When you build modern facilities that cater to the fans and recruits which leads to a continuous winning program, fans and money follow.

Dr Noland dumped the ridiculous, flawed model that the previous President and Ad rammed down our throats. Dr Nolan, Dr Sander put a tried and true Athlectic Model in its place. Results, a continuous winning basketball team, a football team that is competitive, an overall sports program that's has been the best in the SoCon every year. Fans have showed up in record numbers and giving to the Athlectic Department set new records but the number one driver for money to an Athlectic Department is football, with basketball second. ETSU has outgrown the football stadium. No additional fans no additional money. Basketball has room to grow but the home schedule is very poor and half the conference games are against poor teams. Except for the very loyal fans, very few show up for those games. It's hard to believe but ETSU is now offering some seating for $5.

If ETSU cannot expand the stadium and cannot have attractive home schedules, money will become the issue. Costs go up every year. No additional seats, no additional money. Poor home schedules, poor attendance.

All of the SunBelt teams either built or expanded their facilities before they joined the SunBelt. They had winning teams, developed the fan base and the money followed. They parlayed that formula to continue to build and expand and more fans and more money followed once again. That's not to say that every school will be successful. Some just dont have the leadership to get the job.done. I believe Dr Noland can definitely get the job done but I'm not convinced that the Athlectic Department can take ETSU to the next level. I hope I'm wrong, time will tell.

Build it, provide a good schedule, win and they will come.