(01-26-2023 12:13 PM)cidbearit Wrote:  

(01-26-2023 09:57 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(01-26-2023 09:05 AM)emu steve Wrote:  It is reported that today the city of Detroit, et al. will announce that Detroit is a pod for two teams in the 2023 USFL season. Games to be played at Ford Field.
practices at The Factory with players staying in Ann Arbor.

One train of thought is: What to do with the $ that EMU will receive for hosting these practices. We are talking say 100 players. An inconvenience to EMU FB. Here are some suggestions for spending the $. P.S. I have NO idea what the USFL will give EMU. The USFL isn't like the NFL where $1M checks are like $10 to us.

RE: Monday's Matinee Musings
(Today 10:55 AM)cidbearit Wrote:
(Yesterday 10:47 PM)holybovine Wrote:
And bathrooms, concession stands, foundation, etc.

Bingo!

I'm going to copy this thought pattern to the athletic facility thread, which is what it is about...

Those would be excellent uses of the money.

Yes, we do not know what the actual revenue would be, but this is a windfall. I'm sure it was not planned into any operations or facilities or general budget, so it represents a real opportunity to do something needed that perhaps was not on the budget horizon. Even if it's only a few 10's of thousands of dollars, that could make a difference to some of the infrastructure needs on the visitors' side of Rynearson. If anything, it could cover the cost of a structural engineer coming in and providing a detailed report as to what needs to be done and what the anticipated costs would be.

I'm with you.

I'm just wondering why we hired our facilities director from UDM, another educational institution, that clearly don't have a track record of generating revenue.

Being proximate to the largest concentration of population in the state, our facilities are not even close to producing the potential revenue they could.

Eagle Crest prints money. Why? EMU set up an LLC called Eagle Administrative Services where they "compete" for the men's and women's golf team business. They did not hire a General Manager from another college, they hired an experienced golf professional manager. Something to consider.