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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> seating capacity -- notsogood, Thu, October 17 2024, 5:23:24

Ultimately, we shouldn't have discontinued the football program. We’ve lost numerous donors and potential supporters as a result.

We don’t need a large stadium for FCS Pioneer League football, and our size is comparable to many other FCS programs I've already mentioned.

Additionally, with the new roster limits in hockey, that program is likely to become another financial strain on the department.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: seating capacity -- Griff, Thu, October 17 2024, 18:51:22

You don't need a large stadium for the Pioneer League? So the Pioneer League would take on a brand new program with zero infrastructure and potential seating capacity of maybe 2000 people below their smallest stadium? Come on man. This discussion has gotten stupid. The basketball season is 18 days away and we're talking about this?

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> figured you out -- notsogood, Fri, October 18 2024, 16:27:07

The decision not to drop football in the early 2000s was a mistake we should have avoided. Canisius is currently facing a crisis in its athletics program and isn't in a position to add any new sports. The roster caps resulting from the house settlement are going to significantly impact us, especially as hockey is forced to cut players. We were already at a disadvantage, and the introduction of NIL only makes things more challenging.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: figured you out -- Griff, Fri, October 18 2024, 17:07:01

Please enlighten us as to this athletic department "crisis".

So your solution to right a 20+ year error (in your eyes) is to build a 10,000 seat stadium in and/or around a land locked school so we can get 800 people on a Saturday afternoon in October to watch Drake? Got it.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: figured you out -- not so good, Fri, October 18 2024, 18:02:47

No, ship has sailed.

enrollment is way down and retention is way down. some majors have single digit enrollment

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: seating capacity -- Guarantee..., Sat, October 19 2024, 3:00:39

Canisius will add another sport within the next 24 months. It's just not going to be football.

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