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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4244370, member: 27"]
In retrospect, it is really easy to question why people like Roger Hull (a lawyer) and Chancellor Eggers could have been so shortsighted when the documents were drawn up.

I agree that Carrier/UTC played a huge role in getting the deal done.

If they didn't come up with the money, would the deal have fallen apart and Syracuse have either given up football or dropped down a level?

We will never know.  I tend to think SU would have found a way to come up with the rest but who knows for sure.

I feel badly about the change.

Was the 'gift' a final present from Melvin Holm before UTC took over Carrier and sent it down a path that would soon dramatically reduce it's footprint and impact on CNY?  That is how I have always seen this portrayed.

Roger (had never heard of him before his letter) says the money was a UTC bribe meant to quiet a community outraged at the hostile takeover they were in the midst of.  If this was the case, it makes me less sympathetic to UTC/Carrier on this.

If Carrier stuck to its guns and refused to come to an agreement that allowed Syracuse to change the name of the building, I would not be supportive of SU taking Carrier to court to get this done.

Glad that Carrier management (more likely Raytheon management) was willing to work with SU to get a deal done.

At this point, I am ready to put the great debate about a name change behind us and move on to the future.

I will always be thankful to Carrier for the gift and I choose to think it was driven more by Melvin Holm and CNY based Carrier executives than boneheaded UTC executives from Connecticut.  No way anyone from that awful Connecticut company would do something nice for CNY, even if it was only to avoid a riot or shootings.

Thanks again Melvin.
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