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(02-14-2020 12:44 PM)ODU2K1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 12:41 PM)Grommet Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 12:03 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 11:22 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(02-14-2020 10:52 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  So what exactly are you advocating? It's not like FCS is any cheaper. Otherwise why would JMU be spending more than us?

And getting rid of football would be even worse for the program. We'd lose most of the donor base we have now. And we'd push even more fans away.

I'm not advocating anything. We've already screwed the pooch and there is nothing we can do about it right now. The A10 is full and are no longer interested, the stadium is built, coaching contracts are signed. We keep throwing good money after bad and going deeper and deeper into the Ponzi scheme. And FCS is a lot cheaper. Fewer scholarships, everyone was content with the stadium, Bobby Wilder and his salary was ample to compete at the highest level, and less travel by a large magnitude. Football will get rid of itself eventually. The lawyers and left wing political hacks will make sure of it. The concussion problem isn't the flavor of the day or front and center right now, but it will be back. It is a dying sport and as fewer and fewer play it, there will be fewer and fewer that play it at high levels, meaning the gap between the haves and have nots will continue to grow at an accelerated rate. We are already much, much closer to FCS than we are to P5.

Who is the one getting ripped off for this "Ponzi" scheme? Are the fans not getting the tickets they paid for? Are the players not getting the education they work hard for? Who is getting screwed?

Basketball and club ice hockey fans, apparently.

Hey. Don't sleep on the hockey team...

I know a kid on that club team, which is how it made the list. I love talking to him about his games!