(08-29-2020 08:48 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(08-29-2020 04:19 PM)JMUNation Wrote:  

(08-29-2020 11:29 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(08-29-2020 09:49 AM)TXGiant Wrote:  

(08-29-2020 09:46 AM)JMUNation Wrote:  I think some people just naturally hate people who are decision makers or have authority. Why is it hard for some to understand that there is more to a subject than what meets the eye? People watch a 15 second video clip and they think they know the entire story. The rush to judgement is rampant.

I am reading posts on here where posters are basically saying the administration is lying about the difficulty they had putting together a schedule. I have read posts in the past saying administrators want to destroy JMU. Huh? This irrational thinking has me scratching my head often. They basically see the JMU administration as dishonest.

I know Cliff, Jeff and Charlie pretty well. My experience is they are all straight shooters. If you believe any of them are dishonest, then you don’t know them.

I couldn’t agree more.

Share with me one factual reason (not something you create in your mind) why signing a home and home contract with NSU was in the best interest of JMU. Take into account that the deal was a straight up swap of home games. I could find a reason for a two for one, but that deal was laughable.

From an outsiders view, I agree with you BP. Why sign that deal? I don’t factually know why. This might be a good example of what I was referring to. There is more to this deal than meets the eye.

Here is a guess as to why we sign this deal. If we play them once at JMU, we have to pay them to play us. If we give them a home and home, we don’t have to pay a guarantee. We get a game in an important recruiting market. A game in a market we lost when ODU left the CAA. The kids on our team from Tidewater get to play back home too.

We are going to play the occasional patsy. There were some things to be gained by playing that patsy. That being said, I hate playing patsies. There is no entertainment value to me as a season ticket holder.

As Hyper stated, a two for one could have been understood. Our peers had to be scratching their heads.

A 2 for 1 may have meant we pay NSU a guarantee. I don’t know the details of the negotiation. I do know that I did not attend the game at NSU and it wasn’t because the weather was bad. I had no interest in watching another 80-7 game.

Hyper was there but mostly to see the NSU band.