[Bingo v2.0]

Prime example of why endowments mean nothing. The amount of money flowing through the university of Albany is light years ahead of most of this conference. The R&D budget alone surpasses every school in the CAA and the America East. Additionally, this does not calculate the Rockefeller funding.

Endowment should be taken out of all sports equations unless, like Maine and Binghamton, you have specific earmarks helping the ADept. Albany’s football stadium has an endowed operating budget.

LOL… see above post. Good timing!

 

[Wildcat18]

This is the correct answer. Northeastern end goal is to be in the patriot league.

I’m sure they will get it eventually, along with W&M.

 

[VCat_2015]

I’ve always been a big believer that endowment should not be in the same discussion for athletics unless it’s specifically about athletic endowments. The hard truth is that endowments are very strictly managed, and most endowments are spoken for within a university. And yes, that could allow a university to divert funds to athletics that would otherwise be used. at the end of the day, other than a d!@k measuring contest for presidents, it is meaningless athletics.

The Cioffi endowment for UVM men’s basketball is meaninful. I don’t think it actually pays for much (if any) of Becker’s base salary, but my understanding is it helps keep the assistant and AHC salaries competitive and it pays for the use of private charter air travel for non conference home and home series (NC, Ohio, etc) and even conference games (they now charter to Maine to save the 8-9 hr bus trip). With how hard it can be to fly commercially out of BTV in the winter (bad winters and also when national cancellations happen it seems BTV is always at the “end of the totem pole” in terms air traffic triage) it makes a huge difference.

From my understanding that is all possible thanks to the Cioffi endowment. I’m not sure any other school in the conference takes a charter jet to Maine? And UMBC and Bing are even further from Orono.

 

[mainejeff]

The Cioffi endowment for UVM men’s basketball is meaninful. I don’t think it actually pays for much (if any) of Becker’s base salary, but my understanding is it helps keep the assistant and AHC salaries competitive and it pays for the use of private charter air travel for non conference home and home series (NC, Ohio, etc) and even conference games (they now charter to Maine to save the 8-9 hr bus trip). With how hard it can be to fly commercially out of BTV in the winter (bad winters and also when national cancellations happen it seems BTV is always at the “end of the totem pole” in terms air traffic triage) it makes a huge difference.

From my understanding that is all possible thanks to the Cioffi endowment. I’m not sure any other school in the conference takes a charter jet to Maine? And UMBC and Bing are even further from Orono.

Burlington to Orono is 8-9 hours?

 

[Dane96]

Burlington to Orono is 8-9 hours?

it is not. I have done the trip. 5:30 minutes if obeying traffic speeds. 4:45-5 for normal folks. On a bus, 530 is fair. Flying charter from Burlington to maine is a choice. I will even throw in traffic to get you to 6 hours. We have large men (football) riding busses from Albany to Loretto.

 

[GoCatsGo]

Burlington to Orono is 8-9 hours?

No, that's definitely an exaggeration. But it is 6 of the crappiest hours there are in the middle of the two crappiest months of the year (January/February). And considering the number of UVM/Maine games that seem to coincide with terrible weather over the years (i.e. enough for you to go "Boy, why do Maine and Vermont always play in a snowstorm?"), I'll chalk it up as money well spent.

 

[ball_of_rubber]

Nobody wants to take the scenic route on US 2?

 

[mainejeff]

Burlington and Bangor both have nice airports minutes from each campus. I don’t blame either school for flying if they can afford it.