Boyd Gaming is donating 6.5 million dollars to help with a new indoor practice facility.
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Boyd Gaming, family donate $6.5M for new UNLV indoor practice facility
Boyd Gaming and the Boyd family are combining to donate $6.5 million to help UNLV build a new indoor athletic practice facility.UNLV's athletics department on T
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Boyd Gaming, Family contributes $6.5 million for construction of UNLV sports practice facility
Boyd Gaming and the Boyd Family donated its largest contribution to UNLV Athletics. $6.5 million will go toward the construction of an indoor practice facility, officials said.
Boyd family stepping up - AGAIN - for UNLV. Now if only the other big companies in LV would walk the walk. The greatest irony of Boyd’s philanthropy to UNLV is that Bill Boyd went to UNR! 😂 Yet he and his father, Sam Boyd, adopted UNLV as their own and supported the development of a hometown university, much like most of the old Vegas folks did back in the day.
As football continues to improve, I think you will see a lot more companies jump on board.
This is where better fan support can create a snowball effect.
Local businesses, especially hotels/casinos, need eyeballs on the product and fans in the seats for the investment to be worth their while.
Hopefully we get better turnouts next season. An opening season win against a Big 12 opponent will help that cause.
If "the community" is showing support to Odom, why would he leave? He's seen that the grass isn't always greener in a P5 (short-term money, yes, but not long-term stability). He likely earns enough money to sustain him and should have saved enough from his previous gigs to sustain him in retirement, not to mention drawing a PERS pension if he remains here for a certain amount of time (I don't know the requirements of this).
I know that what the Alabama, Ohio State, USC, etc's of the world want, they get. But why not be the king in a city such as Las Vegas? I know that these are my Rebel Red glasses showing me these things, and that I don't know his intentions and what drives him, just thinking this out loud, so to speak.
I know that what the Alabama, Ohio State, USC, etc's of the world want, they get. But why not be the king in a city such as Las Vegas? I know that these are my Rebel Red glasses showing me these things, and that I don't know his intentions and what drives him, just thinking this out loud, so to speak.
Odom and the rest of the coaches wouldn't be in PERS. They would be in the 403(b) plan.
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I don't think you're far off.
If he gets poached it will be by a school where we all think, Yeah I get it or Can't blame him.
It will either be a dream job scenario or one where he thinks he can win at a high level and win conference titles.
I don't think he takes just any P4 job even if money is better.
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Yeah I don't see him taking the Indiana job or Vandy because it is a power conference it will be a major one I think.
Yeah I don't see it. New playoff format gives G5s a seat at the table.
I think it's an 'easier' path to get into playoffs with a good G5 school than a middling P4 school like an Indiana, Mississippi State, Vandy, Cal, Wake Forrest etc.
Not a knock on those schools but none are catching the tops in their conference anytime soon.
A jump to any of them or school like that would be purely money driven. (Maybe a dream or alumni thing. Not for Odom, just in general terms).
I also wouldn't blame anybody taking a job where you're doubling a 7 figure salary. I don't think that's the case with Odom.
A team like UNLV now has a bit of an advantage over the field of G5. Not many G5 schools with comparable facilities, and it seems like UNLV is really trying to support football (finally).
Would you rather be in a lower to mid power school, with several schools ahead of you with huge advantages to make 11 spots, or be at a school with a bit of an advantage over your peers vying for 1 spot.
You could make an argument either way I guess, but that G5 spot feels more doable to me.
Yeah his MO experience probably taught him those jobs are fleeting. Unless he lands one where he feels strongly he can recruit to whether it be geography or relationships. Though I don't see him recruiting any geography especially heavy now and the portal kind of eliminates that.
Not sure how PERS does or doesn't work for coaches, but I find it unlikely that it allows for up to 17.5% of the coaches pay. No doubt that IRS has limits on retirement funding.Odom and the rest of the coaches wouldn't be in PERS. They would be in the 403(b) plan.
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If your Odom, you could go one of two ways.. the way of Charlie Strong UL to Texas or the way of Sonny Lubbick Miami to CSU. The former was a guy on the rise, did well at Louisville and bombed at Texas because the pressure to win is no joke at that level. Or you could take the Sonny Lubbick route and go from P4 to the likes of UNLV and build something and grow with the school, administration and community and become a cornerstone of Las Vegas and someday have a statue. Who knows what the future holds for him but I know I am enjoying him while he is here. Now if only Harper could fix the basketball program with a similar hire!
Official Watch party locations, Fan experiences, preferred hotel for away fans, game day shuttle service, etc.. Lots of opportunities if fan support increases.
More like the P2.5, Big 10 and Special Education Conference plus .25 ACC and .25 Little 14! Lol
It won't be "poached"... it'll be simply that he's ready to move to a bigger school again. He's already stated he's not paycheck hunting and never has been, he took a long look at UNLV prior to getting on our radar to begin with and when the time comes that he wants to leave, it won't be "we couldn't pay him" it'll be because he wants to go, even though yeah, they're going to pay him way above what we can even if we could offer more when that time comes
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