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06-08-2012, 10:15 AM | #3406 |
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BOT Chair Haggard out at FSU
Regardless of what some of their fans want, I think FSU (President/faculty/athletic department) wants to stay in the ACC. |
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Throw in a few more teams but essentially it will be people picking teams to compete and not really a "playoff". |
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06-08-2012, 10:51 AM | #3408 | |
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Also, its an unpaid volunteer gig and these guys are busy, they usually don't want to serve more than 1 or 2 5-year terms anyway. Chairmen usually like to go out with a bang, not step down and continue to serve as a mere member when their 2-year chairmanship ends. Big picture, you don't go on "fact-finding missions" or urge the board to really examine the costs and benefits of moving to the Big 12 if it isn't going to happen or if Haggard went rogue. Haggard did say the board was unanimous in their interest, the FSU president acted yesterday like he was pleading to the whole board to be careful and think it through. How often do you shop around for a new car or go on a date if you aren't thinking about buying a new car or getting a divorce?
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06-08-2012, 11:01 AM | #3409 | |
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ACC gives money to FSU to erase their budget shortfall. Why would they do that if FSU was leaving?
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06-08-2012, 11:03 AM | #3410 | |
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The ACC didn't cut FSU a bonus check, EVERY team in the conference got the same money.
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06-08-2012, 11:05 AM | #3411 |
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Direct quote to a writer from the FSU rivals site, from a BOT member on the condition of anonymity (regarding the merits of staying vs going): "We could be falling behind by tens of millions of dollars,"
Nope, nothing to see there. FSU is a proud member of the ACC.
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06-08-2012, 11:28 AM | #3412 |
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Regarding Haggard, looks like I incorrectly relied on another poster's highly flawed "analysis". His term on the board continues through 2015.
He could have run for chair again and as late as 4 days ago, a newspaper article said he hadn't made up his mind yet, but he had pretty much unanimous support to continue from the rest of the BOT. Today he apparently had enough of the spotlight. It was Haggard who nominated the new chair and asked the rest of the board to support him, he'll continue on as a member.
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06-08-2012, 11:29 AM | #3413 |
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Apparently there's going to be some expose in the Tallahassee paper on Sunday regarding the football program's spending. Could be something or a lot of nothing.
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06-08-2012, 11:33 AM | #3414 | |
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From what I could see, they are going to try to make the argument that FSU's athletic department wastes a bunch of money, but I'd need to see a fair comparison with other similar schools, because when you look at the USA Today data that came out a month or so ago, FSU's expenses didn't seem out of line with their peers. Unless they want to argue that EVERY major BCS school is wasteful, which would be a harder sell.
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06-08-2012, 11:51 AM | #3416 | |
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06-08-2012, 11:57 AM | #3417 |
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Overspending can cause the entire AD to be in debt.
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06-08-2012, 12:08 PM | #3418 |
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I mean the other schools. It's one thing to waste money if you have it to waste. It's another thing I if you're going into debt.
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Gotcha. Many successful programs (see Florida and Texas) the AD's are very profitably and donate money back to the school.
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06-08-2012, 12:44 PM | #3420 |
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Almost all of them are, if you get rid of direct subsidies from the state and student fees. Texas and roughly 20 other athletic departments are profitable, and thats about it. Everyone else overspends their revenue.
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