04-29-2006, 07:36 PM
I saw some people try to give Gregory a hard time on this one but, in his defense, he is only reporting what ETSU is saying.
He's the messenger, and for that he should be applauded, not jeered. He's giving us the information we need to know as to what Paul Stanton is thinking-
Here are the talking points-
In 2005, Stanton announced an ambitious $224 capital campaign that will continue for nine and a half years. According to Stanton, athletics will take up roughly half of the ?The Reaching Higher Campaign.?
The first facility to be completed was the privately-funded $2.4 million Warren-Greene Golf Center in 2004. Facilities for softball, soccer, baseball, tennis, track and field and basketball are planned.
?We?re extremely fortunate to have David Mullins as our director of athletics. I?ve haven?t worked with a finer director in my 22 years at ETSU. With his vision and planning process, we have these plans for venues that are going to get built.?
A total of $3 million in funding has already been secured for the first phase of the athletics plan.
The soccer complex, currently under construction, will include two practice facilities and a lighted stadium field with seating for nearly 1,000.
?Soccer is going to be one of our stellar programs as we develop it,? Stanton said. ?We will follow with the softball complex, then go on to tennis, baseball, track and field and the basketball arena.?
?We really haven?t started the fundraising for baseball,? Mullins said. ?We?re looking at partnerships and corporate naming opportunities.?
?We?ve worked really hard to put ETSU soccer on the map,? Morris said. ?With this new stadium, it?s a very loud statement that we are here to stay.?
The ETSU president . . . also hopes the momentum and positive public relations will eventually wash away lingering resentment over the death of the Buccaneer football program.
?When you build athletic fields, it indicates that your university is moving forward with some excitement,? Stanton said.
He's the messenger, and for that he should be applauded, not jeered. He's giving us the information we need to know as to what Paul Stanton is thinking-
Here are the talking points-
In 2005, Stanton announced an ambitious $224 capital campaign that will continue for nine and a half years. According to Stanton, athletics will take up roughly half of the ?The Reaching Higher Campaign.?
The first facility to be completed was the privately-funded $2.4 million Warren-Greene Golf Center in 2004. Facilities for softball, soccer, baseball, tennis, track and field and basketball are planned.
?We?re extremely fortunate to have David Mullins as our director of athletics. I?ve haven?t worked with a finer director in my 22 years at ETSU. With his vision and planning process, we have these plans for venues that are going to get built.?
A total of $3 million in funding has already been secured for the first phase of the athletics plan.
The soccer complex, currently under construction, will include two practice facilities and a lighted stadium field with seating for nearly 1,000.
?Soccer is going to be one of our stellar programs as we develop it,? Stanton said. ?We will follow with the softball complex, then go on to tennis, baseball, track and field and the basketball arena.?
?We really haven?t started the fundraising for baseball,? Mullins said. ?We?re looking at partnerships and corporate naming opportunities.?
?We?ve worked really hard to put ETSU soccer on the map,? Morris said. ?With this new stadium, it?s a very loud statement that we are here to stay.?
The ETSU president . . . also hopes the momentum and positive public relations will eventually wash away lingering resentment over the death of the Buccaneer football program.
?When you build athletic fields, it indicates that your university is moving forward with some excitement,? Stanton said.