Post by DanMcQ on Dec 1, 2005 16:46:55 GMT -5
I was not surprised at the letter referred to in this piece from today's Boston Globe after receiving the news that watching BC-Sacred Heart was going to increase from $12 to $20 earlier this year.
It's pretty comical that the ACC did not allot BC their full share of ACC tourney tickets for several years after joining the conference.
A high price for BC glory
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist | December 1, 2005
www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2005/12/01/a_high_price_for_bc_glory/
It's pretty comical that the ACC did not allot BC their full share of ACC tourney tickets for several years after joining the conference.
A high price for BC glory
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist | December 1, 2005
www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_basketball/articles/2005/12/01/a_high_price_for_bc_glory/
THE MONEY gods really do rule sports. Even the Jesuits kneel to their demands.
Last July, Boston College became the 12th member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is considered the country's most prestigious collegiate athletic conference. This fall, BC basketball fans learned the price of that glory.
Gene DeFilippo, BC's director of athletics, recently informed season ticket holders that only those who have made a minimum gift of $10,000 to BC have a shot at tickets to the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in February. Et tu, BC?
''Based upon our research, it will be necessary for us to limit orders that will be accepted to season ticket holders who have made a gift to the Flynn Fund of $10,000 or more. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer you tickets for the 2006 tournament," De Filippo writes in a November letter to those who don't make the cut. (The William J. Flynn Fund is the central way to support BC athletics.)
Well, at least the Jesuits value honesty, even when it reveals frank commitment to the bottom line.
Speaking of those Catholic and Jesuit mission and goals, they are an integral part of BC's athletic mission statement, posted on the university website. Just how quaint-sounding are they?
The mission statement proclaims that the athletic department is committed to ''the quest for excellence; to the personal formation of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional students; and to the pursuit of a just society." It also speaks to BC's tradition ''rooted in a belief that seeks God in all things, especially human activity." And it says the athletic department prepares students for ''citizenship, service, and leadership."
The BC athletic department now also prepares students for another life lesson. Value is measured in dollars donated, not by devotion to team over time.
Last July, Boston College became the 12th member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is considered the country's most prestigious collegiate athletic conference. This fall, BC basketball fans learned the price of that glory.
Gene DeFilippo, BC's director of athletics, recently informed season ticket holders that only those who have made a minimum gift of $10,000 to BC have a shot at tickets to the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in February. Et tu, BC?
''Based upon our research, it will be necessary for us to limit orders that will be accepted to season ticket holders who have made a gift to the Flynn Fund of $10,000 or more. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer you tickets for the 2006 tournament," De Filippo writes in a November letter to those who don't make the cut. (The William J. Flynn Fund is the central way to support BC athletics.)
Well, at least the Jesuits value honesty, even when it reveals frank commitment to the bottom line.
Speaking of those Catholic and Jesuit mission and goals, they are an integral part of BC's athletic mission statement, posted on the university website. Just how quaint-sounding are they?
The mission statement proclaims that the athletic department is committed to ''the quest for excellence; to the personal formation of our undergraduate, graduate, and professional students; and to the pursuit of a just society." It also speaks to BC's tradition ''rooted in a belief that seeks God in all things, especially human activity." And it says the athletic department prepares students for ''citizenship, service, and leadership."
The BC athletic department now also prepares students for another life lesson. Value is measured in dollars donated, not by devotion to team over time.
