Texas A&M Paying UNT $1.25 Million for 2020 Game

Cerebus · September 11, 2015

Jebus, what has the off-season made us!?!

The off season? You think the off season did this? How about going 35-85 (29%) over the last ten years?

greenit · September 11, 2015

#UNTADforlife
Unless the BOR decides to fund this thing to get rid of poor coaches as needed, not when deemed acceptable for a buyout, the whore game has to stay around, just to pay for the non-revenue sports. The easiest way to do it would to have an AD and staff that could raise funds better than they do, but its never easy to raise money when you lose at the sports people care about. But our AD instead just goes to the BOR and shows them how we are in budget and that's all they care about--doesn't matter that we have gotten there by having 2 five home game seasons in the last 4, and that we hosted FCS Texas Southern and Portland State in those two years. Next, he will say, don't you love tailgating and how much the fanbase loves it? Then he gets to say I even got evil, powerhouse SMU to agree to play a home-and-home series with us for 12 years. And then the pats on the back come from the BOR, the extensions get offered, and the contracts get accepted--and that's how you get to be the #UNTADforlife.
As a reminder, football at UNT has a 64-107 record in RV's tenure. And when you factor in both basketball programs in his tenure, along with football, our AD has watched over our three revenue programs at a .456 winning percentage (thank God for Johnny Jones or we might not even be at a .400 clip) He has hired or extended on his watch the following: Darrell Dickey, Todd Dodge, and Dan McCarney in football, Johnny Jones and Tony Benford in mens hoops, and Shanice Stephens, Karen Aston, Mike Petersen, and Jalie Mitchell in womens hoops. Of that group, Todd Dodge and Shanice Stephens are the worst of all time in their sports in the history of our school, while Tony Benford wasted the best team we certainly had since the 70s, maybe forever, and Mike Petersen is not viewed as the worst in womens hoops because of Shanice Stephens. Obviously, we will never know how Aston would've done here over the long-term, but hopefully our own Jalie Mitchell will bring her history of success to a program that is just plain awful. Darrell Dickey and Dan McCarney basically look the same, x's and o's wise, as well as winning percentage wise here, so that leaves Johnny Jones as the best he's had. 1 sure hit out of 9, with a very probable hire that will need to be made again in mens hoops at some point in 2016. I'm sure that will work out great for us!! But I'm even more certain that RV will be receiving another extension very soon, on the way toward being here for another decade at least, and will involve the athletic complex being named after him.
#UNTADforlife

That's just it. The president could request that the BOR fund the program at a level that covers the non rev sports AND does not require the paycheck game. It's the cost of doing business IF you want nationally relevant teams.

Write it off as advertising.

Tyler Maryak · September 11, 2015

The off season? You think the off season did this? How about going 35-85 (29%) over the last ten years?

Ah hell, they turned on me now!

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/zdwk6d/big-ol-fat-cissy I feel like Craig. Lol

FirefightnRick · November 12, 2015

We were getting there. But then 1. Benford, and 2. Sticking with Benford cut that attendance in half. Because our A.D. would rather eat the cost of 2000 people not buying tickets each game than the cost of a buyout, that's where we are with that.
And, for further consideration, I present Arkansas State. Mizzou offered $1.5 to $2 million to buy out the game they had scheduled in Jonesboro to move it to a neutral site (i.e., not technically a full-fledged "bodybag" game). ASU said no.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/arkansas-state-rejects-offer-to-move-mizzou-game-to-st/article_45665d72-d72a-5736-9df6-930957a6bd2c.html
It just seems some athletic departments have a "can do" and "will do" attitude.

Considering the low-bid check our team is getting this Saturday I remembered this thread and laughed.

Rick

According to fbschedules, Texas A&M is paying Louisiana-Montoe $1.4mil for a guarantee in 2018.
$150k more, 2 years earlier...

Goodness,...why is everyone so hung up on ULM?

LOL!

Rick

Edited November 12, 2015 by FirefightnRick

southsideguy · November 12, 2015

yes we are a high class hooker now

Edited November 12, 2015 by southsideguy

rcade · November 12, 2015

Can we not become competitive by 2020?

That depends. Is RV still AD?

H-towngreen · November 12, 2015

1.25 would be an average deal in 2015. In 2020, I imagine that will be nothing.

VideoEagle · November 12, 2015

1.25 would be an average deal in 2015. In 2020, I imagine that will be nothing.

That completely depends on when the contract is actually signed and the conditions at the time. The problem is if you get to 2017 and we are looking at NEEDING a game and then the price drops. Filling out a schedule in advance brings in more dollars because it keeps everyone certain.