Mike Repole Piece
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Last sentence helps soften the blow this afternoon.
So will the Italian food I'm gonna eat in few.
So will the Italian food I'm gonna eat in few.
Yes, Repole can be an A$$, but his $upport means everything to our $uccess.
He mesmerized students a couple of weeks ago at Tobin. He didn't shy away from his lack of academic success, explaining his parents are Italian immigrants and uneducated so when as a freshman his GPA was 1.00 and they thought it was 100. He also told kids they knew high school was 4 years so believed him when Mike told him that college was 5 years.
Important message to kids that grades aren't everything and don't insure successful careers nor unsuccessful ones either.
Redenbacher
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Well, that’s good to hear, because we were manhandled yesterday by a team that was bankrolled by the Tyson chicken billionaire ($3 billion net worth, so Repole has his work cut out.)
Tyson CEO John H. Tyson—a longtime benefactor of Arkansas sports—reportedly bankrolled a $5 million NIL budget for Calipari to recruit, which he used to rebuild a roster from the ground up. (The roster was so depleted when he arrived that, at one point, he joked with reporters that “there is no team.”) But within a few months, Calipari put together a strong, if small, recruiting class of seven transfers and six freshmen.
Add the Walton Family,Jerry Jones etc…. I laugh when I hear we were 4th in the nation in NIL. Not even close
Send that article to the reporter from the NY Times who made it sound like St. John's was doing something nefarious!
I don't understand why we can't get businesses like other schools. FedEx gives Memphis millions every year. Our advantage should be that we have 20 million people in the metropolitan area. We should get 10 mill easy from them before turning to any alumni.
JohnnyPirate
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We've been mediocre for the past 25 years and were run like a mom & pop shop, so can't really blame potential investors for not knocking down our door. But after decades we've finally hired competent leaders who brought winning and increased media exposure back to St. John's. I would think that our new found notoriety will attract the kind of outside investment that will allow us to continue to build our brand. Fingers crossed.