Final thoughts on Neinas report

Folks are talking about what little they see in the Neinas Report in terms of immediate actions that could bring about solutions to issues facing the athletic department. If you simply read the report, it might come off a bit common-sensical thin. But there was quite a bit of interpretation by Neinas and RV during today's press conference as to what UNT could do in the next few years to improve its athletic lot in life. The following points, which I posted in The Village for open discussion, struck me the most: 

1. Someone, in this case an outsider, actually looked UNT in the face and said, "Your athletic budget is deficient, and you have to do something about it." How it gets done is the mystery, and until you have something going into the coffers from the new stadium, sponsorships, suite revenue, more donors and a possible budget increase by the regents, it'll stay a mystery.

2. RV and UNT have come to a sobering conclusion that they have no business joining another conference until they start winning Sun Belt titles at a high rate of consistency in all sports. Let the opportunity come to you and take care of your own business, I heard. There's a considerable obsession out there with "jumping" to another conference. Until UNT is able to kick around the Sun Belt like a plaything, get over it.

3. Unless there's something I don't know about the skill and fortitude of a football team minus half of its starters to injuries, there will be a new coaching staff next season. It sounds to me there will be no wiggle room on this.

4. While this report is very advisory and less specific than many would have hoped, it nonetheless serves as the gauntlet RV needs to throw down to students, faculty, staff, adminstrators, regents, alumni and donors that UNT can no longer scrape out a meager existence behind the other athletic programs in this state.

I don't plan to publish a full news story on the site about this. It's no longer unique content that TMGR can put on premium, and I think everyone gets the idea. I welcome any further discussion, though.