die hard gopher
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Can we just be happy the ball is rolling here? People acting as though we're now putting up giant tents or something. People have been complaining for how long about not having this stuff, and now that it's going to be built, we sit here and complain that the budget was "cut" to $150M. Again, they're not going to skimp on anything; they're delaying heavy renovation of existing buildings and a parking ramp.
It's like we've won by 35 points, but people are complaining because we missed a field goal and should have by 38.
Lets not focus on all the great stuff that's being built. Lets focus on the parking ramp. Some of you are insane.
I guarantee anything that's built as a part of this is going to be sweet.
First of all, who is complaining in this thread? We are very glad that football and basketball will not be affected by the cuts. Only parking and renovations to Bierman and the current indoor.
Second, getting this facility is not like "winning by 35." Getting this facility is not to boast about our commitment to these sports, it is just to remain competitive. Other schools will have already made major upgrades to their facilities by the time we finish this one. Northwestern has a 220 million facilities project in the works and Maryland released plans of a 155 million dollar renovation to their field house which is only for football. Oregon's football facility costed 78 million and their new academic center costed over 40 million. Thats not even including basketball or olympic facilities. So I think it would have been reasonable to be concerned about going from 190 to 150, further reducing our ability to stay on par with the other schools. Like I earlier I am glad the cuts won't mean anything for football or basketball.