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Message: [QUOTE="Orangepace, post: 2358311, member: 322"] Really? Please explain how my post was devoid of significant business reality or sanity. To give a little background... I just turned 36 years old and have been the Chief Financial Officer of a Nasdaq traded public homebuilder for 2 years now. This homebuilder barely survived the downturn and as of year end 2016 had stifled through 10 straight years of losses (this analogizes very well with the last 15+ years of Syracuse football I noted in my post above). The homebuilder market is still soft outside of a few major metro areas, however, we've now turned our first two profitable quarters. This too analogizes well with what's happening with the football program currently. We're not completely out of the woods, but the light is starting to shine through. During that 10-yr span, our retail investors became uber cautious and the institutional investors are all but gone (again, analogizes to the show-me fans). Fortunately for the Company, I'm not one to rest on what I deem to be a minor success and just keep plugging along hoping it'll all work out in the end (you paying attention Syracuse Administration?). Instead, I'm chasing a transformative transaction that will not only bring those cautious investor groups back to the table, but rather bring the institutional investors back knocking at OUR doors, instead of vice versa (refer to call for the extension and plans for the Dome to be finalized). This transaction almost assuredly will land me on the Washington D.C.'s 40-under-40 list in the next 2 years. I'm not patting myself on the back, instead I'm trying to make sure that we're ready to capitalize on the free publicity and spotlight that will bring to the Company. Otherwise, I could care less about putting my face on some yearbook type list. So, as you can see, I not only have quite an accomplished business acumen at quite a young age, but also a vision for greater things and a strategy which I quarterbacked for executing against those plans. I could very easily just sit back and let my resume carry me the rest of the way (recent history analogizes to the fact that the Administration keeps calling for the fans to come back and for donors to line up and write checks). At this point, I have accomplished more, in such a short period, than even I thought imaginable just 14 years ago when I graduated from Ithaca (hi Dino). My family is pretty much set from this point forward financially (ACC checks will keep coming). Hell no I say. The Company needs to capitalize on the momentum and show it's commitment to generating greater returns for our shareholders. That analogizes to what I said in my previous post. The fans and donors want to believe. Show them they have something to believe in. Please before throwing statements around on the internet, such as "devoid of significant business reality or sanity," realize that reality is what you make of it. [/QUOTE]

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