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Date Posted: 15:59:57 05/02/03 Fri
Author: UAalum72
Subject: Re: On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all?
In reply to: Urban Barrister 's message, "On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all?" on 15:30:22 05/02/03 Fri

>Picking up on my last message about the CC standings,
>why would an AE school want football in the first
>place?
Because this is America, where we play FOOTBALL in the fall, not no damn soccer.

Anyway, Albany's had a team for over 30 years. They're on the news two or three times a week in season. Soccer wouldn't get a mentioned at all unless they got to the conference finals with an NCAA bid on the line. FB attendance is ten or twenty times soccer. You calculate the cost and decide if you think it's worth it.

If you're concerned about the expense, answer this: since attendance is low at almost all the Olympic sports, why have any sports at all?

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[> Re: On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all? -- animal, 16:24:29 05/02/03 Fri

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

My boss wondered what the hell was so funny when I fell off my chair laughing...

(Heck, I bet Bing gets more national exposure this year through the success of its golf and tennis teams than any football school in the AE has gotten through its football team over the past ten years.)

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