Apparently, for Pitbull, it’s 1.2 million a year just to see his name on FIU’s stadium.
Pitbull Stadium might be the most unique thing about FIU for the next five years. I’m sure when Mike MacIntyre saw the Coach Prime era arrive at his former stomping ground, he thought his current program would never stoop to anything gimmicky. Wellllll…
Hey, we bought a Kia for our daughter and I happen to love that little Forte. Somehow, though, I don’t see the Carson Becks of the world dating a social media superstar and having bragging rights about an NIL deal while driving a Sorento, though. He did opt for the Lambo SUV, so who am I to question his tastes?
Also, please refer to Mr. Pitbull as “The Official Entrepreneur of FIU Athletics”. He will also make an official FIU anthem. I can’t make this shit up, people:
Just imagine, “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Redcoats featuring Outkast the CEO of UGA Athletics are coming!” And we kick off with Hey Ya! instead of Battle Hymn. What a world.
Anyway, hypothetical Wednesday question: if we had to sell the naming rights to Sanford, who would we sell it to? Why?
Good Lord.
Kinda’ like the sound that Sanford Stadium has, there existed a time when it was “Cocktail Central” or at least those lovely east side “Tracks People” that had to go inside the stadium….GO DAWGS!!
Creature Comforts
if McGarity was still AD, he would happily sell the rights to all those things, UGA purchased Mercedes sedans don’t pay for themselves.
Ludacris Stadium at Trojan Condom Field.
Coca-Cola Field at Delta Stadium powered by Southern Company … Sanford and Dooley are sooooooooooo 20th century.
You have to fit Truist Bank in there somewhere.
ok – “powered by Southern Company and financed by Truist Bank”
With a 5 billion dollar advertising budget, its ties to the state and the approximate sharing of color schemes, I would say that the Coca-Cola Co. would be the most likely corporate sponsor of the football stadium, if there ever was to be one.
ol’ Jere won’t sell the naming rights, but you can bet your ass he’ll threaten to as a way to increase the Reserve Fund.
”we don’t want to re-name our legendary Sanford Stadium, but times are tough, and if YOU, our loyal supporters, don’t dig deep ………”
Welcome to Weaver D’s and Normaltown Hardware Stadium…
I’m down for “Weaver’s D: Delicious Fine Shutouts, Automatic, for the People.”
Well played.
Now the true cynic in me comes out. When (not if) we have true pay for play, this will be coming to a stadium with bushes around the playing surface built in 1929 near you. Just as everything in the new business school complex has some naming on it (I contributed to my company having one of those), the hedges will be grown by Home Depot. The press box will become the Larry Munson radio suite brought to you by Cox Media Group. It’s coming because there’s no amount of money from donations, collectives or TV contracts (they couldn’t get everyone more money for Texas and Oklahoma) to cover true salaries and benefits for the athletes in all sports.
Yes, this will be happening. Kirby will see that we don’t leave that kind of easy money on the table.
It will be a shame the day they remove Sanford off the facade of the stadium to replace it with some company name that didn’t even exist in 1929 and may not exist 10 years after.
The House settlement ensured that things like this are in the pipeline. If you are a program like FIU that has only even existed for a couple of decades, this really is a pretty good deal. I am a little surprised, in all honesty, that FIU didn’t change the name of their mascot to the Pitbulls. It wouldn’t be any worse than the Golden Panthers. Maybe Pitbull didn’t agree to pony up the cash for changing the mascot. And you are correct. Every school at some point will be looking for ways to get that salary cap number covered without dipping into their distributed share for media rights each year. If Coca-Cola, Truist Bank, Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power, or Jackson EMC, for example, came to Georgia and said they’d pony up $X to have their name on Sanford Stadium, Stegman, or anything else, together with logos on the field/court, that deal is getting done if the money is right.
I think that bullet point #2 is the real reason for the deal. Pitbull gets use of the stadium for up to 10 days per year. Basically, he rented a 20,000-seat venue in Miami for $120K/night so that he can continue to fight for the party. All it will take is about 2, maybe 3 concerts and he’s in the black.
Personally, I don’t see the appeal of Pitbull or know why one has to fight for the party. But apparently, it’s what he does and if your party needs fighting for, Pitbull’s your guy.
He is Mr. Worldwide ziggy ziggy zag…
And I thought it was the Beastie Boys fighting for our constitutional rights to engage in music and libations.
That’s painful to even think about. However, I would enjoy an Outkast half time show of ‘Hey Ya’ with backing by the Redcoat Band and no pumped in music. Having the tubas and sax line play the bass from the track would be pretty tight ala James Brown when he performed on that glorious stage.
I’m alright with the Georgia Power Company. It has a great ring to it. Hasn’t Tech sold Grant Field already?
something about Hyundai IIRC
First, hell no.
For kicks, though, I’d pick something like Southwire Company just to paint its slogan on the field: “We Deliver Power.”
All kidding aside, I wouldn’t mind seeing “Sanford/Munson” stadium some day. It would be a nice tribute to a DGD.