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Jan 18, 2018
8:14:18am

Yunit Starter

How are online courses a challenge to the Athletic program? There are

still 30K+ students on campus (not online) at BYU and that number hasn't really changed in the last couple of decades and many many thousands more that are alumni of the school want to attend the games. Football, basketball, volleyball games etc are a big part of the BYU experience in my opinion. At least it was like that for me and everyone I knew on campus while at BYU.

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Yunit

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Had a FB conversation with a friend today... he suggested that BYU FB will be

1/17/18 12:33pm

your friend is dumb.

smokymountainrain

1/17/18 12:34pm

You say dumb, but there is a lot of probable turth in that statement.

blackshirts

1/17/18 4:49pm

Yep. If that happens, and the demand for the product drops, the TV contracts

1/17/18 5:30pm

There will be plenty of $$$$ for the Superleague.

blackshirts

1/17/18 5:35pm

Yep. But just like the Bowl Alliance, BCS, P6 and P5, they don't like to share.

1/17/18 5:41pm

Wow, revelation comes to Cougarboard. Whom is the Prophet on this?

stevebyu8

1/18/18 9:05am

Is your friend named Vai?

acougfan

1/17/18 12:34pm

Nope. He refs HS sports.

1/17/18 12:35pm

ah. bonified seers, those high school refs are.

indojoe

1/17/18 12:41pm

I think it's more likely that things play out as your friend suggested

jbcoug

1/17/18 12:36pm

yep. his real gaffe is predicting the 5 year time frame.

smokymountainrain

1/17/18 12:40pm

That's kind of the direction I think it's going as well. I think the push for a

1/17/18 12:41pm

If fan interest & revenue decline to the point where the athletic dept is not

ptcougr

1/17/18 1:30pm

#1 doesn't make sense

Martin Van Nostrand

1/17/18 12:39pm

I may agree if the next round of TV deals don't pick up BYU Football

BruceBruce

1/17/18 12:41pm

Good point. I'm interested to find out how BYU's brand is perceived as an ROI

1/17/18 12:49pm

Five years, no way. Twenty years, its quite possible.

Josef K

1/17/18 12:43pm

1 and 2 are silly. 3 and 4 are legit problems. Our FB teams have picked the wrong times to suck.

byuTX

1/17/18 12:44pm

what recruits?

1/17/18 12:50pm

What is the worth of one soul? how many non mormons come to play and then get

bald man

1/17/18 12:54pm

You'd get a better return by dumping that money into some country in Africa

RC Vikings

1/17/18 2:21pm

Dumping what money? Cougar Club is not going to dump money into Africa!

GilbertAZCougar

1/17/18 2:58pm

Maybe their priorities are wrong.

RC Vikings

1/17/18 3:10pm

Maybe they already pay tithing, fast offerings and humanitarian aid.

GilbertAZCougar

1/17/18 4:30pm

I may quit the church if this happens.

Blue streak

1/17/18 1:00pm

^^^^This^^^^^

jrj84105

1/17/18 4:26pm

I would consider paying my tithes directly to BYU athletics instead of my ward.

Blue streak

1/17/18 4:32pm

I am with you on this. BYU athletics keeps me connected in some ways to the

Manutd

1/17/18 5:22pm

Same for me, athletics is a big tie for me

BYUfan92

1/17/18 5:57pm

May be the most honest post in the history of CB. My vote for POTD

SneakerPimp

1/17/18 6:37pm

Very true. And well said. This is true for way more people than

Jay Rick

1/17/18 8:26pm

Thank you for the compassionate response to my post.

Blue streak

1/18/18 8:35am

Would byu drop football before resigning itself to a navy/army/air force like

RdF3

1/17/18 1:02pm

Not sure. Probably depends on several factors, including space utilization.

1/17/18 1:06pm

In the mid-1990s I saw the Miracle Bowl play in Argentina on TV

2FarGone

1/17/18 1:05pm

I don't think BYU will drop football, but I think the biggest threat may

1/17/18 1:07pm

I know a lot of parents who love FB, but who don't want their kids to play.

1/17/18 1:11pm

You friend is either a Ute or Aggie fan, isn't he?

TheHop

1/17/18 1:15pm

He's right, but for the wrong reasons: 1. Gays; 2. Concussions. 10 years.

Iman23

1/17/18 1:24pm

Oh brother

SWP

1/17/18 1:34pm

No evidence that BYU students are more likely to get married in the temple or

Iman23

1/17/18 1:36pm

Seriously. Merrill Bateman's claim, not mine

SWP

1/17/18 1:37pm

I think you misunderstood what he said. There is data on this that proves it

Iman23

1/17/18 3:13pm

Actually, I'm certain I understood what he was saying. Why? Because it really

SWP

1/17/18 6:51pm

Because the direction is to offer a less expensive

FanofBYU

1/18/18 12:01am

RE: Actually, I'm certain I understood what he was saying. Why? Because it

ManicBlue

1/18/18 1:34pm

BYU students more likely than whom? In the northeast, active LDS YM & YW who

ptcougr

1/17/18 1:52pm

Does that number include RMs? 90% sounds really high if RMs are included

ALUF 1990

1/17/18 2:24pm

I don’t know, but I have heard (2nd hand from area authority) that increasingly

BlueTooth

1/17/18 4:47pm

My ward has 71 YSAs. 2 are active, attending the singles ward, 5 are currently

ptcougr

1/17/18 7:22pm

Wow, that’s pretty close to 90%.

BlueTooth

1/18/18 11:40am

I don't know about 90%. But, when I was in a YSA in California they said 80%

califcougar

1/18/18 1:25pm

Does this strike anyone else as odd? If your numbers are correct

jbcoug

1/17/18 2:25pm

Does seem a bit high. But I know there is concern because it is high.

BlueTooth

1/17/18 4:59pm

Mormon kids can function in general society. Amish kids can't.

jrj84105

1/17/18 11:30pm

As the world becomes more corrupt

Borg

1/17/18 1:35pm

Our recent investment in athletic facilities says otherwise

JKLCoug

1/17/18 2:02pm

I hope you're right... Just think in the big scheme of things,

Borg

1/17/18 3:02pm

Your friend is probably trusting his ref eyes . . . I've been told they are

TBabyCougs

1/17/18 1:38pm

BYU Football is not going anywhere. Utah State would die before BYU.

andrewg3

1/17/18 1:45pm

Lol why do people keep bringing up utah state in this thread?

RdF3

1/17/18 2:03pm

People who don't see this being a real possibility are just kidding themselves.

TutumTeRoboreReddam

1/17/18 2:05pm

I'm literally laughing out loud; my response

1/17/18 2:07pm

Please name one P5 program that has as bad of an OCT/NOV home schedule.

Blue streak

1/17/18 3:54pm

you've named the same number I come up with: ZERO.

Blue streak

1/18/18 8:24am

hold on a sec

1/18/18 10:12am

Sounds like you agree, our HOME sched in Oct/Nov is worse than every single P5.

Blue streak

1/18/18 11:31am

I say it has minimal effect on the survival of BYU

1/18/18 1:57pm

Very good possibility we be in a conference within five years

shakarocks

1/17/18 2:20pm

You need to get better friends. Your friend sounds like a clown.

Yunit

1/17/18 2:21pm

Also can you imagine going to a college that doesn't have a football team?

Yunit

1/17/18 2:22pm

RE: Also can you imagine going to a college that doesn't have a football team?

UMWolverine

1/17/18 2:33pm

Agreed, but I think most of them would prefer to be at BYU Provo.

Yunit

1/17/18 3:08pm

Because they are enrolling to take online

FanofBYU

1/18/18 12:08am

How are online courses a challenge to the Athletic program? There are

Yunit

1/18/18 8:14am

A challenge in terms of long term direction.

FanofBYU

1/18/18 11:50am

If Utah State can support a FB team after all these years then BYU will be fine.

Yunit

1/18/18 1:44pm

Maybe, but for different reasons

hms_ben

1/17/18 2:51pm

Good response.

1/17/18 3:15pm

Does your friend live in a padded room by chance?

Thug Mormons

1/17/18 2:55pm

BYU Football is so overrated as a missionary tool and I think the BOT knows it.

dreamlvr

1/17/18 3:36pm

Define 'missionary tool'. Life long member here, I leave if BYU football goes.

Blue streak

1/17/18 4:00pm

Retention tool >>>>>>>>>>>> missionary tool.

jrj84105

1/17/18 4:32pm

It sounds like you agree with me, but are arguing over semantics.

dreamlvr

1/17/18 4:39pm

Completely agree. Many times we use the term Missionary work to mean only

Blue streak

1/18/18 8:29am

Why does the percent of church members in the us matter?

cougarfann888

1/17/18 3:41pm

Take away BYU Football, and you basically nuke the entire Athletic Department budget at BYU. No Football = no BYU sports

1/17/18 3:41pm

Disagree completely

ManicBlue

1/17/18 4:04pm

Good post. Thanks for the reasoned reply. Definitely worth considering.

1/17/18 6:18pm

Francis bernard is already gone

1/17/18 4:05pm

FB = football.

crazY

1/17/18 4:07pm

haha i was kidding

1/17/18 9:41pm

I know.

crazY

1/17/18 10:33pm

Your friend has no clue.

Thrill

1/17/18 4:07pm

Not buying it. We wouldn't have forked out the dough for Detmer, Grimes etc

1/17/18 4:32pm

Ya I believe sports could be nixed in that time frame

Y4LYFE

1/17/18 4:43pm

BYU FB will be gone when fans/boosters lose interest/give up

jkccoug

1/17/18 4:55pm

Is your friend a Ute fan?

1/17/18 6:06pm

No. He's a BYU fan.

1/17/18 6:07pm

Interesting. Last name Whittingham? 😉

1/17/18 6:13pm

How did you guess!?! Dang, you're pretty good at this.

1/17/18 6:15pm

All that means

Heinz57

1/17/18 6:37pm

#1 is the only one that wasn't true 50 years ago.

CougarThug

1/17/18 8:06pm

Yes! I can look forward to American Ride Reruns on Saturdays now!

tjngirlz

1/17/18 8:20pm

And reruns of extinct and Granite Flats. Two

FanofBYU

1/18/18 12:15am

so where does this guy live? Utah? Elsewhere?

TheAirForceCoug

1/17/18 8:40pm

This has been wishful thinking by yewt fans for decades now.

Conan

1/18/18 12:02am

obviously, your friend is a numb nut

mindzeYe

1/18/18 1:30am

Your friend sure seems to have the talking points of every Yewt fan I've

1/18/18 7:25am

BYU football is in a better position financially, competitely, and future

Lance71

1/18/18 9:36am

Junk like this shouldn't be in the top 10.

k2coug

1/18/18 7:23pm

Ummmm... cool. Conspiracy theories are cool.

Circaman12

1/18/18 7:56pm

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