Comments on: BU success may mean bad news for its neighbors

By: BU plans to exploit neighborhood » Peoria Pundit

BU plans to exploit neighborhood » Peoria Pundit — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:04:18 +0000

[...] Sometimes I’m so smart I scare myself. A week ago, I predicted that Bradley University was going to use it’s surprising victories in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament to raise money for new facilities on campus, and this was bad news for neighbors in the nearby Arbor District. I took a huge amount of criticism for not jumping on the BU bandwagon. [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:22:47 +0000

Watch it before you start to make sense. In PeoriaPunditLand, any time something bigger succeeds it MUST be through evil and abuse of the rest of us.

Especially something as evil as Bradley University.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:27:53 +0000

Let’s go Braves!

By: ollie

ollie — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:12:26 +0000

You might want to check out:
http://www.bringbacktrack.com/About/Sport_Giving_Non-Correlation.asp

Money given to a university is not really strongly corrolated (if at all) with the success of its athletic programs.

So Bill can feel free to cheer with a clear conscience.

By: ollie

ollie — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:59:25 +0000

Why would you get kicked out of blogland for saying that? Different people like different styles.

I happen to be a natrual “stick in the mud”; if everyone were like me, the world would be rather boring.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:38:53 +0000

And don’t forget… Dave Snell is one of the most talented play-by-play announcers out there. He stays at Bradley because that is where he wants to be.

By: PeoriaIllinoisan

PeoriaIllinoisan — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:44:19 +0000

Bill, you’re such a buzz-kill.

I had the same thought though while watching the game. Yes, they certainly will use this to their advantage. What better time to rally the boosters to open up their wallets than now? They’d be stupid to wait until another mediocre year.

Yea, the Arbor district is shrinking, and this will certainly hasten it’s demise.

By: PeoriaIllinoisan

PeoriaIllinoisan — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:40:15 +0000

Same as I do for Cub games, I turn off the tv volume, and turn up the radio! Kaboom!

By: Samer Wesley Aldroubi

Samer Wesley Aldroubi — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:32:15 +0000

How exactly has Bradley been a bad neighbord?

They keep up their properties better than the average person.
They provide jobs.
They provide entertainment.

They legally buy properties that are accross the street from their current institutional boundary, and operate it as a landlord until they have a better use for it.

What has Bradley done that makes the neighborhood so nervous?
They are buying property on the open market, not seeking it through eminent domain.

For once could people look at the larger good, rather than worry about losing a few blocks of housing.

Most neighborhoods would be lucky to have Bradley as a neighbor.

By: Snarkelicious

Snarkelicious — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:01:17 +0000

Never have been a Bradley fan, but I love seeing them win.

Listening to the game yesterday, though, I couldn’t stand listening to “The Coach.” Sorry, I don’t know his name, but that’s what they called him all afternoon.

I know he’s the patron saint of Bradley basketball, but I couldn’t understand a freaking word the old guy had to say. Has he had a stroke or something? And when I did understand him, nothing he said offered any real insight or value to the listening experience. Mostly, it made me wish I was near a TV so I could turn off the radio.

Snell did fine. Nice job. But the coach sucked.