Cox Communications Athletic Center

[DaddyCajun]

_ I was thinking the same thing. Thats alot of money. Thank you Cox Communications we'll take it!! _

Amen!!!

[McTailGator]

_ It is odd that it is a 10-year sponsorship agreement. The details of the agreement are unkown. What happens if Cox refuses to continue its sponsorship at the end of the 10-year period?

No need to speculate. The scenarios are almost indefinite. _

Charlie,

It's not really all that uncommon. Cameron State Bank has done something simular for the rights to be the most prominent name on our Scoreboard, and I'd bet you guy's have something simular assoicated with yours too.

The cool thing about it is, your building was paid for by a student assessment if I remember correctly. Now, your AD can take that $13K a month you are going to get from Cox and go out and secure a State issued bond and get the entire amount right now to pay for something else, or simply use the money for salary's or Operating expenses.

McNeese is selling naming rights (or sponsorships) to each room (i.e, the Hall of Fame Room, the Ticket Box Office, the Dressing Room, each locker, the weight room, the Training Room, each coaches office, Each team meeting room, the Players lounge/Plaza, and even the new 420 seat Club House on the 2nd floor) in our new Fieldhouse complex seperately in order to raise additional money above what we could get for one name on the entire complex, which is already named the Jack V. Doland Fieldhouse. It's more work to sale things individually, but we have time (1.5 years) and half of the rooms are already sponsored.

[Tripple Threat]

_ Triple Threat, I know your a huge UL fan, but you and a few that have posted here have missed the point, and that is MONEY.

Cox has ONLY sponsored the Athletic Office Building, and this will give UL a cash infussion that is sorely needed.

Heck yeah you and I and many people would love to not have names of a few companies on our buildings, but fact is we NEED the money!!

If anyone on this or any board knows anyone that is willing to put up the money Cox, then get THEM or YOU to put up the MONEY instead of these companies!!!!!!!!!

UL has been thru GH looking long and hard for the big buck people to lay it down, this is a start and this is progress, got to love it.

See ya at the games,
DaddyCajun _

I'm very appreciative of the cash and as you know I only want UL to move forward. My thoughts are in a best case scenario, private donations and no advertisements. But hey...if this is the way we will progress, let's do it. Thanks to everyone for keeping the forward momentum.