I don't see how The University of Phoenix putting it's name on a stadium is any different than any other company putting it's name on a stadium. It's well within the rights of the teams to sell advertising any way they wish. Check out any European soccer club and you'd be hard-pressed to find the logo of the actual team on the uniform. But you'd better believe you'll know who their main sponsor is. Sports ceased being just about the game ages ago.
People love to slag other people's college educations as inferior. I heard it attending a juco (and even at UNT), I have friends who heard it about DeVry, and you're already getting some here about CSU-Chico.
I beg your pardon? I simply mentioned a notable fact about CSU-Chico. I think you are choosing to read it as a negative.
It's well within the rights of the teams to sell advertising any way they wish.
Unless the it breaks the rules established by the governing body/league. You can be assured that the major American sports leagues that you are referring to have very strict guidelines regarding what is and isn't acceptable.
Check out any European soccer club and you'd be hard-pressed to find the logo of the actual team on the uniform. But you'd better believe you'll know who their main sponsor is.
Not a big football, (
soccer), fan, eh? Your inability to locate the crest, (
logo), doesn't mean it isn't there.
LaKeR4LiFe, you're really making a strong case for Troll of the Month. Kudos to you!
I brought up the facts because the reflexive contempt for the University of Phoenix was so ill-informed, not because I have a personal stake in defending it. I repeat - $154 million. On naming rights to a pro stadium. These people claim to be in the education business? Well, the business part sure seems accurate, but that's a complete waste of a substantial amount of educational resources. Ego has taken over. And that strikes me as the antithesis of S-M-R-T (I mean S-M-A-R-T!).
I don't think $7.7 million a year for 20 years is a bad deal, financially, especially when you consider the attention-getting stadium they put their name on. The company that owns the university, the Apollo Group, earned $2.2 billion in revenue last year.
I don't think $7.7 million a year for 20 years is a bad deal, financially, especially when you consider the attention-getting stadium they put their name on. No - it makes a certain sense from a certain perspective, but I'm Canadian and therefore have an ingrained distrust of things like hospitals and schools that are aligned as for profit mechanisms. This strikes me as counter intuitive, but I'm probably overstating it. I also have a vampiric thirst for maple syrup and an undeniable urge to hit someone in the face when I see a sheet of ice. Additionally, I really like beavers.
As opposed to just liking beaver, as we do in the States.
It's not opposed.
Chico State has long been a highly ranked party school. And......
How much will tuition have to go up to pay for it? Glad I don't go there.
geekyguy: I follow European football a little and even manage to attend some matches. I didn't say the logo (crest) wasn't there, I was just pointing out the fact that the sponsor's logo is more prominently displayed.
