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<blockquote data-quote="BRucks" data-source="post: 1497685" data-attributes="member: 5888"><p>I'm curious about these two passages from the News Gazette:</p><p><em> It would be paid for with a combination of athletic operating and <strong>university reserve funds</strong>, according to the board item.</em></p><p>I was under the impression that the DIA was supposed to be self financing and that there was no support from the university. Apparently that isn't so.</p><p></p><p><em>Whitman has helped “reshape the narrative that I think existed in that program” when he was brought on board, Jones said. He cited a “greater sense of optimism and pride in our athletic program<strong> as evidenced by ticket sales</strong>,”</em></p><p>Ticket sales for football and basketball are in the crapper. Basketball hasn't average 13k at home during the Whitman regime and you have to go back to '78 to find worse numbers. For football you really need to go back to WWII to find numbers worse than they have been under Smith/Whitman. I think the only other sport that sells tickets is volleyball. I can't find attendance numbers there but I doubt that current attendance is much better than under Hambly or Hebert.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRucks, post: 1497685, member: 5888"] I'm curious about these two passages from the News Gazette: [I] It would be paid for with a combination of athletic operating and [B]university reserve funds[/B], according to the board item.[/I] I was under the impression that the DIA was supposed to be self financing and that there was no support from the university. Apparently that isn't so. [I]Whitman has helped “reshape the narrative that I think existed in that program” when he was brought on board, Jones said. He cited a “greater sense of optimism and pride in our athletic program[B] as evidenced by ticket sales[/B],”[/I] Ticket sales for football and basketball are in the crapper. Basketball hasn't average 13k at home during the Whitman regime and you have to go back to '78 to find worse numbers. For football you really need to go back to WWII to find numbers worse than they have been under Smith/Whitman. I think the only other sport that sells tickets is volleyball. I can't find attendance numbers there but I doubt that current attendance is much better than under Hambly or Hebert. [/QUOTE]
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