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Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:18 pm to UF
Posted on 12/12/16 at 11:18 pm to UF
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Nothing at UF is "shite". The lack of perspective on this issue is mind numbing.
Our facilities are pretty bad comparatively speaking. The athletic dorms in particular are supposedly awful and have lost us recruits. Steve Russell has had numerous former players, administrators, and sports journalists who have talked about this a great deal over this season.
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That's an interesting way to say that kids want fancy stuff and want to be catered to.
Let's not mince words with what goes on with recruiting. It's an arse kissing contest and a display of how cushy life can be and how fancy shite is. Why are people so willing to commit millions of dollars to this arse kissing contest yet so reluctant to then admit to what it is?
I used to be on this side of things, but at some point, you have to accept the realities of Professional College Football.
Why is a top recruit going to come here when there are a score of other school that do kiss their arse? Wish it wasn't that way, but it nonetheless is.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 11:19 pm
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Posted on 12/13/16 at 4:54 am to LuciusSulla
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Our facilities are pretty bad comparatively speaking. The athletic dorms in particular are supposedly awful and have lost us recruits. Steve Russell has had numerous former players, administrators, and sports journalists who have talked about this a great deal over this season.
I went to them a long time ago. They were better than most apartments in Gainesville, I am positive of that. How they are now, I don't know. If there are issues with them I'd like to know the dynamics to that - it's my understanding that athletes can be in certain areas but they can't be "athletic dorms" and must be the same as those for other students. I could be wrong.
But if that's the case then the issue is about the university infrastructure and I assume that is a direct consequence of UF's commitment over the past decade or two, to building new academic buildings as a priority. The only housing improvements I'm aware of are UF's "Honors" dorms which I find to be an appalling idea as it rewards metrics, not performance.
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used to be on this side of things, but at some point, you have to accept the realities of Professional College Football.
Why is a top recruit going to come here when there are a score of other school that do kiss their arse? Wish it wasn't that way, but it nonetheless is.
Professional College Football is not a sustainable enterprise. It should not be acceptable in that light. The bubble is going to burst. It's not if, it's when.
Anyone with a priority on getting his arse kissed over and above being a Gator, considering all that UF has to offer, is free to go elsewhere and I can live with whatever results we get in that situation.
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