re: BUILD THIS MAN A NICE BASKETBALL ARENA

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Put the blue hairs half way up and the students on the floor, imo

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That's the problem though. If this gets done, it is going to involve primo real estate getting handed to corporate and individual donors that will not show up to middling games and never be a huge impact on the atmosphere the opponent must enjoy.

One of the reason college basketball is what it is, is because it was never wholly sold out to monied interests like college football. The best schools in the sport largely had a good enough arena already and don't have to put their hands out for funding quite the same way. That allows their venue to be for the students instead of some old fart or their business that cut the check to make it happen.

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Put the blue hairs half way up and the students on the floor, imo

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I haven’t been a student since 1996 and I wholeheartedly agree. I don’t need to be near the court. Let the students have the first 5-10+ rows on the sides and the first 20+ behind the baskets.