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That's a bummer. He showed some promise in the little time he got this year.
Not too surprising given they were recognized on Senior night while still having a year of eligibility. If we assume everyone who was recognized won't be back next season, we're losing at least: Conklin, Jake Topolski, Lass, Hentschel, Clifton, Stinebiser, Willitts, Roche, Ymker, Corso, Armson, Elbeery, and Lorenzo. Still not sure where things stand with Whitley or Bernstein.
Totally agree but I'd put the full amount of scholarships and lights ahead of a new grandstand in the list of priorities.
I’ve heard that the issue with lights is the houses in the neighborhoods don’t want that. I don’t get that though since football has lights and it’s not like we would be playing that many games that would need the lights on. As far as scholarships, I agree that should be #1. Not sure where we are at with that now. Likely will need some institutional money from UR or a very big donation to get the appropriate funds to be able to fully endow the scholarships. There’s also Title IX considerations too. While the new grand stands is least on that list, it would make our field look much nicer. Having a nice baseball field is something recruits, players, and fans all want. I can’t imagine it’s that (relatively) expensive to renovate. We raised nearly $100K this year for baseball in the UR giving day and have had some wealthy donors give to baseball. If I hit the mega millions I’d love for baseball to have its own mini facility between the stands and indoor batting cage, which includes a locker room, lounge area, and coaches offices.
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Isn't that a chick & egg deal? If the salaries are paid for out of endowments, then the operational funds that went to salaries can be directed toward scholarships.
I agree, this makes a couple of assumptions of things we likely don’t have in place. First, I doubt we have any sort of NIL, let alone a robust collective like with basketball, for our baseball team. Secondly, as much as I would love for UR to take advantage of the new VA law, I don’t see them doing that or at least not be the trendsetters of it.
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This is exactly what's going to happen without necessarily using NIL. Sports will have roster caps but no scholarship limits, so everybody can be on full scholarship if the school wants to fund it.
And a day later, they posted the list of summer ball. Must be reading the board haha!
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Of course. But the NIMBYs complain about everything. They sure do enjoy walking their dogs or themselves through campus, though.
Hold a bark in the park night. They can bring their dogs to a game. And with night games - should make it a littl brighter and easier to walk around at night.
Well - look at it this way. Our main competitor down the road has lights. Yes - they play at the Diamond. But in looking at schedule - they seem to play Friday games at night. Weekday games at night if team is more local (UVA, Liberty, etc) - maybe to allow fans an opportunity to attend. So I could see UR taking a similar approach if lights were built. Play a heavy dose of Friday night games, but then weekday games - could depend on the opponent. I would guess -out of the 30-35 home games, your looking 10 night games, maybe 15 at most?
