Troubles At Unlv - Could Football Be In Trouble ?

[MeanGreen61]

From the muts board. Posted by Space Raider

This is the first three-year stretch in which UNLV hasn’t won at least three games in a season, and the program bleeds about $4 million a year from the department.

Rogers, tabbed by Time magazine as one of the top 12 philanthropists in the country for donating or pledging $275 million to various colleges and universities, looks at that bottom line and comes to a quick conclusion.

Hamrick doesn’t envision UNLV’s shutting down its football program, but Rogers says that will have to be considered if the state keeps slashing its financial aid.

But, no, he can’t see UNLV dropping football, even though Rogers thinks Sam Boyd Stadium should be razed.

“It can damn near run in perpetuity in the basement, like it is, and we’ll tolerate it,” Rogers says. “Other sports will fill the hole. There will be moaning and groaning and (complaining), but I don’t see it coming to an end.”

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/1...p-may-escalate/

[UNTflyer]

Inactivity makes Rogers bristle, which he does when asked about a December 2006 letter he drafted to UNLV President David Ashley.

Get 99 people to annually donate $50,000 — or $100,000 or $150,000 — for 10 years to athletics and Rogers and his wife, Beverly, will match it.

Rogers, who has degrees from Southern California and Arizona, never heard from Ashley or Hamrick.

"That was door-slamming time," Rogers says. "I'm not going to kiss your (butt) or beg you to take my money."

So, we don't have the worst AD in Div-I.

[greenminer]

Lots of pot shots at RV going around.

Interesting.

[UNTflyer]

Lots of pot shots at RV going around.

Interesting.

Actually, my comment was in defense of RV. UNLV left a minimum $50 million donation, potentially $150,000,000, sitting on the table. That is inexcusable.

Edited June 11, 2008 by UNTflyer