Pollard Details Recommended Cuts

I do know the Jamie did go to Wendy about taking over CY Stephens and Scheman.
And if that request had not been made and approved, what would the Athletics financial situation be looking at now?
 
To think that CY Stephens needs nearly $50 million in improvements just to be up to code basically...... one would think that it has been horribly mismanaged? Who does that fall under again.... oh yeah..... JP.

I'm not saying he could have done better.... but don't be blaming it on Covid... it has been neglected far too long if it needs that much improvement done to it.

I went to the music departments xmas concert last year. While I did not see "behind the scenes" in no way did I feel like I was in a ramshackle facility. Sure, there were some snags here and there in the carpet, but the accoustics as usual were superb, seats were not exceptionally worn, box office, lounge areas and egress ways seemed fine. Was at the Civic Center also prior to the covid, and IMO it looked more worn than CY.
 
It seems like JP is firing back for not being allowed to have fans. Seems like that wasn't really his choice.
 
ISU offers 18 sports right now (7 M, 11 F).

Women's sports can be cut without cutting men's sports. "Number of sports" isn't the mark; it's a matter of scholarship count and participation relative to the percentages of male/female in the overall student body (56.4% male as of last fall). ISU could cut two particular women's sports and still be almost spot on with the student ratio.

According to Cyclones.com it's 16 (6 men and 10 women). Where are you getting 18??
 
I think there will be a HUGE demand for tickets next season if fans have to go this year without football. With that in mind... I could easily see people paying an extra fee added to every ticket next season to help ISU out of this situation. Increase parking a bit too. I don't think it would result in that many less tickets being sold. People will be starving for football next season.
 
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If 60,000 people who attend/want to attend a FB game, donated an additional $500, the shortfall would be taken care of.

60,000 * $500 = $30,000,000
 
No what I am saying is if you are young and healthy and not in the at risk group you need to be able to live somewhat of a normal life. You have to be allowed to go places and support business, like football games.
It turns out your decisions affect other people. Large events are a much higher risk to increase the community spread that ends up affecting people who weren't even there. That is why in a pandemic we must avoid these activities, more so when they are not essential activities. This isn't that hard of a concept.

sacrificing some non-essential things is how we get to live a more normal life in many other ways
 
No what I am saying is if you are young and healthy and not in the at risk group you need to be able to live somewhat of a normal life. You have to be allowed to go places and support business, like football games.
Except for bars now young people can go pretty much wherever they want, and the bars closing is their fault anyways.
 
I went to the music departments xmas concert last year. While I did not see "behind the scenes" in no way did I feel like I was in a ramshackle facility. Sure, there were some snags here and there in the carpet, but the accoustics as usual were superb, seats were not exceptionally worn, box office, lounge areas and egress ways seemed fine. Was at the Civic Center also prior to the covid, and IMO it looked more worn than CY.
Not sure “today’s standards” means the same as “up to code.”
 
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If 60,000 people who attend/want to attend a FB game, donated an additional $500, the shortfall would be taken care of.

60,000 * $500 = $30,000,000

That's true.... but good luck with that!

I could see maybe 5,000 fans possibly willing to do that.... who can afford it.
 
It turns out your decisions affect other people. Large events are a much higher risk to increase the community spread that ends up affecting people who weren't even there. That is why in a pandemic we must avoid these activities, more so when they are not essential activities. This isn't that hard of a concept.

sacrificing some non-essential things is how we get to live a more normal life in many other ways

Has this been proven true with all the large outdoor gatherings we've seen in the past few months? Not being argumentative, but I haven't seen any data that large outdoor gatherings have statistically increased community risk. If you have, can you please share that? I'd be interesting in reading it.
 
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