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Why was it never completed? Asking for a friend.

(07-03-2020 07:45 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Why was it never completed? Asking for a friend.

Money,

The donations only stretched so far and thanks to Watts and the Board, Athletics has to pay for itself

Was the 3rd field really needed? What would have been the purpose for it?

(07-03-2020 08:01 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Was the 3rd field really needed? What would have been the purpose for it?

It was going to be a half size grass field.

(07-03-2020 09:21 AM)BlazerDave Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 08:01 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Was the 3rd field really needed? What would have been the purpose for it?

It was going to be a half size grass field.

Short yardage, That's why, It, was needed.

(07-03-2020 11:23 AM)Blazermjb Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 09:21 AM)BlazerDave Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 08:01 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Was the 3rd field really needed? What would have been the purpose for it?

It was going to be a half size grass field.

Short yardage, That's why, It, was needed.

you can practice short yardage on the other fields. it was needed for the surface to prepare when playing away on grass

(07-03-2020 11:34 AM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 11:23 AM)Blazermjb Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 09:21 AM)BlazerDave Wrote:  

(07-03-2020 08:01 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Was the 3rd field really needed? What would have been the purpose for it?

It was going to be a half size grass field.

Short yardage, That's why, It, was needed.

you can practice short yardage on the other fields. it was needed for the surface to prepare when playing away on grass

Thanks, and to complete the design.

Well that makes sense. I assumed all of the fields were grass. Well that area is just a parking lot right now so maybe down the line it can be transformed to its desired purpose.

Have to raise more money.