I agree with Steve. If the athletic program were a drain on the university, it would be different. However, if you are going to have an athletic program, it might as well be one that's successful financially as well as on the field. You spend money to make money. I do think it would be legitimate to question whether you should ever put up a statue of a living person since there is always a chance that they will do something in the future to make you sorry you did. Now with our particular three, I think the odds of that happening are low. However, as long as they're alive, there is that possibility. Helen
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Shane Ford <goufgat...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Ok, Zeb! Gosh! You have me questioning my own position on this. You raise > some very good points concerning the UAA vs the university. Man, are you a > lawyer or some thing? :-) > > ---------- > Sent from AT&T's Wireless network using Mobile Email > > ------Original Message------ > From: John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> > To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:39:05 PM GMT-0400 > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: 6/17 06:01 --- UF statues > to honor Heisman winners [Crabbe] > > > On Jun 17, 2010, at 3:18 PM, oli...@bobparks.com wrote: > > > That is why it's called a donation. Giving more money to the > > university could be justified in any year, not just this year when > > things are bad. > > If the UAA were part of the University, it would be called a budget. > > But for the University, the UAA would not earn a dime. Semi-pro > football founders, and even minor league baseball has trouble making > money (with better players than play NCAA ball). > > So, I have trouble understanding that, when an arm of the University > comes in under-budget, why not spending more money is considered a > "donation." > > > > Actually, the UAA gives more money than most other schools get out > > of their sports programs. Besides, who do you think funds softball, > > soccer and lacrosse? Ticket sales? Not only the sports, but all the > > scholarships related to ALL of the non-revenue sports at UF are > > funded by UAA. > > Well, OK, but how does this matter? Wouldn't they be part of the > athletic department budget at another school? Money is fungible. > > I think your real point is that football pays for everything. Fine, > but understand that a football-only athletic department would have > serious Title IX problems, and that the non-revenue women's sports > could reasonably be considered a part of the cost of operating the > football program. > > > The vast majority of colleges don't do that, nor do they even run > > in the black in any given year. That takes money directly away from > > professors at f$U. > > Does the financial success of the UF football program depend upon: > 1. our students and alumni > 2. our success on the field > 3. the adroitness of the UAA? > > I recall selling out Florida Field in 1979 when we were 0-10-1. I > have trouble believing that, but for the UAA, we would not have the > same football revenue. Maybe we should pull a Vandy, and bring all of > athletics in-house. > > -Zeb > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
