Recent content by sultan of grange grove

My point is if you’re going to sell out… at least get market value. Considering what the stadium represents… giving it away for below market value is bad (look up what Arkansas got for 10 year commitment). At the end of the day I’d have prefer it stayed a memorial to actual soldiers who...

Couldn’t have said it any better myself. I understand people who don’t care. But for those of who have lost people to actual war, it’s somewhat insulting some of the takes I’ve seen here regarding it.

I think there is a level of critical thinking involved in this conversation that must be considered. It’s not a black and white “good or bad” type of thing. It’s “did we get top end value for selling a premier asset”. If you are upset about people discussing topics relevant to the state program...

And correct me if I’m wrong… but did his dad die in war?

Those aren’t lifetime deals. We gave up naming rights FOR life. It was undersold. And maybe he will. But there’s no guarantee of that. And if it’s not helping the on the field product it’s sorta a waste given today’s game

Gotta have a better performance out of the LBs this week

If Bret doesn’t have the resources to compete…. We gotta look at what we are doing as an athletic department

So they’ll sell to private equity investors but we draw the line at corporate sponsors? I’m sure the dead vets really appreciate mr Gies throwing his name on their monument for his dad (who didn’t die in a war). If the argument is that it’s sacred ground selling the naming rights to a...

People need to look at what other programs have gotten for naming rights and then formulate their opinions. We really undersold the asset we had Facts are that we didn’t get top end value for the stadium naming rights. There were options… we didn’t explore them. Josh is pretty good at what he...

Check out what other programs have gotten for naming rights… and those were 10-15 year contracts. Not lifetime. It’s just facts that we sold the initial deal short based on the market.

As great as Josh is… he has been at Illinois for over a decade and had very little team success. In fact I don’t think Illinois has won a team sport championship since he’s been here. And most programs (outside of hoops and football) are worse off since he took over. Maybe that’s NIL related...

Facts are that Josh really messed up this whole Gies situation. We totally undersold the value of the stadium and instead have allowed a man’s tax write off to dominate the way we run the athletic department. We gave up a chance to sell the stadium to a corporate partner who wouldn’t care where...

Really excited to watch stoj take another step this season