Serious question

[zls44]

http://nesn.com/2014/06/jonathan-kraft-wants-soccer-specific-stadium-for-new-england-revolution/

They've apparently been working on a move to Boston for the past 12 years according to Jonathan Kraft. Political will wasn't there when Menino was mayor. They care.

http://bcheights.com/metro/2014/soccer-mark-wahlberg-building-new-stadium-boston/

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/11/...ite-as-potential-home-for-new-soccer-stadium/

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/...mayor-walsh-says-boston-stadium-on-the-table/

Who's gonna pay for it?

 

[UconnU]

Serious question: what do we make of Rentschler Field after the program disbands?

Demolish the place and put the space to better use; make a farm or a land fill.

 

[TheDoggPound]

Who's gonna pay for it?

Who pays for everything? lol

 

[TheDoggPound]

I mean he could also just add a $2 ticket surcharge for Revs and Patriots tickets and pay for it himself but the moral of the story is he wants to move to Boston, the Mayor wants him in Boston. $100M will not stop that. He's already threatened to move the team to Providence, it's just a matter of time until he gets his way.

 

[UC990411]

I hate these posts. Grow a sack were in it for the long haul, if you're not, just leave and stop suggesting we drop football. It ain't happening and I can;t imagine another fan base that would propose it. Christ UAB fans are mourning their team when powerful people set out to sabbotage it. I never see no old time handle/posters propose this.

Good thing you have all those old handles to talk sense into you.

 

[noeynox]

Good thing you have all those old handles to talk sense into you.

We suck. We just lost to a winless team. You propose dropping football, after 200 million have been spent on infrastructure. Try some patience. Football ins't hurting bball. We just won two national titles in the spring, oh the agony of being a UConn fan.

 

[uconnbill]

I hate these posts. Grow a sack were in it for the long haul, if you're not, just leave and stop suggesting we drop football. It ain't happening and I can;t imagine another fan base that would propose it. Christ UAB fans are mourning their team when powerful people set out to sabbotage it. I never see no old time handle/posters propose this.

There not football fans but glorified basketball fans who expect to win always. I wonder how many of these fans would have stuck around in the early to mid 80's when UCONN was a bottom dweller in the Big East.

 

[TheDoggPound]

There not football fans but glorified basketball fans who expect to win always. I wonder how many of these fans would have stuck around in the early to mid 80's when UCONN was a bottom dweller in the Big East.

Yup like I've said before, there's the true UConn fans who root for every team/sport, then there's the elitist-bandwagon basketball only fans. Those aren't true UConn fans.

 

[TheDoggPound]

You either support every sport/team or you don't. We don't need people sucking bball's d*** then talking crap about everything else.

 

[noeynox]

Yup like I've said before, there's the true UConn fans who root for every team/sport, then there's the elitist-bandwagon basketball only fans. Those aren't true UConn fans.

WE have UConn Bball fans who are ND or Penn State FB fans. Talk about front runners.

 

[Exit 4]

You have to play this out another 5 to 10 years.

 

[John]

Yep. I am embarrassed some are suggesting dropping football. Give me a break. It is the best sport on the planet. I like football way more than basketball, even with the dumpster fire of the last 4 years. I would rather basketball drop down to division 2, then see the football program shuttered.

I'm completely the opposite

 

[UC990411]

Yup like I've said before, there's the true UConn fans who root for every team/sport, then there's the elitist-bandwagon basketball only fans. Those aren't true UConn fans.

I've been to two hockey games in Hartford and will go to at least two more this year. I've been a football season ticket holder since 08. I watched baseball tournament games on my iPad on espn 3. If it makes you feel better to call me a bandwagon fan who only roots for basketball ok, that's a you problem. I enjoy watching all UConn sports but I'm tired of the football program making us a laughingstock. You wonder if we downgrade to FCS and dominate, get ourselves into a better hoops league like the A10 is a better fit for us. In my opinion we'd be a more attractive realignment candidate than we are playing Tulsa and Tulane. Again, call me a front runner but that's a you problem.

 

[TheDoggPound]

I've been to two hockey games in Hartford and will go to at least two more this year. I've been a football season ticket holder since 08. I watched baseball tournament games on my iPad on espn 3. If it makes you feel better to call me a bandwagon fan who only roots for basketball ok, that's a you problem. I enjoy watching all UConn sports but I'm tired of the football program making us a laughingstock. You wonder if we downgrade to FCS and dominate, get ourselves into a better hoops league like the A10 is a better fit for us. In my opinion we'd be a more attractive realignment candidate than we are playing Tulsa and Tulane. Again, call me a front runner but that's a you problem.

Well I never specifically called anyone out but if the shoe fits...

Everybody's fed up with football but where we differ is I'm more concerned with getting our football on track than I am preserving our basketball crown.

 

[TheDoggPound]

If I could I would trade our basketball championships for a perennial top-25 football team again like we had from 07-09.

 

[whaler11]

If you are so clueless to think the basketball program would survive the elimination of the football program...

 

[noeynox]

Every program, is the right coaching hire away from being credible. Look no further than David Cutcliffe at Duke. Ole Miss struggled for years to replace him, and Duke turned around overnight. Sure, he isn't young or handsome but he can coach. UConn's fans simply think that hiring the right coach is easy because most of us have mostly experienced the Calhoun and Auriema eras, and then we replace Calhoun with a HC that wins the national title in his first NCAA trip. I include myself in this categor. Never thought replacing Edsall would be this hard. Boy was I wrong.

 

[UC990411]

If I could I would trade our basketball championships for a perennial top-25 football team again like we had from 07-09.

And you're complaining about front runners? You are the reason we settle for mediocrity

 

[junglehusky]

If you are so clueless to think the basketball program would survive the elimination of the football program...

It's not like there isn't a similar example in the news OH WAIT UAB dropped football and immediately got kicked out of their conference.

 

[noeynox]

It's not like there isn't a similar example in the news OH WAIT UAB dropped football and immediately got kicked out of their conference.

LMAO, at these dudes thinking the BE would welcome us with open arms. BE would see this as the chance to put their foot down on our throats and eliminate as a regional threat once and for all. They would view it as 100%, desperation which it would be.