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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 I appreciate everyone's commentary and support. It's not easy to do the job I do sometimes. And I genuinely enjoy the position I have in terms of gaining insight from all of you as fans, alums, etc. and directly from my colleagues. I'm not sure anyone else quite has the same advantage I do in terms of collecting sentiment about things. The measure passed, I hope it was a wise move, and I will stand by the position my colleagues implored me to bring up. I wish I had been allowed to speak before the vote (I tried!) but I knew the vote was basically a foregone conclusion, as most are in the business meetings.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 Seconded. Great job to our resident TKP ambassador!
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 Well done VTGM. Echoing Mitchell, they def should've let you speak before the vote. While being in between a rock and a hard place, you had great delivery.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 yes, purely procedurally, any/all discussion about the measure should have happened before any vote
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 You spoke well VTGM despite being in a tough spot. They should have let you speak before the vote.
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# | GIFTORY: Frame-by-Frame Highlight Reel of Virginia Tech's 23-21 Win Over NC State Join The Key Player's Club to read comments posted in exclusive content and its members only forum.
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# | GIFTORY: Frame-by-Frame Highlight Reel of Virginia Tech's 23-21 Win Over NC State Join The Key Player's Club to read comments posted in exclusive content and its members only forum.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." ~Neil Peart
STRANGER IN THE ALPS
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# | GIFTORY: Frame-by-Frame Highlight Reel of Virginia Tech's 23-21 Win Over NC State Join The Key Player's Club to read comments posted in exclusive content and its members only forum.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 It's no secret I think the goal is to use this investment to launch us to a P2 conference. So I like that.
I also liked Rocovich's comment that we don't ultimately know what the future governing body of this new landscape will be.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 👀 The amendment specifically removes mentions of keeping competitive with the ACC and inserts keeping competitive within the NCAA
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 Like how the motion and second comes from 2 of the 3 athletics committee members.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 Exactly. Not choosing is a choice. And it will be very limiting.
Appreciate Sands qualifying and saying limiting flexibility in the "near future." Which is accurate. But invest today for tomorrow.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 VTGM change your zoom background to the 0-0 tie against WF with Beams celebrating!
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 Agreed. This is a key point to consider.
Just because we are planning on dumping $50+ million more dollars into Athletics doesn't mean its going to pay off in any meaningful way. It doesn't necessarily get us an invite to the SEC or B1G (I think they have no real plans on expansion until the next round of TV contract negotiations anyways) nor does it guarantee any long-term success.
A huge part of the reason VT Athletics is in the position it is in is due to mismanagement. At best, the AD has been run complacently, but more so it has been run by a select few who have been repeatedly resistant to change and totally unprepared for a changing landscape. Yes, the house needs to be cleaned out, but just because we are going to (presumably) bring in lots of new people, doesn't in itself mean they will be better. Is VT Athletics an attractive destination to come work for at all at this point? Can we attract talented people after years of bad press? Do we simply overpay to get them in the door?
Its far from a sure thing. And if you look at it from a whole-University standpoint, there are lots of reasonable questions to ask.
Yes, Athletics is an important part of the whole University structure. But it is not the end-all, be-all that some are making it out to be.
In the '50's - VT sucked at football --- University grew
In the '70's - VT sucked at football --- University grew
Since about 2010 - VT has been mediocre to irrelevant in Football - University continued to thrive.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 eh, all choice limits future choices. But not choosing can lead to limits as well.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 And there it is, Rocovich was the one to do it.
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 A little disingenuous to say "definitely" limiting our flexibility for academic investment in future years. What if this investment causes significant football success and brings in a number of large investments over the next 10 years?
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 All I see when I see Sands sitting there....
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 I need someone's dog/cat to come into frame
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# | VT BoV Approves increase of athletics budget by $47.1m this year, growing to a total budget of $212m in 2029 How long til the first person starts talking on mute?
(and please, for the LOLz let it be VTGM 😁)
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