MIW, the reason I mentioned the business community started with the thought that the vendors in the concourse could each have kicked in $100 more times lets say 30 vendors is an extra 3 grand a game to have a coach that puts 50 thousand butts in the seats instead of 20, 000. If the vendors are making money with 20k in the stands, ask them if they would pay another $100 to have another 30 thousand hungry fans there? Sun City Transit makes a ton more money. The businesses on Cincinnati, and the money they were making when the Sun Bowl was rocking? Hotels and motels, outsiders coming in to see the Miners play was generating so much money for the local community. My point wasn't about keeping Price. My point was that if the money was spent on whatever coach it takes to get a steady 50k in the seats would cost x amount, while the revenue generated by the same steady 50k would more than pay for it. You get a coach that makes $3 mil a year but wins 7 or 8 games a year and goes bowling every year, and all of a sudden you have scalpers selling tickets, and other conferences calling on you. Or you can go cheap and invest in hankies to wave goodbye to other teams as the leave you behind and wipe the tears away from another miserable loss. The fact that UTEP cannot or will not spend the $3 mil is no real shock. But the fact that the business and political leaders can't find a way to make it happen seems to be just plain stupid. There are plenty of cities that are out in the middle of nowhere, so that ain't it. There are plenty of teams in war zones such as Chicago and Baltimore, so that ain't it. Stillwater Oklahoma is a small town, but the Cowboys generate a butt load of money on Saturdays when football is in town. Yes, the team splits money from bowl game winnings of the conference, but who doubts that jump to a cartel conference is a win? Or we could do what we always do. New car, or a used car? New cost's a lot more but is reliable and the chicks dig it. A used car is a used car. I've had both and I prefer new.
