Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[billybud]

Interesting Forbes take on the local economic effect of a team moving "up conference" in realignment...

How College Sports Realignment Can Create Hidden Real Estate Opportunities

When a college changes athletic conferences, headlines usually focus on sports. But seasoned investors know another storyline is unfolding: new real estate opportunities.

www.forbes.com

 

[Kolumbo]

Interesting Forbes take on the local economic effect of a team moving "up conference" in realignment...

How College Sports Realignment Can Create Hidden Real Estate Opportunities

When a college changes athletic conferences, headlines usually focus on sports. But seasoned investors know another storyline is unfolding: new real estate opportunities.

www.forbes.com

It should definitely be a boon to Texas State playing all those other large State programs. I spend no time in Storrs these days but the campus has changed so much for the better since I was roaming the mudways. I thought there was a good chance that the mindset of the local Mansfieldeers would gradually change over time to embrace the economic engine that is UConn. The senior folk there grew up watching UConn become a national powerhouse.

UMass is a school which could have done a much better job with its athletics department and has big potential. It's already an excellent public academic school, great location, and investing heavily in football would be a huge marketing opportunity benefitting all campuses. I'll just leave it at that.