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I don't think enough people realize that a community's major civil projects and infrastructure are rarely built because some company donates money huge amounts of cash or by 'passing the hat for donations'. Arlington has the Rangers ballpark. Sure it has a corporate sponsor (after construction), but the stadium was built with fees levied through reasonable tax increases. The stadium was quickly paid off and has been a source of pride and a boon to the Arlington economy. The City of Arlington is doing the same with the Cowboys new stadium and will almost certainly have similar results. Dallas sat around and waited for somebody else to pay for these structures within the city of Dallas. They lost both times. Sometimes it takes community contribution through fees to make great things happen.

But flyeater, here is your opinion from 2 years ago. I am happy that you've finally seen the light about that "goofy, moronic, stadium". Many of us recognized it as a P.O.S. when it was first unveiled.

Here's a gift for you. It's a video from March 2004 stating that a football stadium is one of 6 major facilities planned to be completed within the next 18 months. Click HERE for Stadium Video It was a video produced for the University of North Texas, and the timeframe was being supported not only by the Director of Athletics but also by the President of the University. It is very clear how people could be mislead to believe that there would potentialy be groundbreaking on a stadium facility prior to 2010. I think it has become fairly appearant that the groundbreaking for the stadium has been delayed from the original schedule. I think many fans are openly questioning if the prospects for a new stadium are any better now than they were back when this video was produced. In the meantime construction costs have risen at an astounding rate and North Texas has lost it's only President that ever acknowledged that UNT could become a great university. He was run out by a faculty that believed existance not performance should be the basis for tenure. That same faculty has since selected their own marionette who will do absolutely nothing that makes waves. So, what do we do? We sit and wait for some imaginary company with no history of interest in North Texas to suddenly dump tens of millions on a historically underperforming venture, or you wait for some elusive fairy to inspire all of North Texas' 150,000 alumni to suddenly start donating generously to a discarded educational appliance.

Alan Goldfield, founder and former chairman and CEO of CellStar, a distributor of mobile phones and accessories, and his wife, Shirley, are selling “Champ d’Or,” a 140- acre estate modeled after Vaux-le- Vicomte, the estate designed for Nicholas Fouquet, the finance minister of Louis XIV. That chateau inspired the design of Versailles. Price: $59,550,000.00 Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 6 full baths, 8 half-baths Size: 48,000 square feet in main house, and a 16,000 squarefoot contemporary-style house Features: A 78-foot-high foyer with domed ceiling; a double-height living room with balconies and windows offering views from the second floor; a media room with a velvet-curtained stage and opera-style boxes; ballroom; master bedroom with carved fireplace and a two-story closet modeled after the Chanel boutique in Paris; a tea room patterned after New York's Tavern on the Green. Also, a bowling alley, 15-car garage, tennis court with cabana, squash court and outdoor and indoor pools. The antique furnishings can be purchased for an extra $5 million. "Just a typical Denton County cottage"

True, it is the old concept of Sparks Engineering of Tulsa of the design which was configured only to cater to the desires of any company willing to be a title sponsor. In the misguided effort, those things called "fans" were pushed aside for the benefit of the hordes of die-hard North Texas enthusiasts that would be packing this company's corporate level. The old illustration was only used here to represent the dangers associated with excessively catering to the whims of a title sponsor.

Those alumni/donors/corporations contributions are the result of a commitment to winning. The fee is the foundation for that commitment. Please describe, without some fairytale lottery scenario, how it could be done any differently.

Isn't Evan Fentriss expected to make a big impact this season? I know he's working through an injury that kept him out of spring ball, but the preceding spring he had rave reviews from both the coaches and fans.

I'm not a video game guy, but I do love watching North Texas play football, even if it's just in the NCAA 2009 game. Using NCAA 2009, would it be possible to play one of our rivals on the big screens at one of the local sports bars? After the summer barbeque, it would be fun to go to the new Pourhouse Sports Bar and watch North Texas play Notre Dame or USC on the big screen.

Here's an article that includes a picture of the accused; HuskerExtra.com It's an interesting article in that it describes the fan message boards, true and false rumors, and athletic department reactions to posts.

What about, and this may be going out on a limb, but...... Why not make the whole North or south aluminum end zone seating areas part of the MGC "deck area". Put the old Eagle Dome tent behind the stands to handle catering service, and serve beer only in that secrion of the stadium. The seating area would give a much better view of the field than does the current deck area. with many more seats. Casual fans (those that don't intently follow North Texas football) may be attracted because of the social atmosphere. Isn't this what many colleges do with club seating areas to attract local business owners and Chamber of Commerce members?

$.25 refills all season on the big stadium style souvenir cups. Having affordable concessions enhances the gameday experience, and the souvenir cups would be a small enticement for fans to keep coming to the games. This type of promotion has worked quite well for the Six Flags chain with their big 44 ounce reusable drink bottles. They give unlimitted free refills on the initial day of purchase and 99 cent refills for the rest of the year. Maybe the drink machines could be self serve like the ones at many fast food restaurants; this would speed the lines, reduce labor costs, and give customers the options of how much ice.

I saw that the Hogs also have one counting down the months until their famous alumnus gets out of jail. Jaguars' Jones arrested on felony drug charge

He had to leave or else he would be taunted a second time.

Hello troll. Too spineless to say who you really support? Please don't go away upset, just go back to your own school's little board.

The term "jumping the shark" refers to the moment when wheels fly off a quality program. I burned vacation time to see Crystal Skull on opening day. I love the Indiana Jones films so I'll be kind.....The first half hour was excellent, even past the point of the fridge nuking.....then it happened, the Shia Lebeauf character. It's Jar-Jar, Chacci, ScrappyDoo, and Cousin Oliver all wrapped in one little annoying 'wish this character would quickly die' package. He didn't, and the final saga of this epic series quickly fell apart. in related news.....

All good points, but are we sure that Gilmore is out of school? If he stays enrolled he doesn't have an effect on the APR. Couldn't he remain in school and play again in 2009? He will have contributed to the team 3 seasons out of his 5 years at North Texas. It's not the way you'd script it, but that's about average for many redshirted players.

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So do I, but this one cost less than what I paid and has a valuable autograph which makes it suitable for framing. I've thought about buying this one, having it framed, and donating it to a popular restaurant or bar.

This jersey is actually a replica, but it is designed to be identical to those from Joe Greene's 1968 season. Current bid is $10.50 with 2 days left. Ebay Item .

Count me among the Meager fans. He may not be the starter this year but he should be a very capable leader from the reserve role.

The Sun Belt has given Denver clearance to locate a new more suitable western conference home and a timetable to which their Sun Belt affiliation will end. It's best for both parties.

RV haters? I am advocating significantly increasing his budget and making his chances of success a whole lot better. If that's hating, then I certainly wish more people would hate on me. If anybody is hating it's those people that oppose an athletics fee. Their short sighted vision for a few extra dollars saved means that their university will never receive the attention that it deserves. North Texas is thought of as a small insignificant school because of those self centered haters. Major sporting events are not held at North Texas, major concerts are not held at North Texas, major speaking events are not held at North Texas. Things that make university life unique don't happen for North Texas because of these haters. North Texas is one of the fifteen largest schools in the nation. In this election year has either Obama or McCain spoken on campus? I can almost guarantee that they've visited most of the other major schools. In it's own state where where North Texas is the third largest college, when is the last time that a Texas Governor has had a speaking engagement? A school of 34,000 with another 8000 student college in the same town, when is the last time that North Texas has hosted major concerts. These people mask their hate as frugality and indifference, but it is just hate. Being against anything positive at the university is just their personal hate based retaliation against society. It has very little to do with the money.

Well, I don't know if anything can quite top the $18 million in baseball and track facilities that Bexar County's Amateur Athletics Department gave UTSA once the students had committed to raising the athletics fee to the state maximum. The University of North Texas means so much more to the City of Denton and Denton County, but they not only don't contribute anything in return, they rely on the university and it's students as a source of revenue. Anyway, North Texas has had a few million dollar gifts to athletics within the last several years, but that number would increase significantly if the university showed a real commitment to improving athletics. Everyone loves a winner but everyone also hates throwing money away into a money pit. North Texas needs to create an athletic program that people really want to associate with themselves.

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