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Del - you do realize almost all endowed money is targeted? Pitt absolutely needs to invest in some off campus housing - there is a huge need for some clean, reasonably priced apartments close to campus.
Pitt has had no problem recruiting students and annual fund donors with middle-of-the-road athletics, so how would highly-successful athletics really change that calculus?
Apples/Oranges comparison. Pitt's impressive endowment demonstrates that Pitt alumni will support academic endeavors. Pitt's alumni know where their priorities lie. As a comparison, Nit U. has waaay more alumni than Pitt, yet Pitt's endowment is a little larger than theirs.
And besides, it takes time to overcome 30+ years of mediocre football.
The commitment to FB has been clearly tepid. If you want people to donate big dollars to FB you have to put a better product on the field than the garbage Nerdy and Pedersen were satisfied with. The annual fund has been pretty successful but attempts to endow FB scholarships have been a complete flop. The quality of the student body has gone up but there's still room for improvement. Add to that success in athletics is likely to increase academic giving at the same time. Athletics success normally increases the goodwill alumni have toward the university which translates into more generous giving.
I do recognize the endowments are targeted. You cited the existence of varied academic related needs and I have to assume at least some of those could be funded by the academic endowment.
Very nicely twisting stats to make a story to your liking. What is the % of city schools that have an on campus stadium. Not 95 %. How does it feel to be outted by an 18 year old. You must have gone to some HS in Delaware that are Panthers. Certainly too dumb to be a real Pitt man..
Del is completely correct - the attempt to endow FB scholarships was/is a disaster. But that is a good example of where donations would be better targeted at this point.
City university, country university makes no difference young , jackass. Money spends in both places. Pitt had its own stadium which held 60,000 and it was in Oakland. You can go suckle your mommy now before you go nighty night.
Is this 'Consulting Firm' located at the 'Glam Bar' in Philly or is it on Fairview Street in Allentown?
comparing pitt stadium with a new on campus stadium is a bit unfair. First off, pitt stadium was very antiquated by the mid / late 80's. I recall, one of my very first memories of pitt stadium, was walking up the corridors and seeing huge mounds of dirt in the corners. . I found this odd compared to the ramps at Three rivers.. Also, we don't need to go in depth about how poor the leadership was in 80's and 90's with support of the football program...
I think or hope, if this ever happens (a huge if of course) but if it happens, it will be done much better than old pitt stadium..
I think or hope, if this ever happens (a huge if of course) but if it happens, it will be done much better than old pitt stadium..
Your point is well taken, but it is hard to determine a "city school" as it is not really consistently defined. Is Texas in Austin a city school...or Ohio State in Columbus? Ohio State has 1,765 acres of "urban" campus. Washington in Seattle has 703 acres of "urban" campus. Texas has 424 acres. Pitt has 132 acres, the smallest main campus by acreage (by over 100 acres) among all Power 5 conference schools. Few schools look like Pitt gridded into such a high density area.
I can tell you this, of the 129 schools playing FBS football, 43% of those with less than 400 acres play off-campus, and 63% of those with less than 200 acres (e.g. Pitt) play off-campus.
Pitt needs to go on a land grab. To advertise it as such would drive property values up so stealth is needed.
I've already heard all of your specious arguments on this subject. Have a nice evening.
Geez, that was uncalled for, Del. Seems like your getting pounded too much. Perhaps YOU are the problem.
Only demonstrating Oakland isn't magic.
Just remember, big money, perhaps your support wasn't enough.
It is already sky high in Oakland. Pitt and CMU nexus makes it a major hot spot. Office rental prices are through the roof and there isn't enough office or housing space.
No one can really buy anything stealthily in Oakland anymore. And Pitt gets politically mauled for every acre it acquires because it takes it off the tax roll.
Speaking of which, Pitt is chewing through its strategic reserves to cover the in-state tuition discounts and PHEAA aid that hasn't been distributed for 7 months because of the state budget impasse. Even if they eventually get most of this money back when the impasse is resolved, it is still costing Pitt millions for the months of investment revenue it is losing out on. But this is an example of what strategic reserves are actually for in the first place...especially in a state like Pennsylvania.
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I'm not one to likes to be the grammar police, but I always get a kick out of someone who misspells words and misuses punctuation while calling someone else dumb.
I live in Hazelwood and have been involved with planning for that site during the past 12 years, and there is zero chance that a stadium would be built there. Plans are very well developed for the site, and infrastructure work is underway.
Totally agree. With all the neighborhood revitalization happening in and around Pittsburgh, this has a TON of potential.
I know you clowns are buying his bullsh*t. Seriously, use the google machine to see what kind of fraud this kid is.
