@Texas-Hawk-10
Wow dude, CHILL!!!
My post was partly in jest and partly based on fact. You mentioned the New Rock Chalk Park and there is a lot more to that story that has been keep quiet and than some posters in this Forum are aware. There is a lot of controversy about why it was built at a location so far removed from Campus when space was available on the West Campus and right next door to the Main Campus? Do a search on the Lawrence Journal website and you will be seriously surprised by the shenanigans that went on; I know I was when another member brought it to my attention.
Raising money to fire Gill was not an issue or difficult to do since boosters and donors were happy to see Gill gone. Hiring Weiss seems to have been a big mistake.
Obviously, you don’t live in the KC Metro area, if you would you would know that there is a huge number of KU fans that are extremely upset with the contract with TWC, KU got no money from TWC, let me repeat it… KU GOT NO MONEY FROM TWC, it got “programming in kind” that includes the lesser sports at KU, such the women’s rowing team that have minuscule audiences and generate no money whatsoever and they only exist because of Title IX.
You know how bad the contract is? Only TWC and Comcast carry Metro Sports. all the other providers including ATT, Consolidated Communication/SureWest , Google Fiber which serve the majority of the Kansas side of the Metro Area do not carry Metro Sports. ESPN3 that carries the KU programming is blacked out for the entire State of Kansas and the KC Metro area, not only for selected KU men’s basketball and football games but also for women’s basketball and volleyball games.
From my home in Olathe, Kansas, I can watch every football and basketball game KSU and MU and even Kentucky play but I cannot do the same for KU games…I ask you…do you really think that this is a good contract? Do you believe that alienating the fan base in the KC Metro Area, the largest KU fan base in the country, and a lot of the state. is a good way to do business? I certainly don’t
There are two sports that generate the bulk of revenues and support in Division I sports: football and men’s basketball; without these two programs, none of the others exist. Why do you think is good policy to alienate the fans of the cash-cow programs to enhance the others? I don’t have a problem supporting and enhancing the other programs but not a the expense of the ones that make the others possible.
Again, if you were in the KC Metro area you would not find many Zenger fans and most KU fans want him gone.; I know I do.
So, don’t ask me to drop my criticism of Zenger and I will not ask that you quit defending him.
