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(01-30-2019 10:32 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(01-30-2019 08:25 AM)odu09 Wrote:  I am just very happy its named after a person who has supported ODU and not sold out to a corporation like Dollar Tree etc

I like that too, however, Mr. Kornblau said he didnt even know they were naming it after him, so evidently it wasn't something negotiated. I wonder if ODAF blew an opportunity to sell naming rights and get additional money. Maybe we could have named the new scoreboard after Mr. K and still gotten another $4 or 5 million for the field naming rights too. In any case, it is a nice honor for a guy who has been so generous.

What I read it as, was that maybe ODU was shopping around for field naming rights and not getting a ton of bites. As far as I can tell, naming it Kornblau field right now doesn't prevent naming rights being sold in the future, and this is a way to be able to honor a living alum who has already put a tremendous amount of money towards athletics. I could easily see naming rights being sold alongside a Phase 2 expansion or something similar.