Clausewitz,
I really think that our thinking is basically on the same page.
The areas that we may or (may not), have differences with, include the following:
I look for all the reasons and all the ways that we as a BYU Cougar Football team can improve, while others look at all the reasons why we should not improve. i.e.
. Selling one's soul for football
. smoking drugs, cheating with academics, we might include rape, stealing, cussing, and any other bad reason why
searching for excellence is wrong.
. Choosing between the gospel and football.
. many other holy reasons why we should not look for ways to achieve perfection as a goal, if not a reality.
My idea is that we need not sell our soul to seek perfection.
Trying to get the best coaches that can attract the best athletes is not selling ones soul, but it may require that
we pay an honest competative salary. We neec to attract someone like Andy Reed or someone else that might
be able to attract the more gifted athletes. That cost a competative pay.
(Pennhy wise, pound foolish) comes to mind in underpaying a coach and therefore getting a coach that will work
for less, instead of getting us a coach that can earn us more.
Once again compare the income difference between a $10,000,000 TV contract to a $25,000,000. TV. Contract.
Compare a 14-17 million dollar bowl game to a 750,000 to 1.5 million dollar bowl game.
Compare the half full stadium at $15.00 per seat tickets to a full stadium at $65.00 per seat. Donāt forget all
he venders in both the stadium and the book store, student center.
Proud teams bring in big money while shameful teams cost more money than they bring in.
Investing in BYU Cougar Football is big business and when done correctly, it is a big profit business.
We can invest in CocoCola Company, in Department Stores, in Rail Roads, in Radio stations, in
News Papers, and in TV Networks. How is investing in the Athletic Department of the Church owned Univeristy,
any less holy?
Does the CocoCola Company, Department stores, Rail Roads do more to promote the Church Values than
BYU Cougar Football.
My plea is that we ALL, start thinking of the postive ways of how to make BYU Cougar Football Sucessful and stop
making up a bunch of reasons why we should not try to make BYU Cougar Football successful.
Some of our posters in the name of all that is holy, sound to me like the worst of the UTAH UTES that would like
to see us stay down without the possibility of ever raising our heads again. This is no way intended to insult the Utes,
but it is used to open the eyes of those that think they are the most rightous among us that would keep us down with any
excuse they can dream up.