I've given mine, and I think yours is absolutely correct. They need to present to the stakeholders a case of why a massive renovation is needed right now with all the uncertainty around major college football. When Stricklin spouts that ADA and deferred maintenance forces renovation (dubious claims at best) it makes me think the true agenda is hidden. Tell me the real reason for Crissakes...maybe I would agree if there was an honest conversation.
I wont go to the swamp and sit up tgere, id rather be in my living room. I winder how many sre willing to sit up there if thousands more are moved up.
The sidelines are already so close there isn't any room to extend at the bottom. Concrete rows also make a pretty solid item to change the rise and run just by deleting rows. A jackhammer will be necessary. I think they know a couple of things already (really common sense): The current upper 60ish rows can't support chairbacks because the angle of the stadium gets steeper and the run is way too short. The lower bowl will probably support all chairbacks since the run is wider vs the rise (the upper 2-3 rows in each lower bowl endzone are already chairbacks), but thousands of seats will have to be eliminated to bring aisles egress and ingress up to code and add the necessary ADA features a renovation will require (aisles in the entire stadium,not just the renovated areas).
The information I've read indicates seats will be reduced to 83k. What info have others seen stating the capacity will remain about the same?
Nothing wrong with your take, it is just that drunken sailors, or drunken sailor wannabes, are running amok. As long as the optics appear as if a LSU is getting ahead of us - even though they haven't won a damn thing of note during the Kelly era - the sailors see a chance to "catch up". And so, spend away! As you say, we are in a HUGE transitional period. But that is a double-edged sword. And personally, I prefer the philosophy that if there isn't a true consensus and conviction (no damn 55 percent voter agreements!), you stay pat. You can't undo money you spent. But you CAN spend it at a later date. Too bad I am a dinosaur.
If you fall behind, you are still behind. College football at the top is not going anywhere. I do think many teams will fall way behind and the second tier will be very large.will the top few teams ever get together andmake dome sort of manageable cap and have a legitimate system to run things or will they stick with this highest bidder thing. For now its a free for all and i doubt it's profitable to give a freshman edge 750k while you're probably paying several more. How big can a legit payroll be for college football and still at least break even. Getting 20 mil through the schools would at least probably make the payroll tax deductible i guess. The financial part sucks but it's someone else's money so i dont care too terribly much.
Um, if what you are behind is a run towards a steep cliff and your peers are charging with blind fury, you think it wise to go along? Didn't your mother teach you about the hazards of groupthink?
Hmmm te, so you are suggesting this whole deal is tantamount to neolithic hunters running buffalo off cliffs? I really can't find fault here............... well done!
If you fall behind, you are still behind. College football at the top is not going anywhere. I do think many teams will fall way behind and the second tier will be very large. BINGO! I have been parroting this myself, if the current madness stays in place, how can there NOT BE a serious consolidation separating the haves from the have not's? I fully expect either two or 4 leagues to emerge (probably two) with (aro) 32 - 40 or so teams playing what is now called power 5 football, on what will eventually evolve into an NFL "light" model. Everyone else is reclassified or will "drop" football.
Or maybe theres no cliff and youre program tanks. We fell behind two decades ago and are just now sorta catching up. This is one of those shit or get off the pot moments although a cushy seat wont help us win games one single bit. Id think the 5* receiver and the 5* edge yesterday would be a better financially viable investment than paying for my comfort. Give the big boosters their suite no doubt because they are paying for it but tv contracts care about wins and nothing about our comfort.
They got someone who can do it cheaper is my favorite line. If price is an issue, theres no need on me wasting my time to bid.
I seriously doubt there are anywhere close forty teams that can compete on the same level. Nfl cap is not only the ceiling but the floor also. If you cant afford to play the game, get down to the second tier. Buy in or go to the table you can afford to play.
The mother of all deaths in publicly funded projects: Coming in second place. If you are a seasoned professional consultant, you get the meaning.
Meh, with public work like this they aren't allowed to make fee a part of it but it doesn't stop them from asking about it. Unlike lawyers that all charge pretty much the same thing, there's always an Architect who says he will do it for less.
If you are dead last, you are prepared to change course. If you are in second place, you may try to stay the course because you think highly of your strategy. And usually, that is a disaster, because you do not understand what separated you from the winner(s). It ain't the same as playing the lottery.
And a construction management team and a General Contractor and all the trades involved .................. "Just give me their number and I will beat it by 5%" Of course this spiral of getting "low" can be never ending or lead to chapter 11 if the project is big enough.
We've been there and have even told the client that if that other firm will do it for that then God bless them, they can have it. For some companies it's more about having the cash flow through the business rather than making a profit (or even breaking even We have been in that position and have told the client that if that other firm can do it for less then God bless them, let them do it. For some companies it's more about having the cash flow through the business rather than making a profit or breaking even.
