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(02-28-2021 02:21 PM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote:  

(02-28-2021 02:06 PM)Mike77 Wrote:  I do not think everything involves money. If that was the case, the University would have sold the naming rights to the basketball court many years ago. There are many examples at ODU where individuals' names are on buildings.
Three of these are Webb University Center, Jim Jarrett Athletic Administration Building, and Bud Metheny Baseball Complex. I doubt money was paid to Old Dominion so that it would honor these great leaders of our past.

Most of those facilities were named prior to the time when selling the name of every building was important to the bottom line.

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Correct. I hear Mike77 and I believe it would be a great gesture, if available. But I am telling you, with 100% certainty, that the naming rights to the ODU floor will come with a price. With the current state of college athletics, and with ODU trying to establish/maintain/etc. their status, I personally agree, but I completely get the sentiment from those who don't.