Statistics: Posted by Cougarbib — Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:21 pm
Since being clear isn't sufficient, let me clarify my clarity. The basketball team funding is not in any way related to or dependent on the football funding. In fact, in my opinion, should football funding go away entirely, basketball funding will be sufficient to maintain basketball and all other sports at BYU. I don't want football to go away. I enjoy football. However, in my opinion, basketball does not need football in any way to survive.BYU had an attendance of 238,131 for all basketball games last year. Assuming an average of $8 per ticket, BYU made about 2 million in basketball ticket sales alone. That is not including advertising, sponsorships, cougarclub, concessions, donations or TV revenues. By the time you add all those things in, the basketball team supports itself, even with the extra weight of carrying the women's team. By the way, attendance is up since we left the MWC.Maybe. Maybe not. Consider the requirement to fund women's basketball if you have men's basketball. Does men's basketball fund that requirement? IDK.
If BYU ever drops football, I would expect to see the brand suffer for all sports.
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Statistics: Posted by rblack — Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:27 pm
Utilitarian for sure. But few of those things produce revenue or inspire donors like sports teams will. Like all other things, money can be raised in time. It only took a decade to get an indoor practice facility. My only point is that BYU Football operates at a surplus. If that surplus went away, more funds would need to be raised elsewhere or belts tightened or a little of both.I don't think BYU would have any trouble raising funds to modernize the MC should they ever decide to. Seems about every year they're raising millions to build or update some building on campus.Forever is a long time. Responsible institutions plan for obsolescence over an expected lifetime and set aside reserves to be ready when the time comes. Example. Many on here probably resided at Deseret Towers. My mother was a head resident. Try to find one of those buildings today.Funding for a replacement MC? Too much Maui wowee, bib. BYU has to get a much needed bball practice facility long before they need to replace the MC. There are no major flaws that need correction about the MC other than the ugly yellow seating. And BYU is and will continue to work on that.
Even if the MC is never replaced, plumbing, electrical, heating, and AC systems need to be replaced over time and much of that work can be quite invasive. And if the trend for smaller arenas with luxury boxes forces some changes, those would be costly. Modernized scoreboards, ribbons, sound systems - all expensive.
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The MC is used for more than just basketball games - weekly devotions, concerts, etc. It's a very utilitarian building.
Statistics: Posted by BYULV — Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:20 pm
I don't think BYU would have any trouble raising funds to modernize the MC should they ever decide to. Seems about every year they're raising millions to build or update some building on campus.Forever is a long time. Responsible institutions plan for obsolescence over an expected lifetime and set aside reserves to be ready when the time comes. Example. Many on here probably resided at Deseret Towers. My mother was a head resident. Try to find one of those buildings today.Funding for a replacement MC? Too much Maui wowee, bib. BYU has to get a much needed bball practice facility long before they need to replace the MC. There are no major flaws that need correction about the MC other than the ugly yellow seating. And BYU is and will continue to work on that.
Even if the MC is never replaced, plumbing, electrical, heating, and AC systems need to be replaced over time and much of that work can be quite invasive. And if the trend for smaller arenas with luxury boxes forces some changes, those would be costly. Modernized scoreboards, ribbons, sound systems - all expensive.
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Statistics: Posted by Cougarbib — Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:31 pm
Forever is a long time. Responsible institutions plan for obsolescence over an expected lifetime and set aside reserves to be ready when the time comes. Example. Many on here probably resided at Deseret Towers. My mother was a head resident. Try to find one of those buildings today.Funding for a replacement MC? Too much Maui wowee, bib. BYU has to get a much needed bball practice facility long before they need to replace the MC. There are no major flaws that need correction about the MC other than the ugly yellow seating. And BYU is and will continue to work on that.
Statistics: Posted by Gunk — Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:55 pm
Statistics: Posted by Cougarbib — Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:49 am
BYU had an attendance of 238,131 for all basketball games last year. Assuming an average of $8 per ticket, BYU made about 2 million in basketball ticket sales alone. That is not including advertising, sponsorships, cougarclub, concessions, donations or TV revenues. By the time you add all those things in, the basketball team supports itself, even with the extra weight of carrying the women's team. By the way, attendance is up since we left the MWC.Maybe. Maybe not. Consider the requirement to fund women's basketball if you have men's basketball. Does men's basketball fund that requirement? IDK.
If BYU ever drops football, I would expect to see the brand suffer for all sports.
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Statistics: Posted by Cougarbib — Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:34 pm
Statistics: Posted by rblack — Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:44 pm
Again, if tiny private schools like most of the WCC are able to fund sports programs - basketball, baseball, swim, track, soccer, etc. - both men's and women's teams without the benevolence of football program, why on earth do you think a school as large and we'll funded as BYU would struggle to do so?Maybe. Maybe not. Consider the requirement to fund women's basketball if you have men's basketball. Does men's basketball fund that requirement? IDK.
If BYU ever drops football, I would expect to see the brand suffer for all sports.
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Statistics: Posted by Cougarbib — Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:04 pm