Posted on 03/10/2017 12:00:00 PM PST by C19fan
The University of Central Florida announced Monday that it plans to build a state-of-the-art athletics complex with an actual “lazy river” at a cost of well over $20 million.
Apart from the “lazy river” surrounded by palm trees, the $25 million facility will feature a $1 million sports-nutrition center, a cabana area, and even a miniature golf course, all intended to create a “place for athletes to relax, recover, and get to know each other,” according to Director of Athletics Danny White.
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Well the project may be built with private donations. But I suspect repairs, maintenance, and staff salaries and other operating expenses will come out of the universities budget.
Just remember Division I athletics is not cheap. I wonder if these beautiful facilities will be available to non student athletes, faculty and staff?
And tuition prices will rise by 10% to pay for this fluff.
UCF (FTU at the time) was actually still educating students when I graduated in ‘75. Before it got into big time football.
Any college that receives tax dollars should have no competitive athletics. There is no upside except for the people who get excited about watching such things. The downsides for most students are significant.
College sports = corruption and are a distraction from the training of minds.
I’m sure minor league teams of various sorts could take the slack.
Education is NOT a high priority of the modern University.
If I was a student there, I would seriously think of transferring.
If I was looking to retire, I would want to go there. Did you know they have got a big lake with a nature preserve. And a bunch of dorms surround the lake. During the summer, the dorm kids can lounge at the beach at the lake. They need to start making some more College Moovies. Annette and Frankie at the Bikini University in Florida. It’s Friday Lets lighten up.
You are right it would make a good retirement home.
My Uncle went there after he got home from Vietnam. He said the football team was a joke and the weight room used cinder blocks.
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