Opinions and sarcasm aside, why would football at Marquette cost $125 million?

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I have simply asked more than once if anyone here has reliable numbers concerning the cost for Marquette to make a return to NCAA football.

I am not interested in people's opinions or tired attempts at being witty or sarcastic. I only want to know what others know about the true cost.

You have written that "the original tone of your post and subsequent demands aren't going to endear you to anybody."

Endear me? Gosh, thanks for the tip.

I am simply asking others here who have accurate information to share it. I do not recall asking anyone to do my "homework," whatever that means.

Gee, 2002MUalum, do you really think my questions have cost me some of my MUScoop buddies?

Alright, let me be more direct:

Do the work yourself. Don't expect others to do it for you. Nobody owes you anything.

[TJ]

I simply want to know why people seem to think it would cost Marquette so much -- $125 million or more -- to bring back NCAA football.

Even if $125 million is close to accurate, which I doubt, Marquette would not have to pay the entire tab in one year.

I have no idea why a small faction here, who seem to have no information related to this topic, feel the need to analyze me for asking proper, respectful, pertinent questions.

This reinko fellow has written, "I feel bad that you hate your life so much that you have to behave like this."

Hate my life? Behave like what?

I just want someone with numbers to share them. Other than that, I am not interested in what reinko or others think of me or of the realistic notion that Marquette bring back NCAA football.

What part of the partial numbers that were posted above don't you accept?  People were trying to give you answers, but something as specific as you're probably looking for just doesn't exist among the membership of this board, if it exists at all.

A stadium, land, and practice facilities is going to cost a ton of money - that's the big ticket to concentrate on in all of this.  Since there are literally endless possibilities for how much that could cost, we can't give you an exact estimate.  But we gave some other examples and compared them to what our needs would be.  To do D1 football right, it seems like the cost starts at around $75M and goes up from there.

Of course, this is still just an educated guess, so what do you think about it?

[JoBo2756]

Ten years ago I personally asked Bill Cords about football and he laughed. Last year I personally asked Cottingham about football and he smirked and said it is NOT going to happen. So this isnt hearsay. It will not happen.

It is simply too expensive and that's before you get to adding the scholarships for womens sports.

Email Cottingham and he'd tell you the same thing. It will never happen. Marquette wants to focus on being competitive in the Big East. Not starting from scratch. So there are philosophical reasons as well that it won't happen.
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Sorry for coming to the post late. You can tell its the off season when so many people waste their time writing (and reading...including me) about MU getting football. Never going to happen.
About two years ago, I got invited by a friend to watch an MU game with Fr. Wild for a student promotion deal. I asked Fr. Wild, "So are we getting a football team?" He said, "Not if I have anything to say about it," and laughed in the driest most monotone way. Its not going to happen. Likely they "smirk" or laugh because they find it hiralious that people still ask them all the time...