Seawolves Fans

VA_SEAWOLF .. I appreciate you putting together that really good synopsis to why you think SB belongs in a power 5 conference. But I have one tiny, little problem that could put the breaks on to this pipe dream. MONEY!!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Just think of the money that is needed to upgrade every single athletic facility SB has.. It would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to bring it up to par with the likes of Michigan, Pitt, Oregon Maryland etc.. Where is that money coming from, NYS?? Coumo would never allow that to happen.. Look what he did with that twenty five million dollars that was earmarked for science, but after that program got squashed SB tried to funnel that into athletics. Big state daddy took it right back... Bottom line is. SB doesnt have the booster, Alumni to invest that kind of money back into athletics to be in par with the big, ACC, Big10 schools.. Mr. James Simons can make that happen with a stroke of his pen, but just like all the other wealthy, non athletic boosters SB has, they could care less about sports!

IFCU would have to be expanded several thousand more seats and that cant be done because of structural reasons. LaValle stadium would have to most likely torn down and rebuilt to around 40,000 seats. What about the baseball field and seating area? Something SB doesnt even have.. etc. etc. etc.......

I can go on and on to why this university will not go into the power conference in my life time. G5?? , maybe. Even that is a far cry in my lifetime for all the reasons I outlined..

Baby steps, lots of athletic money and a history of winning and beating bigger school will eventually get you an invite and a move up into a G5 conference ..

p.s. Warney was the main reason why SB had a hard time playing big school in fear of us beating them.. That came from Pikiel mouth to my ears. I dont think the AAU affiliation mattered at that time... But, what do I know.. I never even step one foot into SB classroom.