10Q
Professor
Posts: 23405
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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10-31-18 05:47 PM - Post#263929
In response to QHoops
Maybe the penalty box at the Rink can be renamed for Jerome.
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mbaprof
Senior
Posts: 345
Age: 67
Reg: 12-24-11
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10-31-18 06:06 PM - Post#263931
In response to QHoops
Would be interesting to know how much we sold out for? I assume its a pretty significant amount which can go towards getting this program where we all want it to be, high mid major with a change to do some damage to the brackets
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SteveChop
PhD Student
Posts: 1155
Reg: 07-28-07
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10-31-18 10:53 PM - Post#263960
In response to mbaprof
The article seems to imply that it was for more than basketball - hope that this is at least a 7 figure amount for a number of years.
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Quakers03
Professor
Posts: 12533
Reg: 12-07-04
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Macquarie Court?
10-31-18 11:19 PM - Post#263964
In response to SteveChop
We didn't sell out. Just ask Grace. We were just waiting for the right "fit." Thank goodness this great company came along to save the day.
I'd love to know where this money goes to help (haven't practice facilities and the entire sports complex been updated?). Mark me as a cynic, but all I got when reading the story was how this makes good resume fodder for an AD...Are we really that desperate for funds? After a title year no less?
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omegahouse
Freshman
Posts: 84
Reg: 12-06-04
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10-31-18 11:23 PM - Post#263965
In response to SteveChop
With abject apologies (attended by the obligatory bowing and scraping), I find this to be incredibly offensive: if “branding†is a predicate to “raising the required funds to competeâ€, why not sell the name of the institution to the highest (or most robustly aggressive) bidder)? Why not festoon the uniforms of the athletes with advertisements? Why not pay athletes for sponsor tattoos? Really, where does one stop and ask “is this too much, in the grand scheme of matters?â€. At what point is one’s identity determined by the logo on one’s clothing, in contrast to one’s history? Are we game enough to ask these uncomfortable questions? Knowing arrows (some flaming) might be coming my way, do we really want to stumble, blindly, down this road? Just sayin’
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omegahouse
Freshman
Posts: 84
Reg: 12-06-04
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 10-31-18 11:29 PM - Post#263966
In response to omegahouse
OK, stated more succinctly: if one is sui generis, why resort to a stunt such as this?
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10Q
Professor
Posts: 23405
Loc: Suburban Philly
Reg: 11-21-04
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11-01-18 08:13 AM - Post#263972
In response to omegahouse
Maybe we can fund a couple of extra athletic scholarships.
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gopenngo
Masters Student
Posts: 487
Reg: 01-30-06
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11-01-18 01:04 PM - Post#263994
In response to 10Q
"Welcome to Macquarie Stadium at Historic Franklin Field, located in the Macquarie Riverfront Complex."
And, how does one pronounce Macquarie? Does it rhyme with Quackery?
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gopenngo
Masters Student
Posts: 487
Reg: 01-30-06
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11-01-18 01:07 PM - Post#263997
In response to gopenngo
Is the first "a" similar to the Hah-vard "ah," so it would be Mahckery Court?
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
PhD Student
Posts: 1173
Loc: Our Nation's Capital
Reg: 01-18-05
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11-01-18 01:36 PM - Post#264000
In response to gopenngo
Is the first "a" similar to the Hah-vard "ah," so it would be Mahckery Court?
"Welcome to Mockery Court at the formerly historic Palestra, brought to you by Mockery Investments. Penn and Mockery, perfect together!"
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rbg
Postdoc
Posts: 3058
Reg: 10-20-14
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11-07-18 09:15 PM - Post#264723
In response to T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
Penn Athletics has another sponsor, AXIA Time.
According to the article at the DP, Penn alumnus and Penn Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee John Kanaras founded AXIA Time this year and has quickly become partners with all eight schools in the Ivy League.
Not sure about the other schools, but Penn has created a new name for this weekend's Homecoming football game.
https://www.thedp.com/article/2018/11/penn- athleti...
- AXIA Time will be giving away a watch at select Penn home athletic events throughout the year. The company will have its first giveaway at the Palestra on Friday night during Penn men’s basketball’s home opener against Rice. The next day, another AXIA timepiece will be gifted to a fan at Penn football’s homecoming matchup, now called Homecoming: Presented by AXIA Time, against Harvard.
Furthermore, during some of Penn’s home conference games, the Palestra will have an AXIA Time table, where fans can try on watches from the University Timepieces collections and enter for a chance to win one of their own. -
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21212
Reg: 12-02-04
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11-07-18 09:18 PM - Post#264724
In response to rbg
Will we have a new poster named Axia Time Sunset?
Candle lighting time's getting quite early this time of year, ya know.
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gopenngo
Masters Student
Posts: 487
Reg: 01-30-06
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11-07-18 10:50 PM - Post#264742
In response to rbg
I axe ya, at Mockery Court will the offense have to beat a 30 second Timepiece?
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gopenngo
Masters Student
Posts: 487
Reg: 01-30-06
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11-07-18 10:53 PM - Post#264744
In response to gopenngo
This injury timeout is sponsored by Penn
Orthopedics...
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weinhauers_ghost
Postdoc
Posts: 2140
Age: 64
Loc: New York City
Reg: 12-14-09
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11-07-18 10:57 PM - Post#264747
In response to gopenngo
This injury timeout is sponsored by Penn
Orthopedics...
Make this shot from half court, win a free ACL reconstruction.
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penn nation
Professor
Posts: 21212
Reg: 12-02-04
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11-07-18 11:03 PM - Post#264748
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Is it just me, or are they rolling out new sponsors at a clip of one per week?
Why has the Ivy League, of all things, capitulated to this corporate nonsense?
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dperry
Postdoc
Posts: 2214
Loc: Houston, TX
Reg: 11-24-04
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11-08-18 02:21 PM - Post#264806
In response to penn nation
From what I've heard in other fora, Penn Athletics does not get subsidized to the same extent that some of the other Ivies do, so they may need everything they can get.
What is NOT for sale? Jeez, I'm gonna slap my name on a toilet in Franklin Field.
The library already beat you to it. Check out the urinals in the bathroom near Rosengarten sometime. I'm not making this up. 
David Perry
Penn '92
"Hail, Alma Mater/Thy sons cheer thee now
To thee, Pennsylvania/All rivals must bow!!!" |
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palestra38
Professor
Posts: 32840
Reg: 11-21-04
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11-08-18 02:27 PM - Post#264808
In response to dperry
I wouldn't go to Rosengarten when I attended Penn. Why would I do so now?
I did however, go to the McLelland sub-sub-sub basement to study. That was true purgatory.
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weinhauers_ghost
Postdoc
Posts: 2140
Age: 64
Loc: New York City
Reg: 12-14-09
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11-08-18 03:10 PM - Post#264821
In response to palestra38
I wouldn't go to Rosengarten when I attended Penn. Why would I do so now?
I did however, go to the McLelland sub-sub-sub basement to study. That was true purgatory.
My favorite spot was up in the carrels in Furness.
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T.P.F.K.A.D.W.
PhD Student
Posts: 1173
Loc: Our Nation's Capital
Reg: 01-18-05
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11-08-18 03:17 PM - Post#264825
In response to palestra38
I wouldn't go to Rosengarten when I attended Penn. Why would I do so now?
To see your name on a urinal, duh.
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