WSU needs to bring back football - political version

[RoyalShock]

We are already complaining about inadequate NIL funds for men's basketball.

[N Crestway]

Would FCS football really be that unacceptable for WSU?


Got to say that I'm not all that impressed with the plan for KU's future stadium...too glitsy, and maybe too

grandiose for its setting in that little valley below the old campus.

[AndShock]

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[Shocker_Power]

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They are an insecure bunch!

[SubGod22]

Yes, we would have to start at the FCS level. But you only have to be there for a couple of years.

Build things the right way and maybe the AAC allows us in eventually. If not, you play as an independent for a bit and schedule some AAC schools to build against.

And there would be nothing stopping a football program from playing at Cessna. The new configuration is only supposed to hold 13,500 I think, bur getting started that would be fine. They could plan to expand Cessna or build something elsewhere.

Maybe they'd get a good land deal. The city would love the extra tax revenue and business a football stadium would bring in.

Wichita is afraid of the new so it probably never happens. But of anything kills the athletic department down the road it will be not having football and getting left behind.

[Kel Varnsen]

The people with the means to get this started have spent their lives making good investments and becoming rich off them. They have not, by any account, considered funding WSU football. Think about that.

Not to say I wouldn't love to see it happen, go to games, or enjoy following the team of course, but that's a reality. As much in agreement as I am about the powers that be in the City of Wichita thinking too small and never planning strategically, I don't see this as a wise investment. And the start-up costs are more than what people realize.

[C0|dB|00ded]

Our current situation reminds me of a quote by Mark Twain: "A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."

The time to restart football was in the past. The Bardo, The Marshall, The Final Four, The Cheatin' ChicKUn beatdown... this was peak momentum for our program.

We are currently looking at the real possibility of being in a conference worse than the MVC. The momentum with Wichita State sports is pointed directly south.

Academics however, are as strong as they've ever been and may be the only hope for Wichita's future,... the tiny, TINY-minded town that it is.

We are going to need some serious out-of-the-box thinking going forward. I can't see investing a dollar more in our athletic department until we find that we are in a stable conference.

[C0|dB|00ded]

The people with the means to get this started have spent their lives making good investments and becoming rich off them. They have not, by any account, considered funding WSU football. Think about that.

Not to say I wouldn't love to see it happen, go to games, or enjoy following the team of course, but that's a reality. As much in agreement as I am about the powers that be in the City of Wichita thinking too small and never planning strategically, I don't see this as a wise investment. And the start-up costs are more than what people realize.

Big donations to universities have never been about profit. It's charity, initiated to address emotional needs.

[BostonWu]

Big donations to universities have never been about profit. It's charity, initiated to address emotional needs.

Uncle Chuck is no Tboone in that respect

[C0|dB|00ded]

Uncle Chuck is no Tboone in that respect

That is correct. His nickname isn't "Chuckles" for nothing. A very rich unsalted cracker.

[Ashockalypse]

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Thank you! You just gave this group the biggest compliment it could receive without even knowing you did it. Now sally on back to New York or Chicago and settle in with your junkie friends on the asphalt. The great thing about this country is there are 50 states. We can live in a place with like minded people and make rules aligning therewith. Since you have lumped Shockernetters all together, I suggest you pick a state ( or possibly country) where you fit in better. In any case, GO.

[AndShock]

Thank you! You just gave this group the biggest compliment it could receive without even knowing you did it. Now sally on back to New York or Chicago and settle in with your junkie friends on the asphalt. The great thing about this country is there are 50 states. We can live in a place with like minded people and make rules aligning therewith. Since you have lumped Shockernetters all together, I suggest you pick a state ( or possibly country) where you fit in better. In any case, GO.

Yikes

[Shocker_Power]

Big donations to universities have never been about profit. It's charity, initiated to address emotional needs.

And in some cases it is entirely about keeping the family/corporate name out in the public eye.

[Shocker_Power]

Yikes

Did someone say "triggered"?

[SubGod22]

And in some cases it is entirely about keeping the family/corporate name out in the public eye.

Koch Industries Stadium