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Originally posted by IUPNation View PostEven if Torts wanted to travel beyond the region and play the big dogs in D2....the bean counters would squash it.
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Originally posted by IUPNation View PostYou are saying Sutton Hall would pay for the foosball team to travel to MIAA and GSC country for a regular season game?
But unless whatever MIAA or GSC school we're talking about paid for IUP's expenses, I doubt Tort would do it because it would break the travel budget. Some faraway schools have offered a guarantee to play, but it's not enough to cover IUP's travel costs.
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Originally posted by Matt Burglund View Post
Each team gets its own budget for things like travel and equipment. They spend it at their discretion.
But unless whatever MIAA or GSC school we're talking about paid for IUP's expenses, I doubt Tort would do it because it would break the travel budget. Some faraway schools have offered a guarantee to play, but it's not enough to cover IUP's travel costs.
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Originally posted by Matt Burglund View Post
Each team gets its own budget for things like travel and equipment. They spend it at their discretion.
But unless whatever MIAA or GSC school we're talking about paid for IUP's expenses, I doubt Tort would do it because it would break the travel budget. Some faraway schools have offered a guarantee to play, but it's not enough to cover IUP's travel costs.
Thank goodness we don't have to hear about this Week 1 game for the next four years. Ashland is certainly a 'big boy opponent' to open each season.
Tort did say on his show a couple weeks ago that they are getting all kinds of calls for a Week 1 game (after people know they signed a 4-year deal). He said it's ironic they couldn't get a game for two years and now his phone is blowing up. Funny how that works. He also pointed out 8 of the Top 25 didn't play an 11th game.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Aside from budgets, it creates a headache heading in to the next week. Instead of being home Saturday night, they are likely traveling all day Sunday instead of watching film and in the pool (or whatever they do for day-after-game recovery).
Thank goodness we don't have to hear about this Week 1 game for the next four years. Ashland is certainly a 'big boy opponent' to open each season.
Tort did say on his show a couple weeks ago that they are getting all kinds of calls for a Week 1 game (after people know they signed a 4-year deal). He said it's ironic they couldn't get a game for two years and now his phone is blowing up. Funny how that works. He also pointed out 8 of the Top 25 didn't play an 11th game.
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Originally posted by IUPNation View PostI can imagine the budgets are much tighter than they were 30 years ago.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View PostPlayers also miss extra class time. ... So all for the low low price of $15-20k net you can have a long weekend trip where players miss two days of class.
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Originally posted by Matt Burglund View Post
Absolutely. Remember a sizeable part of the athletic department's budget comes from the Co-Op fee that all students pay. With enrollment down, that means far less $$$. Throw in the increased cost to travel, you can see why Tort isn't flying the team to Portland State like Frank did.
Jumping to 35 would take some major donors to get involved. Getting to 28 would be a big step. The quality depth would improve dramatically.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Aside from budgets, it creates a headache heading in to the next week. Instead of being home Saturday night, they are likely traveling all day Sunday instead of watching film and in the pool (or whatever they do for day-after-game recovery).
Thank goodness we don't have to hear about this Week 1 game for the next four years. Ashland is certainly a 'big boy opponent' to open each season.
Tort did say on his show a couple weeks ago that they are getting all kinds of calls for a Week 1 game (after people know they signed a 4-year deal). He said it's ironic they couldn't get a game for two years and now his phone is blowing up. Funny how that works. He also pointed out 8 of the Top 25 didn't play an 11th game.
The avoided IUP and now they can go **** themselves.
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Originally posted by IUPNation View Post
Isn't it a bit late now to ask IUP for a Week 1 game. Why are they calling him now?
The avoided IUP and now they can go **** themselves.
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Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post
I don't think they're only now calling IUP to save face. Most schools are agreeing to 2-year agreements. These 3 and 4 year agreements we're starting to see screw this up somewhat because it limits who is available to schedule for the next 2 year period. Plus similar to what we see with P5/G5 scheduling, IUP isn't going to Franklin Pierce, but they also aren't going to Grand Valley without a guarantee that at least covers travel. I have to guess Tort also would have hesitated to schedule anyone who had anything close to 50/50 chance of winning (like a Grand Valley). An 11th game is ideal but starting 0-1 is not. There's a happy medium there for a school that will pay your expenses, is at least a 50/50 win, and won't be an OWP anchor.
That is a premier 4-year agreement in an era where most only want cupcake games.
Granted, Ashland is loaded up this year with upperclassmen. They will take some heavy losses at the conclusion of this season.
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