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Post by C86 on Dec 16, 2022 11:32:34 GMT -5
“No one has been working harder to turn this thing around than him. And if it can be done, I think he can do it. “
This is the Georgetown’s problem in a nutshell. A President who never worked anywhere else, says that a basketball coach who never would be hired anywhere else is just the guy to turn the program around, “if it can be done.” It’s like there is no world outside of Georgetown and solutions can only come from inside. And if those solutions fail, well, they tried and “it can’t be done.”
I do think it’s telling however that DiGioia spent so much time talking about the NCAA. I wonder if his time as chair has made him hesitant to make changes to the program in light of all the uncertainty about where college athletics is headed, and whether it offers a future to GU
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Post by C86 on Dec 12, 2022 18:12:33 GMT -5
Turkeys can fly: 68
Hoyas can win: 54
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Post by C86 on Dec 2, 2022 16:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Oct 13, 2022 13:17:02 GMT -5
I would not rely too much on the example of Northwestern. Dyche Stadium/Ryan Field is in a heavily residential neighborhood. The University does not have a great relationship with Evanston. It consumes services while its constant expansion takes properties off the tax rolls, increasing property taxes for everyone else. The likelihood of this project getting City approval is slim in my mind.
But even if it is approved, Northwestern football brings tens of millions into the University through its membership in the Big Ten. With that guaranteed income they can dare to dream big dreams. Georgetown does not have the same luxury
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Post by C86 on Aug 4, 2022 14:33:19 GMT -5
My outsider's guess is that the pace of development in the District is quickening. Perhaps the University believes that if it is not proactive now, it will lose expansion opportunities.
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Post by C86 on Jul 11, 2022 9:40:07 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jun 30, 2022 21:45:34 GMT -5
“At this time” is the key phrase. A lot will happen between now and 2024
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Post by C86 on Jun 21, 2022 8:23:48 GMT -5
My two cents
Prioritize class only events. Seeing classmates is the reason for being there
Cut back on “all class” events for the same reason
Consign “virtual reunions” to the dustbin of history.
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Post by C86 on Jun 17, 2022 13:10:55 GMT -5
Tufts has won four national championships in women's sports since 2012. gotuftsjumbos.com/information/National_Champion_Page/national_championships_page I don't think Jumbo is holding them back. And Alabama seems to be doing all right despite the elephant. By the way, I would put Jumbos up there with Hoyas in the top 5 college nicknames. Both are unique, memorable, disyllabic (so easy to chant), and with an interesting back story that did not involve a focus group or a branding consultant.
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Post by C86 on Jun 1, 2022 19:30:38 GMT -5
“There's the problem right there: Sixty-five year old Prez calling an 80-year old Admissions Director about the admissions for a basketball team coached by a 59-year old. All leading Hoya Basketball into the 21st Century!! ” SSHoya, you left out an important fact: none of whom have ever worked at another university!
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Post by C86 on May 4, 2022 13:22:55 GMT -5
My prediction: a system in which the boosters pay the kids for the benefit of the University is too unstable to last. The minute NIL money disappears because a kid is cut or the collective refuses to pay, lawyers will be lining up to file a lawsuit against both the collective and the university for breach of contract and fraud. And the discovery will be devastating. The collective and the university will start pointing fingers at each other, and everyone will realize that this system is way more trouble than it is worth.
Or perhaps I'm wrong. A Miami booster assures us that this is completely on the up-and-up, and you can't argue with a source that credible.
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Post by C86 on Apr 20, 2022 19:52:27 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Apr 6, 2022 16:30:35 GMT -5
I am all for the players getting something in return for value, but I worry that NIL and plans like this will open the players up to new forms of exploitation. These academic payments may be taxable income, and NIL payments certainly are. And these payments will be documented on 1099's. Some of these athletes are going to get into real tax trouble.
It would be optimal if the NCAA or the universities put in some structure to educate these athletes, and to point them towards reputable professionals (much like the NFL does with rookie orientation, and with mandatory licensing of agents).
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Post by C86 on Apr 3, 2022 21:17:08 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Feb 4, 2022 16:26:06 GMT -5
The attendance for the Villanova game at Cap One was almost 12,000. If Covid spread is a concern for the game at McDonough, it should be an equal concern for games at Cap One. Why does McDonough have a separate set of attendance rules?
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Post by C86 on Feb 1, 2022 12:00:26 GMT -5
Isn't part of the problem with construction projects on campus that there are multiple layers of oversight -- the District, the Olde Georgetown Board, the Commission on Fine Arts, and the neighborhood group(s)? I remember these groups being at cross-purposes over the Thompson Center, with one group complaining that the building looked too much like a gym, and another saying that it did not look enough like a gym. The neighborhood relations staff at Georgetown must have the patience of saints.
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Post by C86 on Jan 12, 2022 9:09:49 GMT -5
Considering wealth for development purposes seems to be an everyday thing for every charity. The one allegation that seems more problematic is using lack of financial aid need as a factor when admitting off the wait list. That is alleged too.
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Post by C86 on Jan 10, 2022 11:03:45 GMT -5
Georgetown, along with Ivies, MIT, and others, is named in a suit alleging price fixing in the award of financial aid, and by extension admissions decisions. www.wsj.com/articles/yale-georgetown-other-top-schools-illegally-collude-to-limit-student-financial-aid-lawsuit-alleges-11641829659Allegedly all the universities agree to use the same formula for determining financial aid, in return for the promise that their admissions decisions will be need-blind. Here's the nub of the claim according to the WSJ: The new lawsuit alleges that members of that group are violating federal law because they aren’t entirely need-blind. Rather, lawyers say, at least some of the schools consider financial need by giving an admission edge to children of wealthy donors. Some also weigh applicants’ finances when admitting them off the waiting list and look at finances in admission decisions for certain programs, the suit alleges.
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Post by C86 on Nov 11, 2021 13:38:00 GMT -5
Hilltop 56 College on the Hill 49
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Post by C86 on Sept 28, 2021 12:33:15 GMT -5
I remember a similar outbreak during the mid-80s that was centered on Darnall. Although in those unenlightened times the illness was called the Darnall Death, it sure sounds like norovirus.
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