http://www.examiner.com/college-football...ch-by-2014

(06-23-2011 07:02 PM)Mister Jennings Wrote:  http://www.examiner.com/college-football...ch-by-2014

Not to add fuel to the fire...but I thought I would share:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-state/...39975.html

Quote:"Your academic opportunities open up when you're perceived as an institution of significance and quality, and if you do football right you'll be able to help achieve that," University of North Carolina Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois said. "If you do it wrong, it can be counterproductive. So you have to be very cautious, measured and deliberate about what you're doing and how you're doing it. But I do think if the corporate leaders, the business leaders and the employers of the Charlotte region see UNC Charlotte as an institution of significance and quality, they will be more anxious to employ our students; have them as interns; and to talk to with our faculty about research projects and where we can help them."

"I have thought for a longtime that the landscape of intercollegiate athletics was going to change," said Judy Rose, the athletics director at UNC Charlotte. "My concern has been what would happen to a large public institution that did not have football. My fear has been that schools that don't have football might get left out of the mix in intercollegiate athletics all together. I would hate to have seen not having football to have become a major issue for our institution. The main reason for us to add football was to protect the rest of our athletic program."

Sad that ETSU administrators don't get this

(08-08-2011 09:41 AM)BucNut22 Wrote:  

Quote:"Your academic opportunities open up when you're perceived as an institution of significance and quality, and if you do football right you'll be able to help achieve that," University of North Carolina Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois said. "If you do it wrong, it can be counterproductive. So you have to be very cautious, measured and deliberate about what you're doing and how you're doing it. But I do think if the corporate leaders, the business leaders and the employers of the Charlotte region see UNC Charlotte as an institution of significance and quality, they will be more anxious to employ our students; have them as interns; and to talk to with our faculty about research projects and where we can help them."

"I have thought for a longtime that the landscape of intercollegiate athletics was going to change," said Judy Rose, the athletics director at UNC Charlotte. "My concern has been what would happen to a large public institution that did not have football. My fear has been that schools that don't have football might get left out of the mix in intercollegiate athletics all together. I would hate to have seen not having football to have become a major issue for our institution. The main reason for us to add football was to protect the rest of our athletic program."

Sad that ETSU administrators don't get this

Is there any way that this can be forwarded to the athletic director's office to make sure all of the employees read it?

Just write it out in tennis green crayon with pictures so Dave will understand. He's not comprehending the whole deal.

(08-08-2011 10:47 AM)bucfan81 Wrote:  

(08-08-2011 09:41 AM)BucNut22 Wrote:  

Quote:"Your academic opportunities open up when you're perceived as an institution of significance and quality, and if you do football right you'll be able to help achieve that," University of North Carolina Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois said. "If you do it wrong, it can be counterproductive. So you have to be very cautious, measured and deliberate about what you're doing and how you're doing it. But I do think if the corporate leaders, the business leaders and the employers of the Charlotte region see UNC Charlotte as an institution of significance and quality, they will be more anxious to employ our students; have them as interns; and to talk to with our faculty about research projects and where we can help them."

"I have thought for a longtime that the landscape of intercollegiate athletics was going to change," said Judy Rose, the athletics director at UNC Charlotte. "My concern has been what would happen to a large public institution that did not have football. My fear has been that schools that don't have football might get left out of the mix in intercollegiate athletics all together. I would hate to have seen not having football to have become a major issue for our institution. The main reason for us to add football was to protect the rest of our athletic program."

Sad that ETSU administrators don't get this

Is there any way that this can be forwarded to the athletic director's office to make sure all of the employees read it?

Please remember, and cut these guys in the athletic department some slack. They're operating from the Paul Stanton athletic model - "we're on the cutting edge of large numbers of I-AA football programs going out of business".

This is your President and this is your Athletic Director.

(08-11-2011 06:29 PM)Seattle Bucs Wrote:  This is your President

Seriously are there any names known that are being talked about in back channels? Surely there must be and let us make sure we get one who can manage the entire university like all the other state schools. It has been long enough.