Kansas new men's and women's basketball dorm. This is what P5 money gets you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMY3Dc2t1Q

A couple of random thoughts...

1) KU needs to spend some of that "P5 money" on their really terrible FB stadium. But that whole video points out that "BB is king" at KU.
2) I am always wondering how regular students reconcile the "royal" treatment the athletes get with their own treatment at school. With all the scrutiny of "the 1%" and "income inequality" and all that stuff, it is quite clear who "the 1%" at KU are.
3) What an annoying fight song and arrangement.

UK will have to build a new one as this looks even better than The Wildcat Coal Lodge

And some wonder why we are not recruiting at the highest level.

K U probably spent more on their athletic dorm than we are spending on renovating Nippert.

Our players aren't really living in the worst conditions.

$ 17.5 million -

The complex — known as the Fieldhouse Apartments — will be built in phases, eventually housing approximately 66 Kansas students. Nearly half of the residents will be members of the Kansas men’s and women’s basketball programs.

The project, in part, KU officials say, is an investment in the school’s tradition-rich men’s basketball program, specifically in the area of recruiting. KU basketball players currently live in the Jayhawker Towers apartments, and Kansas coach Bill Self said last week that KU’s current housing setup was far behind its biggest recruiting competitors.

In 2012, the University of Kentucky built the Wildcat Coal Lodge, a $7 million, privately-funded dormitory designed to house the school’s men’s basketball players.

The Fieldhouse Apartments, KU officials say, will be financed by private donors and bonds that will be paid off by revenues from the new complex.




“Everybody will have their own take,” Self said. “But housing, where our student-athletes reside now, is way, way, way, way behind what the competitors would be housing their student-athletes in, in a big way.”

To comply with NCAA rules against exclusive housing for athletes, at least half of the residents of the proposed project will have to be non-athletes. While the cost would be a large investment for a small number of athletes and students, Self thinks the project could help his program in recruiting. In addition, he said the apartments could be built to have better security measures and privacy for some of KU’s more high-profile basketball players.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college...rylink=cpy


http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college...ayers.html

Considering the way the governor there has taken a meat axe to the funding for education, including their public universities, maybe that's where they need to spend the money.

K U has top of the line gas ranges, while we have cal-rod electric ranges in rooms.



BJ. Some of your more than generous salary just has to be going for this excessive living.

(05-06-2015 11:28 AM)nachoman91 Wrote:  Kansas new men's and women's basketball dorm. This is what P5 money gets you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjMY3Dc2t1Q

Technically, there are no longer "athletic dorms" on campuses.

NCAA rules state that athletes can only take up 49% of any one dorm so a majority of residents will still be regular students...but yes, obviously KU could easily fit all of the men's and women's basketball team in said dorm and not come close to the 49% threshold.

(05-06-2015 12:03 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  2) I am always wondering how regular students reconcile the "royal" treatment the athletes get with their own treatment at school. With all the scrutiny of "the 1%" and "income inequality" and all that stuff, it is quite clear who "the 1%" at KU are.

Don't you know these kids are like "slaves" and being taken advantage of. Shabazz Napier can't even eat at night for crying out loud.

(05-08-2015 02:48 PM)jarr Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 12:03 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  2) I am always wondering how regular students reconcile the "royal" treatment the athletes get with their own treatment at school. With all the scrutiny of "the 1%" and "income inequality" and all that stuff, it is quite clear who "the 1%" at KU are.

Don't you know these kids are like "slaves" and being taken advantage of. Shabazz Napier can't even eat at night for crying out loud.

All while having many thousands of dollars in tattoos on his arms!

I was putting gas in my car a dollar at a time when I was in school.

(05-08-2015 03:45 PM)Bearcat Otto Wrote:  

(05-08-2015 02:48 PM)jarr Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 12:03 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  2) I am always wondering how regular students reconcile the "royal" treatment the athletes get with their own treatment at school. With all the scrutiny of "the 1%" and "income inequality" and all that stuff, it is quite clear who "the 1%" at KU are.

Don't you know these kids are like "slaves" and being taken advantage of. Shabazz Napier can't even eat at night for crying out loud.

All while having many thousands of dollars in tattoos on his arms!

I was putting gas in my car a dollar at a time when I was in school.

Arby's 5 for 5 fed me for a week.

Then there was the all you can eat buffet at LaRosas. Just don't eat for 36 hours beforehand and then pig out.

10 cent wings....them were the days.

Napier is full of crap.

You know how long you can go on Ramen Noodles?

maybe instead of buying tattoos the kid should have bought ramen noodles


cry me a river Shabazz

(05-06-2015 06:48 PM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  K U has top of the line gas ranges, while we have cal-rod electric ranges in rooms.



BJ. Some of your more than generous salary just has to be going for this excessive living.

Never seen a state, with basically nothing in it, have such a high tax rate (percentage-wise). If not for my job and "more than generous salary", I would not live here. I plan to leave when my career is done.

(06-01-2015 05:07 AM)Brian_Johnson Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 06:48 PM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  K U has top of the line gas ranges, while we have cal-rod electric ranges in rooms.



BJ. Some of your more than generous salary just has to be going for this excessive living.

Never seen a state, with basically nothing in it, have such a high tax rate (percentage-wise). If not for my job and "more than generous salary", I would not live here. I plan to leave when my career is done.

Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

(05-06-2015 02:53 PM)subflea Wrote:  

Stainless steel is all the rage these days. Trust me, I watch HGTV.

Disastrous for recruiting!

(06-01-2015 09:57 AM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

Maybe BJ can tell us all what the Oregon Trail was like back in his day.

(06-01-2015 09:57 AM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 05:07 AM)Brian_Johnson Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 06:48 PM)OneUChoopsfan Wrote:  K U has top of the line gas ranges, while we have cal-rod electric ranges in rooms.



BJ. Some of your more than generous salary just has to be going for this excessive living.

Never seen a state, with basically nothing in it, have such a high tax rate (percentage-wise). If not for my job and "more than generous salary", I would not live here. I plan to leave when my career is done.

Right place, wrong time.

During the 1800's, Kansas was a pretty exciting place to live, and Wichita's town motto was "Everything goes in Wichita".

As I understand it, before Quantrill's raid, Lawrence was the place to be. If not for the raid, Lawrence and Wichita would basically have reverse statures.