(01-19-2023 11:33 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote: (01-19-2023 11:06 AM)Stammers Wrote: (01-19-2023 08:47 AM)Atlanta Wrote: (01-19-2023 08:16 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote: This is an article from 2021, prior to Big 12 expansion, outlining updates to the university master plan & an OCS has never been truly considered. Oh, its been given lip service to appease alumni, but it has never been anything more than that… appeasement.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/n...642726001/
Exactly. An OCS has never been part of the university master plan, never. And even in light of the Henry (?) report, demonstrating location options & viable financing options, our university never took any action to plan for an OCS at any time in the future.
Recently, ESPN got its hands on a document linking West Virginia president Gordon Gee – a member of the league’s composition committee – to Memphis, UCF, Houston and Colorado State. The rumor mill finally had a little substance to keep it churning.
Quote:We learned that Memphis president M. David Rudd not only wrote a letter to Gee, but University of Oklahoma president David Boren and Baylor president Ken Starr, among others, while pledging a $500 million investment in athletics and academics over a five-year span.
No reading comprehension, no clue what is going on, and lying about everything. Another tap-in par for Atlanta. Go check on the Henry Report. What a joke.
There is no mention of an OCS, yet there is proof that the financial commitment was there… which again points to the reason why those of us who have followed this for 2 decades are frustrated by the obvious lack of prep or planning. We react, but there is no plan.
It is like talking to a brick wall. It is you and two other posters who can't seem to understand the sequence of events. This is the blueprint.
- Do a study to determine what each will cost
- Contact ALL major boosters and get financial commitments or at least the amounts of potential contributions
- Speak to everyone at a corporate level to gauge donations
- Speak to everyone at every level of municipal and state government to see if funds are available
- Estimate how much the fanbase will donate
You do NOT EVER under any circumstances...
- Start a campaign to raise funds for an OCS unless you are confident that you have 50-75% of the funding in place already
- Start any type of campaign to raise funds for an OCS when you know the city and the state won't help fund it
- Put a stadium in a master plan, knowing that you have no way of funding it
ALL of the right steps were taken before it was announced that the LB would be renovated. The school contacted everyone that needed to be contacted, whether it was boosters, the governments at both the municipal and state levels, and they did the studies to determine that costs for both options.
That is the end of it.