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Date Posted: 10:37:54 05/29/04 Sat
Author: NTKHC64
Subject: Re: To HC1990
In reply to: HC1990 's message, "Re: Holy Cross Baseball" on 00:17:37 05/29/04 Sat

1. "I have heard rumors that the football program produces the greatest financial loss out of any team at the college."
It has been admitted by the athletic director, inter alia, that the football program is operated at a deficit of at least $2,000,000 per annum. This has been mentioned almost 2,000,000 times on this board.

2. "The basketball team earns $1 million for each trip to the Big Dance." Highly overstated.

3. Basketball attendance is up in recent years. I'll leave it to those who attend more frequently to opine as to "dramatically" over a 10 year period.

4. Football atttendance: 6884 per home game 2004. This is based on data from the HC website. Harvard attendance was 10,312 and Colgate 10,166. Colgate had the largest road following at Fitton Field this season.

5. Student interest: Based on games I've attended over the past 6 years, it's not there. The students aren't.

6. Players' attitudes: No knowledge.

7. Overall alumni opinion...There are 28,000 living alumni. Who knows?

8. Removal of program: I infer from the hiring of Tom Gilmore that there is a strong interest in maintaining the program. IMO, if he can't bring it back, I believe there would be definite consideration given to its discontinuance but that is solely a personal opinion. Remember that in 2006 there will be the decennial review of athletics.

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[> [> Re: To HC1990 -- NTKHC64, 10:38:20 05/29/04 Sat

1. "I have heard rumors that the football program produces the greatest financial loss out of any team at the college."
It has been admitted by the athletic director, inter alia, that the football program is operated at a deficit of at least $2,000,000 per annum. This has been mentioned almost 2,000,000 times on this board.

2. "The basketball team earns $1 million for each trip to the Big Dance." Highly overstated.

3. Basketball attendance is up in recent years. I'll leave it to those who attend more frequently to opine as to "dramatically" over a 10 year period.

4. Football atttendance: 6884 per home game 2004. This is based on data from the HC website. Harvard attendance was 10,312 and Colgate 10,166. Colgate had the largest road following at Fitton Field this season.

5. Student interest: Based on games I've attended over the past 6 years, it's not there. The students aren't.

6. Players' attitudes: No knowledge.

7. Overall alumni opinion...There are 28,000 living alumni. Who knows?

8. Removal of program: I infer from the hiring of Tom Gilmore that there is a strong interest in maintaining the program. IMO, if he can't bring it back, I believe there would be definite consideration given to its discontinuance but that is solely a personal opinion. Remember that in 2006 there will be the decennial review of athletics.

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