KU's new basketball dorm plan, $17.5mil
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Smart move by KU. We should do the same thing. KU isn't stupid, they know it pays for itself down the road....
This shouldn't be any big surprise coming from a team that up until just a few years ago was quite openly giving their athletes huge cash payments at the end of season banquet as soon as they had exhausted their eligibility.
CycloneErik
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Oh they are removing a track around the field either this year or next because of new track/field complex.
I'm envisioning rooms like Bender's apartment:
"See, they're reasonable dorm rooms!"
"...with ample closet space."
"See, they're reasonable dorm rooms!"
"...with ample closet space."
What? They announce the players, everyone applauds, and a donor hands them an envelope of cash? Seriously, what is the evidence of cash payments being given "quite openly?" Wouldn't the more-academic-than-thou faculty blow the whistle?
This is excessive and what not but schools are also building huge rec buildings, and other facilities, that have nothing to do with education/learning to entice regular students to attend.
College is big business now.
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College is big business now.
Tiger Grotto | MizzouRec
No matter what time of year, it’s always Spring Break in the Tiger Grotto. The Grotto will transform your dullest day into a vacation, with our resort quality facilities and atmosphere that will unwind you, even with the most stressful of schedules.
The Grotto features a zero-depth pool entry with a high-powered vortex, lazy river and waterfall. Our hot tub, sauna and steam room will help you loosen up after a hard workout.
You do not see the difference? The argument is not that this has nothing to do with learning.
Yeah, and you are allowed to do a lot more enticing when the kids do not play an NCAA sport.
I agree. Just pointing out a lot of schools are spending a lot of money to lure all kids to school.
I'm not surprised, and don't care, that KU is doing this. The NCAA is a joke.
Right, but this will just take us back to the days similar to unlimited scholarships. Texas will go ahead and pay players they would have normally not given a scholarship to, more than other schools can, just to keep them away from any other school. At least now there are scholarship limits, so you've at least got a chance once the blue-bloods give out all their shollies.
Not saying that everything right now is the way it should be, but open the door to pay for play and there are really only a handful of schools that can participate in that market. ISU certainly isn't one of them.
True. And making future students pay for it, such as with the new Rec facilities that was funded by bonds to be paid by student fees over many years.
