(06-30-2016 02:08 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  Time 2 “deflate” all the Hot Air
of WSU interest in restarting f-ball

No Koch Broth’s are alumni of WSU (Harvard, MIT, etc)
Koch Family foundations have given
several $$$$ to not only WSU but
more $$$ goes 2 the community of Wichita
in supporting community events & the arts

WSU has received donations from the
various Koch family foundations
but most of those “funds” hav been given towards
political, academic, & educational activities as well as the arts

No way would that foundation
(A very conservative foundation @ that)
Would “approve” say $150 million?
on a speculative of rebuilding/re-establishing the football program?
vs. putting that kind of money in a number of grad programs @ WSU
from Areo Space engineering to the Business School to the Music school.

Also, it would B a Loooonnnnnggg time to see any profit
& a very highly/speculative venture w/ ever
increasing cost, legal issues, & expenditures.
& what’s the goal?
AAC/MWC status in 5-6 yrs?

In that same 5-6 yrs time period,
little ‘ol KU & KSU will have “received”
over $150 million in TV revenue alone,
while WSU would still B scrapping & spending,
just 2 stay afloat.

If WSU’s intent was 2 compete @ the FCS level
that’s doable,
but as many have suggested
WSU has vision of greener f-ball pastures:

WSU will NEVER reach P5 status
What conference will take WSU as a f-ball mbr only?
What will WSU lose/gain if they leave the Valley?

WSU would "settle" to work their way up the “ladder”
2 reach MWC/AAC status in 5-6 yrs?
4 what? a 2-4 million a yr TV guarantee?
vs. a minimum of yrly $15-20 million f-ball operational cost?

They've done studies on adding to & increasing
seating & donor boxes in Koch (B-Ball) arena.
Seating could increase to over 13K
Cost range is under 25 million on total improvements
A much more "fruitful" expenditures of $$$ & resources
w/ much quicker & immediate results:
Increased season tix sells in B-ball
w/ an increase of 3-4K in total tix sales
for @ least 15 games per season.

If WSU Prez & AD are wise
they’ll look @ other sport improvement options
improvement of baseball/softball stature
(Hockey Field/Ice, Beach volleyball. Rowing, etc)
to increase visibility & marketability
w/out wiping out the bank account
on a highly speculative venture

Plus the city of Wichita is NOT
in a highly populated state w/ great f-ball interest
(FL/Texas/Calf/Georgia/Ohio/Penn/SEC Country/etc.)

In fact, state of Kansas only produced
6 Blue Chip f-ball recruits over 5 yrs (2013-17)
State of Oklahoma, just South of them, & next to Texas
Produced 19 Blue Chips over the same time period

Lol @ Tulsa fan. Afraid we will steal the spotlight, again? If the Koch's don't support WSU, then why is their an arena on campus called Koch arena? Yes, it will take more than Koch to get this done. It will have to have community wide support to get it done. Anyways, you think it would be wiser to add ice Hockey rather than Football in Wichita, Kansas, to attract more traditional students? Come on man......