Coach Kill's Sports Huddle Respones - 5/8/11

[Ole]

Get a clue, you guys. Every decision the U and the City of Minneapolis have made about tailgating and drinking near the Gophers Stadium is a direct result of the input and demands from the local neighborhood groups which represent everyone who lives or owns property anywhere near the U. They are the people who are putting up most of the roadblocks preventing Gopher fans from enjoying themselves before and after the games.

This is undoubtedly true.
Quite frankly the U needs to stop listening to these groups. It's pathetic. A VERY small population of non student residents shouldn't have a great amount of input into U policies.
Put it to a "neighborhood" vote, including of course the student populations that live in the U "neighborhood", A simple Yes/No ballot with a piece of mail as proof of residence.
Question: Should the U block off streets, promote a pre-football gameday experience for registered students, and allow various festivities to occur before and after football games at TCF bank stadium?
Tell me even an typically voting uninspired student body wouldn't show up for that one and rule as a majority over the 60 year old curmudgeons that decided it was a good idea to live next to a major university and at the same time be oblivious to the behavior of 18-23 year olds.

 

[CrocShots]

Get a clue, you guys. Every decision the U and the City of Minneapolis have made about tailgating and drinking near the Gophers Stadium is a direct result of the input and demands from the local neighborhood groups which represent everyone who lives or owns property anywhere near the U. They are the people who are putting up most of the roadblocks preventing Gopher fans from enjoying themselves before and after the games.

This.
Phyllis Kahn doesn't help either....

The Marcy Holmes and Como neighborhood associations ALWAYS have problems with the students because they fail to acknowledge that the University has been there since 1851. Sure, they have been living there for 50 years, but they have never promoted the U, they're just there because the housing is cheap. Now with the new strategic plans of the area, there are a lot more apartment complexes going up, which is going to rid the area of some of the corrupt landlords and hopefully, bring even more students into the campus area.

To give Becky credit, they have tailgating EVERYWHERE. i walked down by the Stadium Bar and there are people tailgating in the Bank ATM line. Iowa was a real fun environment too, even though the earth was constantly shaking and it smelled like manure.