Originally Posted by shocka43
UD has staff that is forced to do this already. There are plenty of people that are forced to head back to Dayton from wherever the men's team is playing...or come into the away venue late due to something going on at the Arena. UD has enough staff to cover the duties with an away game and have enough people on hand every year. It may suck for those employees, but the revenue generation and good publicity is the plus. Arena staff can handle the game day at UD while the athletics administrators do what they have to do with the team. They do it all the time.
I agree with other's above. UD's problem hosting past the First Four is what other big city venues don't have to worry about. Decent food, lodging, entertainment, and bars within walking distance or a 2 second Uber ride from the venue. UD is VERY limited in this capacity and the surrounding area. I want to park my ride for the day and walk. Anything on campus that is close is packed to the gills with just a portion of the fans.
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What revenue generation and publicity?
Do you even know which school hosted the Final Four this year without looking it up?? If I were to ask you which cities, and more specifically which schools, hosted the NCAA Tournament that ended just three weeks ago, would you even be able to name half of them??
I hear all this talk about the publicity you get for hosting. You get one little itty bitty logo on the floor. It's in a spot that unless you know it's there, you won't even notice that it's there. No one knows who the host schools are. Half the people at the games don't even know who the host schools are. People know who the teams are that are playing, but not who's hosting. Dayton played in Indianapolis. I didn't see one word on this board about who the two hosts were at any point. Do you even know who the two hosts were without looking it up??
I'm not saying this to pick on you. I'm saying it to prove a point. The vast majority of the people at the games probably didn't notice who was hosting. So, there really isn't any publicity.