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Paw Master [16873]
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I'm really surprised that you're congratulating the student winners
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Nov 10, 2025, 10:36 AM
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I mean knowing how you feel about letting women participate in any type of competition
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Clemson University's about education, first & foremost, students should honored.***
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Nov 10, 2025, 10:41 AM
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Paw Master [16873]
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100% and since our softball ace was an academic all American I'm joining you in
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Nov 10, 2025, 10:53 AM
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Celebrating a great tiger Reese Basinger for making the university proud.
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Absolutely, it's just a shame softball stole ~$16mil & 100s of parking spaces...
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Nov 10, 2025, 11:01 AM
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from the Golden Goose.
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Paw Master [16873]
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Like you astutely pointed out its all in furtherance of the university's
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Nov 10, 2025, 11:29 AM
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Academic mission. Strong sports and social environments at a university help to bolster applications and boosts the caliber of students at Clemson.
Also softball might be a bad example in your quixotic mission against women's sports. IF we were able to really parse out revenue by sport softball may actually prove to be accretive. It's always sold out and TV ratings for softball games are soaring. Lots of people, including me, enjoy watching it. TV revenue for that sport will grow exponentially.
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TigerNet HOFer [124243]
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I'm glad you enjoy watching girls run around on a minor league field, I don't...
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Nov 10, 2025, 12:10 PM
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and it's continued growth may one day offset the monetary dumps, doubtful?, but never the 600 premium parking spaces that could've, should've been saved.
As for academics, Clemson's standing sky-rocketed long before softball, gymnastics & lacrosse became a thing. Is it going to hurt, I don't believe so as with DIII and other schools, it provides a rounded offering, but mostly at a loss.
As for chicks and athletics, I'm a big fan as I've said many times.
Again, this is Lara, as with my baby sister and all my significant others, everyone a highly talented and awarded athlete in their own right.
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Paw Master [16873]
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One day is here chief whether you doubt it or don't
Nov 10, 2025, 12:34 PM
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The WCWS averaged 1.3M viewers last year compared to 1.65M for baseball. Investing in softball makes solid financial sense.
PS congrats on knowing women who've played sports; that definitely makes you an ally.
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Not just knowing, but lauding their athletic endeavor, their commitment...
Nov 10, 2025, 12:45 PM
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to practice, time, effort and sacrifice.
That doesn't mean I have to like and/or tune into an unenjoyable game to respect their journey, because I've respect for any and all.
I don't watch pro-sports any longer; the last super bowl was the Ravens vs Giants, the last reg. season game was 2007. No MLB, no NBA, definitely not soccer and sometimes tune into the Masters or other majors.
I don't hate men's sport either.
And those numbers don't remotely mean the softball team will ever repay the upfront $16mil, continued losses to date, plus each year the added loss of those premium parking spaces.
"Chief"? Ha.
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Paw Master [16873]
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I wasn't suggesting you hate women's sports just because you don't watch them
Nov 10, 2025, 2:43 PM
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You've frequently implied that they shouldn't exist here at Clemson; that we're wasting resources on lesser endeavors. We're just gonna have to disagree on that.
There's only two sports that really makes significant revenue, football and men's basketball, should we get rid of the rest? Baseball and softball are probably break even I don't know for sure and neither do you. Should we get rid of our track program; if we knocked down that facility we could probably reclaim the lost football parking and free up those expenses.
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Re: Having not seen these posted, congrats are in order to Clemson's championship...
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Nov 10, 2025, 10:37 AM
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Awesome... Great job!
Go Tigers!! 🐅 💪
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Re: Having not seen these posted, congrats are in order to Clemson's championship...
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Nov 10, 2025, 10:54 AM
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Fitz- I recalled yesterday it is 50 years. I've loved the soung and followed the story. We saw the ships bell the recovered up by Superior. There is a pic of the Fitz hanging in my office. It has been there for years.
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Re: Having not seen these posted, congrats are in order to Clemson's championship...
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Nov 10, 2025, 11:48 AM
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Thanks for posting the ballad by Lightfoot about the Fitzgerald. I've always liked that song, but I haven't heard in a long, long time.
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Re: Having not seen these posted, congrats are in order to Clemson's championship...
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Nov 10, 2025, 12:15 PM
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Everyone knows Clemson engineers are the best.
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Did you run out of space and/or bandwith--
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Nov 10, 2025, 12:35 PM
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To post Brad's ??
Not at all like you to be forgetful so I am figuring it was a "space" issue
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Thank you.***
Nov 10, 2025, 12:55 PM
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As a Clemson civil engineering graduate and a former
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Nov 10, 2025, 1:04 PM
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concrete canoe paddler, and ASCE participant, I approve of this post and celebrate the victory!
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