New athletic director Nicki Moore

[billhoward]

Princeton is putting in some new minor-sport (ie soccer / field hockey vs say football) mini stadiums that are way nicer than the, what's our name, Berman Field out at the end of upper alumni field. If you can't give Ivy athletes scholarships, you can make things better by hiring the best coaches, give them fabulous facilities, and find them summer internships.

[Chris '03]

I think we have brought it up before. Athletics has issues that extend way beyond what normal people can see and this is just another example.

Ticketing
Golf course
Funding
Facilites/stadium issues
The Practice facility, the sprint  facility, Lynah issues, rowing, baseball, the football stadium etc
Now clothing.

tons of issues

At least Andy took care of wrestling.

[ugarte]

At least Andy took care of wrestling.

priorities (not ironic)

[Weder]

The answer is almost certainly no, but would the university ever consider building a much smaller football stadium? During covid, they've held multiple graduation ceremonies to keep crowd sizes down, and this has the added benefit of allowing students to invite as many people as they want to see the ceremony instead of scrambling to get more than the allotted 4 (or whatever it was) in the pre-pandemic days of one large ceremony.

[RichH]

I think we have brought it up before. Athletics has issues that extend way beyond what normal people can see and this is just another example.

Ticketing
Golf course
Funding
Facilites/stadium issues
The Practice facility, the sprint  facility, Lynah issues, rowing, baseball, the football stadium etc
Now clothing.

tons of issues

At least Andy took care of wrestling.

If you can't say something nice...

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Andrew_Noel

[CU2007]

What happened to the golf course?

[upprdeck]

Have you played the golf course in the last 5-10 yrs

Other than the greens, fairways, bunkers, trees, tee boxes, concessions, benches, fences its going great

Though they did get new carts

[billhoward]

What happened to the golf course?

In the eyes of many golf aficionados, one of the finest college-affiliated golf courses – designed by Robert Trent Jones '30 and opened in 1941 (9 holes; 18 holes in 1954) – has been allowed to go downhill in terms of the course itself, the clubhouse, food & beverage, yada yada. And critics see the facility, home to the men's and women's golf teams, as a proxy for how far Cornell sports has sunk. That and designed-for-men sweatpants that don't fit Cornell female athletes. Notwithstanding the the wrestling team's NCAA third place finish, the hockey and lacrosse teams, and the overperforming (per historical standards) basketball team, and etcetera.

The greens fees, $50 weekdays/$70 weekends for alumni, $30 for a golf cart, are pretty affordable.

Some of the improvements may need to come from the largess of alumni. As I understand it, alumni underwrote expansion from 9 to 18 holes and for the Moakley House (the clubhouse).

I like to think the golf facility is immune from Cornell expansion of dorms, research buildings, etcetera. But you never know.

[CU2007]

Have you played the golf course in the last 5-10 yrs

Other than the greens, fairways, bunkers, trees, tee boxes, concessions, benches, fences its going great

Though they did get new carts

I have not, but that's sad to hear.

[Cop at Lynah]

I've been a member at RTJ Golf course since the mid 90's.  Let's be fair about the current conditions at the course.  The fairways are just fine.  The greens are excellent.  The bunkers are unplayable as is, but they are in the process of removing a bunch of them and rebuilding the ones that remain, so hopefully within the next couple years they will be up to par.  They have removed a shit load of tree's from the property to make the layout more open and better for the health of the turf. There is also a major drainage project that is scheduled to start soon which will only help the long term health of the course.

[George64]

I assume that most of you are on Nicki Moore's email list, but if not, here's the link to Big Red Threads, a new weekly newsletter —

https://sway.office.com/HZR53i6PdkpxKsAh?ref=email

[Ken711]

[mike1960]

A jump to the SEC would be big.

[George64]

Nooooo! I think she's been terrific!  

Note to Ryan Lombardi - She communicates well! She's made us aware that there's more to Cornell athletics than just hockey, lacrosse and wrestling. Give her a big raise!  And while you're at it, give Brian Earl one, too!

[upprdeck]

i would not be surprised if the SEC would be paying 5-10x as much as cornell.