Tulane has pretty much become PCU

[jonathanjoseph]

It's become a freakin parody of itself.

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How many things are wrong with this story? Of the long long long list of things about the Tulane Administration worthy of protesting, divestment is not one of them. This is what happens when your leader convinces people that "community service" is more important than engineering. It's like they are asking the Tulane endowment to purposefully make less money without having a single tangible impact on the issues they claim to support. Insanely stupid. And yet the only thing Tulane students have ever spoken up about and it's not even Cowen being protested.

"We're not gonna protest! We're not gonna protest! We're not gonna protest! We're not gonna protest! "

[Aberzombie1892]

Tulane has severe problems, and, as you noted, the students are basically not bright enough to notice. Basically, Tulane cannot afford to take athletics and academics seriously at the same time, and as time goes on, Tulane will be less able to do either one by itself.

[tpstulane]

Too bad they have don't have that passion for a good athletic program.

[Aberzombie1892]

Tulane can't afford a good athletic program.

[jonathanjoseph]

Tulane can't afford a good athletic program.

They most certainly can. They just flushed $100M down the toilet and in the process solved nothing other than tailgating. $100M well spent would certainly have been enough to make Tulane competitive with any program in the country.

[sader24]

Tulane can't afford a good athletic program.

They most certainly can. They just flushed $100M down the toilet and in the process solved nothing other than tailgating. $100M well spent would certainly have been enough to make Tulane competitive with any program in the country.

I really can't argue this. They could've had a top notch indoor facility, football operations center, and built a 7500 person arena and still been able to play in the Superdome. Could've had Top of the Line facilities on par with almost anyone and had the Superdome still. Its clearer and clearer that would've been the correct option if we were truly trying to jump into a Major Conference.

[jonathanjoseph]

Tulane can't afford a good athletic program.

They most certainly can. They just flushed $100M down the toilet and in the process solved nothing other than tailgating. $100M well spent would certainly have been enough to make Tulane competitive with any program in the country.

I really can't argue this. They could've had a top notch indoor facility, football operations center, and built a 7500 person arena and still been able to play in the Superdome. Could've had Top of the Line facilities on par with almost anyone and had the Superdome still. Its clearer and clearer that would've been the correct option if we were truly trying to jump into a Major Conference.

And probably a spare $10M-$15M to invest in operations and coaching salaries.

[Aberzombie1892]

Tulane can't afford a good athletic program.

They most certainly can. They just flushed $100M down the toilet and in the process solved nothing other than tailgating. $100M well spent would certainly have been enough to make Tulane competitive with any program in the country.

I really can't argue this. They could've had a top notch indoor facility, football operations center, and built a 7500 person arena and still been able to play in the Superdome. Could've had Top of the Line facilities on par with almost anyone and had the Superdome still. Its clearer and clearer that would've been the correct option if we were truly trying to jump into a Major Conference.

And probably a spare $10M-$15M to invest in operations and coaching salaries.

The stadium was funded by private donations that were given for only that purpose. Basically, that means that Tulane didn't have the money to build the stadium, but some wealthy donors were willing to donate for that purpose in exchange for naming rights, and, as such, Yulman is not an example of Tulane having resources that it is not utilizing since Tulane probably would not have received those donations had naming rights not been distributed.

Tulane athletics doesn't have $100M.

[sader24]

Yea but they gave those donations b/c Cowen and Dickson asked them to give those donations to that specific cause. Essentially people were willing to donate money to the football program and donated it to what those two buffoons told them it was needed for. When they told Hertz they needed a basketball and volleyball facility they got the money donated for that. If they would've gone out and said we desperately need money to build an IPF they could have raised the money for that. The money is there, they just want to steer it towards their pet projects and not what is needed to be a major football program.

[cajunfanatico]

Yea but they gave those donations b/c Cowen and Dickson asked them to give those donations to that specific cause. Essentially people were willing to donate money to the football program and donated it to what those two buffoons told them it was needed for. When they told Hertz they needed a basketball and volleyball facility they got the money donated for that. If they would've gone out and said we desperately need money to build an IPF they could have raised the money for that. The money is there, they just want to steer it towards their pet projects and not what is needed to be a major football program.

Zackly. There's a reason the Cajun program has a Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility.