LutherRackleyRulez
03-17-2010, 12:55 PM
Per NY Times.....
Hurdles Beyond Cash Remain for Fordham
Soon after Fordham’s trustees announced last month that the university would infuse a significant amount of money into its men’s basketball program, Athletic Director Frank McLaughlin received an e-mail message from a former classmate. The writer said he had stopped donating to the team because he was disappointed with its lack of progress. But upon hearing the news, he changed his mind.
“There’s a check in the mail today,” he wrote.
It is impossible to know whether money will translate into victories, but Fordham’s quest for success on the court is being cheered by several rivals in the Atlantic 10 Conference whose institutional profiles resemble Fordham’s.
“You’re not going to just flip a switch, but it’s certainly trying to get positive momentum,” said Richmond’s athletic director, Jim Miller, whose men’s basketball team is a No. 7 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
A Jesuit university of 8,000 undergraduates that counts men’s basketball as its flagship program, Fordham has had only one winning season since joining the Atlantic 10 in 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/17fordham.html
Hurdles Beyond Cash Remain for Fordham
Soon after Fordham’s trustees announced last month that the university would infuse a significant amount of money into its men’s basketball program, Athletic Director Frank McLaughlin received an e-mail message from a former classmate. The writer said he had stopped donating to the team because he was disappointed with its lack of progress. But upon hearing the news, he changed his mind.
“There’s a check in the mail today,” he wrote.
It is impossible to know whether money will translate into victories, but Fordham’s quest for success on the court is being cheered by several rivals in the Atlantic 10 Conference whose institutional profiles resemble Fordham’s.
“You’re not going to just flip a switch, but it’s certainly trying to get positive momentum,” said Richmond’s athletic director, Jim Miller, whose men’s basketball team is a No. 7 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
A Jesuit university of 8,000 undergraduates that counts men’s basketball as its flagship program, Fordham has had only one winning season since joining the Atlantic 10 in 1995.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/17fordham.html