who are missing the point. A decision of this magnitude is about the future...about the people who will be looking to go to THE Old Dominion in 15-20 years, not for people looking to go to ODU in 2019.

This is a fine short term decision. But very little meaningful progress comes without risks. We are taking no risks in this stadium and absent of risk, we will prob. see minimal rewards. There will be nothing wrong with the new stadium and it will satisfy todays needs or demands. But it does not set our university up for long term success.

What makes anyone thing college football attendance is going to increase versus decrease in the next 15 years? In 10 years, you may be able to have a virtual seat and watch the game.

Nothing indicates that it will. But not growing for the AAC is different than not growing for CUSA. I just think we have handcuffed our future.

If the AAC wanted us, we could immediately expand to 30k (assuming demand & money), which would be right in line with the attendance of the current schools. So, what would be holding the conference back?

Immediately expand like we immediately built a new stadium upon entering the FBS ranks? Lets be serious here. We are 2.5 years from Phase 1 being completed. Even they started the process for phase 2 the day phase 1 opens, we would be looking at a minimum of another 3 years before phase 2 was completed...and this timeline is not even reasonable. best case scenario is probably 5 years from completion of phase 1, more likely scenario is probably a decade before phase 2 is even brought up.