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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3415871, member: 27"] I hear you. I have issues with taking the Carrier name off the building. It turned out that $2.75 million dollars for a naming gift for a prominent building that appears on national TV dozens of times a year was a great investment and a big bargain but even today, $2.75 million dollars is a lot of money. It was needed desperately, Carrier knew it and came through at a key time in the history of the SU sports programs. I think ideally, local companies should work with SU to help support it, and SU should help support local companies. There should be a partnership benefiting both parties. That is why it was such a shame the Ephesus deal fall apart. We are fortunate Musco was there to step in and take over so ablely. Anyway, back to the idea that these deals should benefit both parties. Carrier stuck its neck out and ponied up big bucks for a naming gift when this practice was pretty much unheard of. Props to them for that. However, given how much things have changed since 1979, and how valuable naming rights are for one of the most prominent athletic facilities in college sports (argubly the most prominent), I think it is reasonable for SU to ask for help getting this massive and extremely expensive renovation done. I think a fair compromise is for Carrier to donate all the AC equipment needed for the dome. Maybe make a donation on top of that to establish a fund to help defray the new on going costs AC will impose on SU. Sign off on allowing SU to bring on another naming sponsor for the new athletic complex it is creating by renovating the dome, attaching it to the Arch and enhancing its capabilities. Carrier is saved from the embarrassment of seeing a competitor install AC equipment in a facility named for them. SU gets some much needed equipment and support. The two names remain paired together in a new long term relationship. And SU is able to add a new revenue stream for the naming gift for the athletic complex. Lots of schools have done similar things. There is ample precedent here. Let's find a middle ground where everyone can feel good about themselves and SU can retain one of their longest and best sponsors indefinitely. [/QUOTE]

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