You’re Greg McGarity. You’ve successfully raised over thirty million dollars to build an IPF you couldn’t find the time for until you got called out in public over it by an assistant football coach.
The damned thing’s built now. Are you really gonna let the football team use it, just like that? I’m not talking about making sure the joint is up to code before you let the players in. I’m talking about losing a revenue source. Why not charge ’em rent? I mean, it costs money to run it; the cleanup and maintenance costs alone have to be a bear. Add in running the air conditioning on those hot August afternoons and the wear and tear on the roof when they have to go inside because of rain, sleet, hail and snow… that’s got to be a pretty penny.
Hey, it’s not like anyone made any guarantees about practicing indoors when these kids were recruited. Herschel Walker didn’t need an IPF to win a natty and a Heisman, did he?
Okay, I keed, I keed… although, now that I think about it, what about asking the donors to pony up for those operating expenses? If they could come up with an extra $15 mil for the building, who’s to say they couldn’t check to see what’s under the couch cushions and toss that into the kitty, too? Do it for the kids, folks. (Or the reserve fund. Whatever works.)
The Donald M. Leebern, Jr. Indoor Practice Facility HVAC System has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
Get The Picture 
Maybe this is officially the end of the Adams era legacy at UGA. Il Duce made it clear he didn’t want an IPF on campus. Finally it’s done. Good for the program.
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No, the student suspensions for having a beer policy still exists.
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Excellent point …
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One thing I really noticed this year whenever I watched GameDay: schools always will get those on camera. Even if it’s just for a player interview, they’d set it up in there.
They definitely want it out there to everyone watching that they have one.
Rumor has always had it that LSU’a IPF (which by all accounts is the gold standard) was a huge reason Saban choose to jump there in 2000.
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I can vacuum the place for them..
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Hmm, gotta get the fire Marshall and the state building inspector processed quicker. It’s all in the details y’all.
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McGarity can get the legislature to pass a law he wants at record speed, but he can’t get the fire Marshall and building inspector to inspect as soon as possible?
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Clearly, the local officials are Richtophiles.
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They are more loyal to Richt than they are to inspections.
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New construction projects require inspections at 80% completion and 100% completion. All State Fire Marshal inspections are scheduled through the UGA Office of Fire Safety.
Schedules are set with them at least a week before the requested date of inspection. The State Fire Marshal typically conducts inspections on the UGA campus on Thursdays.
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Everybody’s got one but Georgia has the most talked about one in the SEC, before and after. Amazing how fast this thing became a reality after Pruitt spoke up. Name it for him!
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Name it after the “Water Girl”!
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Yes, name it Beer Wintch.
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As a practical matter, almost every inch of real estate on private college campuses has sold naming rights. Magic Mc could easily sell naming rights to internal parts, which endow the opex of the place.
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Why is this our AD’s fault? Just another reason to rail on the guy, so it seems.
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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+1
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-1. This is simply crying wolf.
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-1, indeed. Enough already.
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Wish McG would have said they are waiting to hear back from Richt on scheduling the ribbon cutting ceremony before opening the facility for use. Just because
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So, do we want the damn thing or not?
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