SWC75
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This week's Sports Illustrated has a picture spread on Oregon's Hatfield-Dowlin Complex, paid for by Phil Knight. It's 145,000 square feet, (if square it would be 127 yards by 127 yards. It has a weight room that's 25,000 square feet, (53 by 53: half the size of a football field). The floor of the weight room is made of Brazilain ipe (EE-pay) "among the world's densest hardwoods"
The locker room and shower are designed to be oderless. Both are covered with Carrara marble, an Italian import that retains no orders. The locker room is carpeted in Mondo tiles, which have the same property. (Nothing is said about their .) The lockers have doors that have the player's name lasered onto it. They can be opened with a personal computer code. The shoulder pads and helmet are on a spring-loaded shelf so he can pull them on "like Bruce Wayne grabbing his gear in the Batcave".
There's a barber shop off the locker room with a head rest monogrammed with a big "O". There's a glass wall with 198 Ducks etched into it, representing every Duck player who had been drafted into the NFL, (plenty of room for more). But the pièce de résistance is the cafeteria which has a neon sign saying "EAT YOUR ENEMIES".
I hope Syracuse never goes this far. I'd be embarrassed if they did. Imagine what could have been done with the academic side of the University with all that money. And the joke is this is all being done to recruit teenagers. In what profession do you look at teenagers and project how good they are going to be as adults? And do these kids really want to be called "Ducks"?
What will end the madness? I wonder if allowing players who are just interested in getting to the NFL to go right to the NFL, where they could create a developmental league, would make a difference. If the kids were coming to college to get a degree, the academic curriculum, (and facilities) might mean more to them than these five star athletic palaces.
The locker room and shower are designed to be oderless. Both are covered with Carrara marble, an Italian import that retains no orders. The locker room is carpeted in Mondo tiles, which have the same property. (Nothing is said about their .) The lockers have doors that have the player's name lasered onto it. They can be opened with a personal computer code. The shoulder pads and helmet are on a spring-loaded shelf so he can pull them on "like Bruce Wayne grabbing his gear in the Batcave".
There's a barber shop off the locker room with a head rest monogrammed with a big "O". There's a glass wall with 198 Ducks etched into it, representing every Duck player who had been drafted into the NFL, (plenty of room for more). But the pièce de résistance is the cafeteria which has a neon sign saying "EAT YOUR ENEMIES".
I hope Syracuse never goes this far. I'd be embarrassed if they did. Imagine what could have been done with the academic side of the University with all that money. And the joke is this is all being done to recruit teenagers. In what profession do you look at teenagers and project how good they are going to be as adults? And do these kids really want to be called "Ducks"?
What will end the madness? I wonder if allowing players who are just interested in getting to the NFL to go right to the NFL, where they could create a developmental league, would make a difference. If the kids were coming to college to get a degree, the academic curriculum, (and facilities) might mean more to them than these five star athletic palaces.
