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[QUOTE="The General, post: 495847, member: 1150"]
The difference is Carrier is billion dollar corporation.  Melo is a private donor and ex-player.  You made my point.  It would NEVER be done today.  So rectify it.  What you called then a "corporate donation" would essentially be defined today as "purchasing naming rights."  Thus the 33 year old contract in place has become antiquated.  They made that gift for the purpose of acquiring naming rights.  Not due to their generosity or connection to the University a la Melo.  Comparing changing the name of a building named after a Syracuse legend to a building named after a corporation is nonsensical.    
 
The above perception is equally as antiquated.  I prefer a progressive approach.  They have no incentive?  Give them one.  Offer a buyout or another financial incentive.  Or litigate.  The contact isn't written in blood is it?  The conditions under which the contract was written have dramatically changed.  I don't have intimate knowledge of the contract or contract law but I have to imagine it could be contested at this point.
 
It is unlike other buildings on Campus.  It's a corporate sponsor under the guise of a gift.  Carrier contributes nothing to athletics now, there is no partnership where we mutually promote one another.  A true corporate partner can go a long way in expanding the brand.  It's 2013.  This is how the business of sports is conducted.
 
Someone above said it's a matter of law and ethics.  So pursue legal options.  And ethics?  Drive down Thompson Road and take a look at the massive vacant lot that was once home to thousands of jobs and let's discuss ethics.  Carrier abandoned Syracuse because it benefited their corporation.  It's time to for us to do the same.  Their original "donation" was paramount to the construction of the Dome.  That was 33 years ago at a massive discount by today's sponsorship standards.  I believe we are even.
 
We should have big orange balls when it come to potentially pulling in millions for athletics.  Not mincy little tangerines.
 
I'll see you in the Loud Haus.
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