That online program makes them a pile of $$$ā¦
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Lots of ways to measure wealth for colleges, but as a private not for profit university, they have the free cash flow to do a lot. Iām not a fan to be sure, and maybe the new administration doesnāt have the will Jr had, but if LU wanted to expand to a 60,000 seat stadium, it would be done in no time. They have one of the best indoor track facilities in the country. Money is no deterrent.
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These are impressive for a profit-making university, but once again the numbers pale in comparison to the endowments of most top universities like UVa, Michigan, Vanderbilt, etc. To give you an idea, UVa is, I believe, in the middle of a $5 billion capital campaign which when reached (goals arenāt announced in most cases until a reasonable portion of the money has already been raisedārather weird, I admit) would almost double their endowment. There definitely are some Big 5 conference schools (Maryland and the University of Arizona, for example) that have very low endowments, but they are the exception.
In terms of raising money for athletic facilities, it didnāt take UVa long to raise the $125 million for JPJ or the $60 million to expand the football stadium.
No doubt, especially measuring endowments, Liberty isnāt up to par with the major colleges. I think they are 40th or so in terms of endowment size for private universities. Perhaps the most impressive thing is most of their growth has happened in the last 10 years. They have spent themselves into national rankings in football, baseball, softball, and are close in basketball. All Iām saying is they can and are spending their way to national relevance athletically. Again, Iām no fan, just saying they canāt be discounted.
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Wonāt argue with that. The change in the last decade has been impressive
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Do we have any protection from ND basically pulling a Texas and drilling us in the back of the head?
If Notre Dame joins a conference before 2036 it is obligated to join the ACC. But this is America and we have lawyers for that sort of thing. Also contracts were made to be broken.
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Their facilities are nicer than 60 -70 % of ACC member facilities.
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We need to get dirt on the Pope. Itās our only chance.
Some folks in the soon to be defunct big 12 are claiming the Acc is courting Oklahoma State
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Iād rather add Temple
Wut? That makes less sense thanā¦ most things.
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Okie State makes no sense and back to my point yesterday I donāt think they bring much of any value to the market.
That said if the Big12 is done Iām not sure what happens to Okie St and TT. Both are big schools big money big fan bases and have invested heavily in multiple major sports programs.
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I mean it was only two tournaments ago the ACC had three 1 seeds and won the national title. Remains to be seen if the last couple of years are just part of the natural cyclical nature of sports or the start of a trend.
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Fran doesnāt seem to know what the word ruin means. One down year hardly equates to destruction
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UVA UNC Clemson Georgia Tech and Notre Dame make 20 in the B1G. Just saying. The ACC doesnāt really do much for us anymore athletically or academically.
More importantly it would abandon Duke to a lesser basketball conference which would help us in recruiting Caleb Foster, and of course decision of this grandeur should be made for the sake of one recruit
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Man, we are going to be left behindā¦ I now think we need to be proactive and reach out to a major conference.
If we leave the ACC I will not like it at all
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Yeah but the general consensus is we are going to stay on the sinking ship since we are a 'founding member" or whatever and the traditionalists are in charge of making the move.
I will miss the ACC but B1G = better football and basketball games and more money/resources for the school.