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My takeaways from being at Va Tech

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Herdguy04 said:
You sort of contradicted yourself there but I'll help you out...
If people were there for the experience and not the game, why didn't everyone leave when "Enter Sandman" was finished? Did the guy next to you leave? Obviously not because he asked about the football match.

People go for the football game. The GameDay experience adds to it. Very few, if any programs can legitimately say something during the football game is actually better than the game itself...which would also be a reason for people to show up (or simply not leave).
The only entity I can think of off the top of my head is ohio state's band at halftime. They would draw a huge crowd for just performing alone. But that's it and they have more money than anyone.

But here, you're talking about a program who can afford to make the GameDay experience good, who also has a larger fan base, and being top dog in the state when it comes to football helps also.
"There is a space" yes, and it's measured in light years by comparison.

Don't apologize for wanting Marshall to be better, apologize for excessively whining about MU and being a fan of the Reds.
All you've done is taken the same recycled complaints that literally everyone has made and put them into a supposed "takeaway" from a P5 school who has significantly more money and overall resources than MU.

You don't present any creative ideas that fit the economics of MU and anything you have said, hasn't been particularly well thought out as it often gets disputed on here.
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Not everyone is at a game for the game. You’re kidding yourself if you think they are. Gameday experience and on field performance go hand in hand for a solid atmosphere.

“You don’t present any creative ideas” ok here are the ideas I’ve presented before… you’re too busy trying to mock them and talk down to me, to actually read them.

• Stadium updates*. The stadium is old. It shouldn’t feel old. Update concessions areas, expand the concourses. Build walls or fences to expand the concourse area to allow easier flow. Bathrooms, fix them. (Also our stuff should look good and not broken down. Yes this includes field goal posts and bleachers).

• advertising, less is more. Look for ways to lessen the number of advertisements, raise price for those that remain.

• Band. Figure it out. Yes, it’s a money thing at least partially. But figure out a way to have a better band. Don’t have to be P5 level, but it needs to be better.

• organization. This is the biggest contributor to a lack of atmosphere (imo). There needs to be a better flow. Better job of engaging the crowd. The picture thing they started a few years ago, is great. They need more engagement. Not playing music over the band, having music that is engaging. Finding a song that can create a tradition (mountain music something like that).

* they have done some of these things and that is great. I really think it’s past due. Glad it’s happening.
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No tax on overtime

Raoul Duke MU
raleighherdfan said:
Is that the way it works now for companies that pay overtime? When demand is raised, they hire less people to work?
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Many just force OT.

Hiring and training cost money. Many hires quit soon after onboarding, the sunk cost of hiring and training is always a gamble.

Benefits cost money.

OT also cost money, but no payroll tax on OT makes it cost less money.

So really, why hire more employees unless you have people quitting from too much OT? Which does happen, burnout causes churn.

H&H explained it well.
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DEPLORABLES Being Paid by Russians

big_country90
riflearm2 said:
And this is who you morons get your “news” and conspiracy theories from.

www.yahoo.com

Before she allegedly became a Russian asset, Lauren Chen was the darling of conservative YouTube

Long before Lauren Chen allegedly aided a Russian propaganda operation, she built an audience posting right-wing videos under the name "Roaming Millennial."
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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No, it’s not. Never even heard of her.
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SHR Pitt fires AD...Spears would like to be first in line to take over...

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Herdguy04 said:
Sam doesn't believe CS nor MU built the baseball field...

He somehow managed to ramble about a former AD at wvu while on a thread about an article regarding nothing about wvu or their AD.
It's tough to navigate his supposed logic these days.
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It's all Sammy has.

Sluggo is easy to figure out. CS kicked his dog.
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Doing some research

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raleighherdfan said:
It's not the tariffs specifically, but the globalist "free" traders having their apple cart turned over. I assume that's your point.
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Yes, that. And I’m not even saying that’s a bad thing but that’s what he did that pissed off big business. They really like making their cheap shit in third world countries and barging it over here to sell.
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SHR Pitt fires AD...Spears would like to be first in line to take over...

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raleighherdfan said:
Where has CS "failed"? Please dont suggest directing traffic out of the Joan. We've already discussed how dumb that statement was.
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Sam doesn't believe CS nor MU built the baseball field...

He somehow managed to ramble about a former AD at wvu while on a thread about an article regarding nothing about wvu or their AD.
It's tough to navigate his supposed logic these days.
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My takeaways from being at Va Tech

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redsfan5590 said:
Yes, VT is in a bigger conference and gets a large check from networks. There is space between where we are, and where other schools are with advertising.

I think there’s a great way to do the thunderclap and would love to see that come back in an organized way. So don’t put words in my mouth.

You can claim “you’re there to see a football game” and that’s true. But not everyone is. That’s not how this works. Do you think everyone at that VT last week were there for the football game? The guys sitting next to me (cheering and jumping up and down to enter sandman and being loud) asked me after the first drive: “how many people are on the field for a play?” He didn’t even know each team had 11. He wasn’t there for the football, he was there for the experience.

on the field product absolutely matters as well. These things go hand in hand.
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You sort of contradicted yourself there but I'll help you out...
If people were there for the experience and not the game, why didn't everyone leave when "Enter Sandman" was finished? Did the guy next to you leave? Obviously not because he asked about the football match.

People go for the football game. The GameDay experience adds to it. Very few, if any programs can legitimately say something during the football game is actually better than the game itself...which would also be a reason for people to show up (or simply not leave).
The only entity I can think of off the top of my head is ohio state's band at halftime. They would draw a huge crowd for just performing alone. But that's it and they have more money than anyone.

But here, you're talking about a program who can afford to make the GameDay experience good, who also has a larger fan base, and being top dog in the state when it comes to football helps also.
"There is a space" yes, and it's measured in light years by comparison.

Don't apologize for wanting Marshall to be better, apologize for excessively whining about MU and being a fan of the Reds.
All you've done is taken the same recycled complaints that literally everyone has made and put them into a supposed "takeaway" from a P5 school who has significantly more money and overall resources than MU.

You don't present any creative ideas that fit the economics of MU and anything you have said, hasn't been particularly well thought out as it often gets disputed on here.
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