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[QUOTE="Ward, post: 2229890, member: 1958"]
I agree with your premise that SU could spend big in the short term and ultimately have it matter little in the grander picture. I think the unfortunate reality for schools like us is that the major P5 sports in the coming years will see a growing divide between the state schools and the private schools. It's evolving into an arms race that many of the private schools have little chance of competing in when you start talking about the consistent costs it takes to maintain competitive practice facilities, stadium, locker rooms, player lounges, academic staff, coaching staff, players dormitory, weight lifting facilities, training staff, training/rehab facilities etc. The revenue streams for the huge state vs. smaller private groups are just not the same. Especially when you start thinking about how invested governors, senators and the like are in their state's respective flagship athletic programs and how it is relayed into funding.

However, I do think SU needs to at least try. Maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't but by not trying you are more or less guaranteeing the worst case scenario. The school and community would suffer if the basketball and football programs became irrelevant. As is, we're probably 8-10 years behind where we should be in many of our facilities. The roof dilemma alone is going to stretch our pockets and that's not even to do anything fancy but just to stay within regulations. It's a tough call but I think the history of the respective programs at the very least deserves to go down fighting.
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