Podcast Scheduled With Rv Tomorrow

[greenminer]

If you were made of hot dogs and you were starving, would ya eat yourself?

[KRAM1]

When will the public phase of the stadium fundraising program be unveiled and will UNT be working with a professional "outside" fundraiser to help the project along.

Now that the stadium project is a reality and well underway, what is the next capital improvement/facilities project being considered for UNT?

How are season ticket sales going this year? Any numbers to report? Has there been an increase in season ticket sales for football this season over last season?

I would also add that a word of "thanks" to RV should be given as well as peppering him with question after question.

GO MEAN GREEN!

[forevereagle]

When I first read this, I thought it said "Is there any insights that have been gained already through working with Ninjas?"

Of course there has been, but we all know that he can't talk about that.

[Green Mean]

Do you like your gig?

[UNTLifer]

I would also add that a word of "thanks" to RV should be given as well as peppering him with question after question.

GO MEAN GREEN!

Absolutely. On that note, I would like to ask him his thoughts, as he looks back on his time at NT, on the accomplishments he and his staff have made. Of course there have been bumps along the way, but he has accomplished more than any other AD NT's ever had. A big thank you from the Mean Green Nation is well deserved.

[UNTLifer]

1. Could the future stadium gift shop have game-worn equipment and jerseys for sale like Texas State and others do?

I would like to know if the stadium gift shop will have RV's game worn green sleeveless sweaters for sale.

[foutsrouts]

Baseball, baseball, and more baseball. Btw, did someone slip a Viagra in my coffee, or have we changed our color from green to blue?

[KRAM1]

Baseball, baseball, and more baseball. Btw, did someone slip a Viagra in my coffee, or have we changed our color from green to blue?

I really hope everyone who is screaming for baseball will put their pocketbooks where there "I wants" are. I have no problem with UNT adding baseball, but there sure better be a bunch more folks than the one designated "big donor", (who may or may not still be a viable option) willing to support the team, and I don't just mean by buying a few season tickets. So, are those who continually clamor for baseball willing to step up and help make it happen? I'd throw a little into the pot, but baseball isn't my thing so I would not be considered one of the prime donors. I'll do what I can, but what about all you guys who think the sun rises and sets on the fact that UNT needs baseball????? To make it happen UNT needs a decent stadium, the money for equipment and scholarships, a fix for title IX issues and then money for on-going support. RV will not add the program or even consider adding it unless and until he has a good handle on where the funding will come for multi-years going forward. I hope that funding is there for UNT.

[UNT 90 Grad]

Do you like your gig?

That wasn't the question.

[Censored by Laurie]

Let's see...baseball...point guards...Denton High Schools...got it:

Any chance Austin Jackson has any eligibility remaining?

[UNT90]

Is the new stadium ahead or behind schedule. Will the opener in 2011 be the 1st event at the new stadium, or will there be some other event ( concert?) held before the date of the home opener.will tours of the stadium be available next summer?

[MeanGreen61]

Will the stadium opener be September 3rd or the 10th with Houston ?

[wardly]

This...

Timetable for a baseball stadium and sponsoring men's baseball - and also what women's sport would be added to keep Title IX compliant (I assume we would have to add another women's sport - but could be wrong).

why would you want to add another underfunded sport at north texas?

[stebo]

After the fee goes into effect, how much of the annual proceeds will go to the bond retirement and how much will there be left to increase our tru athletic budget. I believe that we are sitting at $15 million a year right now and most Div I schools fund at about $22 million a year (the good ones at least)..

[foutsrouts]

On the subject of baseball, how come every school in the state of any size (smu doesn't count) can manage to afford baseball but we cannot? The northern suburbs of the Metroplex have some of the best baseball talent in the country, and that makes it even more important that we field a team. Recognition in many areas is what we need, and that area of recognition could possibly come very quickly.

[SilverEagle]

On the subject of baseball, how come every school in the state of any size (smu doesn't count) can manage to afford baseball but we cannot? The northern suburbs of the Metroplex have some of the best baseball talent in the country, and that makes it even more important that we field a team. Recognition in many areas is what we need, and that area of recognition could possibly come very quickly.

Please list some of these schools.

[NT80]

Please list some of these schools.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/colleges.shtml

[UNTLifer]

Please list some of these schools.

In Texas?

TCU, Baylor, Dallas Baptist, UTA, UT, A$M, TTU, Sam Houston, Texas State-San Marcos, SFA to name a few. Plus, this doesn't inlcude all of the JUCO's and community colleges around the DFW area that have baseball programs.

[Primo]

Can we host a rematch between Mistico and Tiger Mask at the Super Pit? Or maybe at the new stadium?

Viva Lucha!

[UNTLifer]

why would you want to add another underfunded sport at north texas?

Morning, Sunshine.

[KRAM1]

All those folks clamering for baseball have to do is to fund the program and baseball will be set to go at UNT. So, whose up next with a six figure donation? It's great to say UNT should do this or that, but it's another thing to find a way to fund it or establish it under current budgets and Title IX regulations, etc. I'd love to see men's soccer return as well as baseball, but, folks, without the funding it just isn't going to happen. UNT has suffered mightily from the lack of support financially and about any other way you can name from its alums and fans. It's just a fact of life that money talks in college athletics. Heck, UNT struggles to get a decent number of season ticket holders for any of its programs much less any level of real financial support from the vast majority of alums and fans.

You want baseball...or soccer....well, get your alum pals to join the Mean Green Club, to buy season football and basketball tickets, to join the Alumni Association and re-connect with their university so maybe they will open their pocketbooks a little and help UNT build a strong and lasting financial footing. The folks who are contributing are doing what they can. If everyone just did what they could it would make a world of positive difference. Complaining about why things don't get done is great, but it never moved anything forward. Neither does the attitude that "I'll wait until I see what I want happening, or when they get rid of that coach or that AD, or that staffer who said something mean to me or ignored me, or that university president, etc, etc.". Excuses are a dime a dozen. It really is way past time for Mean Green fans, alums and supports to "put up or shut up".

[SilverEagle]

In Texas?

TCU, Baylor, Dallas Baptist, UTA, UT, A$M, TTU, Sam Houston, Texas State-San Marcos, SFA to name a few. Plus, this doesn't inlcude all of the JUCO's and community colleges around the DFW area that have baseball programs.

Dallas Baptist- No Football to fund

UTA- See above

Sam Houston- Football is funded at 1-AA level

Texas State SM,- see SHSU

SFA-see SHSU and Texas State

The only JUCO's even close to D/FW that have Football is Navarro and possibly Trinity Valley. I seem to recall hearing that at JUCO's two players (in Football, I don't know about the other sports) split a "ship", so their funding for Football is very much below any four year school.

I'm sure that Tarleton, Midwestern, and A$M Commerce all have baseball as well, but they fund football at D-II levels.

[UNTLifer]

Dallas Baptist- No Football to fund

UTA- See above

Sam Houston- Football is funded at 1-AA level

Texas State SM,- see SHSU

SFA-see SHSU and Texas State

The only JUCO's even close to D/FW that have Football is Navarro and possibly Trinity Valley. I seem to recall hearing that at JUCO's two players (in Football, I don't know about the other sports) split a "ship", so their funding for Football is very much below any four year school.

I'm sure that Tarleton, Midwestern, and A$M Commerce all have baseball as well, but they fund football at D-II levels.

Then show me a D1 school of any significance with football the size of UNT that doesn't have baseball?

Now, I don't think we should fund baseball at the expense of underfunding the other sports. Funding for other sports must be brought up to par with other D1 schools like NT before we start baseball.

Edited July 28, 2010 by UNTLifer

[SilverEagle]

Then show me a D1 school of any significance with football the size of UNT that doesn't have baseball?

Now, I don't think we should fund baseball at the expense of underfunding the other sports. Funding for other sports must be brought up to par with other D1 schools like NT before we start baseball.

I have no interest in doing that research since it was you who was being critical. I do agree with the last sentence in your post.

North Texas had a baseball team in 1920.

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60999/m1/134/?q=athletics

Here is a link that tells when it went away.

http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61002/m1/167/?q=baseball

[UNT Mean Green]

Then show me a D1 school of any significance with football the size of UNT that doesn't have baseball?

Now, I don't think we should fund baseball at the expense of underfunding the other sports. Funding for other sports must be brought up to par with other D1 schools like NT before we start baseball.

The only one I can think of is UTEP that is a large public school in Texas which lacks baseball. The majority of people want baseball and North Texas must have baseball in order to continue advancing the athletics program (I would make a nice bet with someone that Chuck Nienas advised the chancellor, bor, president, and AD in his recent evaluations that NT must get baseball to move up). Baseball can quickly be the best sport at UNT, bar none. You do not have to be an overwhelming (monetary, big boy) power to win and compete on a national level in baseball like you do in football.

Anyway, how'd the podcast go?

Edited July 28, 2010 by UNT Mean Green