Spoke to John White today. He basically said that he has always thought games should be on campus for the students' sake. He said he saw too many students get hurt or killed traveling to Little Rock just to go see a football game that could have just been in Fayetteville.

It doesn't make sense that we still have fans that hold onto playing in that crap stadium. I think the "binding the whole state together" argument is pretty outdated too. U of A is getting students from all over the state and the world. Those south Arkansas hog fans can follow the team just as well as anyone else and even drive up to the Hill if they have the money.

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Posted by WonderWartHawg

Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:38 pm to I Ham That I Ham

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too many students get hurt or killed traveling to Little Rock

ANY students getting killed is 'too many', but I can't remember ever reading about a student that was killed driving to a Little Rock game. May have happened, but just as many probably die drinking too much at a frat party, falling off a balcony, falling off a cliff, driving to Oklahoma etc...

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Posted by SunHog

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Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:47 pm to I Ham That I Ham

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I think the "binding the whole state together" argument is pretty outdated too. U of A is getting students from all over the state and the world. Those south Arkansas hog fans can follow the team just as well as anyone else and even drive up to the Hill if they have the money.

Thanks to the lottery we have more students from all corners of the state than ever before. This argument is outdated as those kids are now on campus and will leave as traditional graduates do for all areas of the country.

Diversity on the campus is up 80% since 2008.

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