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[QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 4141825, member: 559"]
Really trying to resist being dragged into this again but:

1. Weitsman’s company, Upstate Shredding was the third largest donor to the Syracuse basketball program behind Melo and someone else we all know and love. This is based on data from two years ago so certainly may have changed.
2. Having Jimmy Fallon talk about a visit to SU and show video on The Tonight Show and having shots of A list celebrities at courtside on national broadcast absolutely casts the program as a relevant and high level one and contributes to the perception of the Dome a desireable venue and hot place to be.
3. Weitsman likely has Mark Wheeler on speed dial and does NOTHING without triple checking to ensure there is zero risk of compliance issues. He doesn’t even comp meals in his restaurant for players or potential student athletes.
4. The Dome environment is absolutely a major selling point to recruits and an opportunity to meet and greet major personalities from sports and entertainment pre- , during and post-game, as has occurred virtually every time these celebrities attend as guests has to have an impact. To my knowledge no recruit has said they were committing to Syracuse because they met Jeremy Piven at the Dome, but it’s not a stretch to see how these encounters create a positive impression and point of differentiation.
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