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Message: [QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 2725857, member: 668"] I did preface the $200 mil surplus in just 10 short years as a simplistic perspective, realizing other costs, etc. But the fact is, is that SU was [I][B]GIFTED[/B][/I] (Just ask UConn who SU could just as easily be...outside looking in) this winfall of a lifetime that felled onto its lap. SU basically hit the lottery, so to speak, with such lucky fortune. Of course, the powers that be/stewards will see fit just how they choose to spend/re-invest/do with all of this EXTRA disposable income they otherwise wouldn't have. I didn't propose anything. It was obviously proposed by the Walter's Group after their meetings, etc. with SU for the whole world to see, not me. I just commented that from a pure aesthetically pleasing standpoint, it was far superior to this non attractive alternative. Again, this is just my opinion. And, for those that are commenting about SU being a "small private school," doesn't have the means, etc., well then maybe they shouldn't be playing with the big boys anyways in football. Other than Notre Dame, Stanford, and USC, most "small private schools" don't really stand a realistic chance today in truly competing and winning the national championship in football. It's dominated by the huge state, land grant type institutions that have much deeper pockets, and Ritz Carlton type facilities, living quarters, etc. This isn't about to change anytime, if anything, the gap will continue to expand. No one truly knows for sure what the future holds in the decades ahead, especially for the "small private schools" that can't compete/commit financially as the state schools can. Who's to say the current large P5 public schools don't evolve (because of same/lack of means, commitment, etc.) to form their own huge conference amongst all these huge states schools that "do" have the the money? These "small privates" will be delegated to the minors, while the aforementioned remain in[I] The[/I] [I]Show[/I]. It wasn't too long ago that most never would've predicted what the current landscape has evolved to. [/QUOTE]

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