Creighton announces plans to move campus

[jayschool]

BREAKING:

Creighton University President Daniel Hendrickson announced Wednesday a plan to move CU's official mailing address — and its basketball program — to La Habra, California. The move comes in the wake of California Gov. Gavin Newsom signing into law a bill that would allow student-athletes at California colleges and universities to receive compensation.

 

Currently, NCAA rules forbid student-athletes to receive "extra benefits" beyond the cost of attendance, which includes scholarships and other related expenses to attending a university.

 

Hendrickson said California's new law fits perfectly with CU's current basketball recruiting philosophy.

 

"We've really looked for ways for Coach (Greg) McDermott to be more directly involved in the payment process," Hendrickson said Wednesday in a press conference at the La Habra Holiday Inn. "This will remove all the secrecy and second-parties from our ability to land the best players available."

 

Hendrickson also noted that the university will undertake a fund-raising campaign in order to meet the demands of the nation's top players, and to compete against California programs such as UCLA, USC, Stanford, Cal-Berkeley and St. Mary's.

 

"We've always capped our offers at $100,000," Hendrickson said. "We really want to be competitive in this market, though, so we hope our alumni can step up. Every little bit helps. Instead of buying another BMW for their own children, maybe a few donors could do the same for our prospective basketball players."

 

CU students will continue to take classes at Creighton's "satellite campus" in Omaha, but all expressed no worries about attending 'Jays home games in California.

 

"Daddy's jet fits 25 people, so that's pretty much my entire fraternity," said Leighton "Biff" Stonehenge, a junior wealth management major from Glencoe, Illinois.

 

The move will create a dilemma, however, for the local "We Hate Nebraska Basketball Club," whose members proudly identify as "Jayskers."

 

"We'll still root for Frosty and the boys on autumn Saturdays," said Hugh Jass, the group's president. "As for the winters, well, I guess you can now call me a 'Mavsker.' "

Edited October 2, 2019 by jayschool

[Norm Peterson]

Link?

[49r]

They were sadly dismayed when informed that California Street - or as they call it on campus "The Mall" - does not constitute actually having the campus in California.

[Norm Peterson]

Just now, 49r said:

They were sadly dismayed when informed that California Street - or as they call it on campus "The Mall" - does not constitute actually having the campus in California.

 

From what I understand, that's kinda what prompted the move.

[Nighthawk]

Thanks guys,  with this gloomy weather I needed a good laugh.  

[AuroranHusker]

I think I sat by Hugh Jass at the football game last Sat.

 

Well, let me tell ya, his name speaks for itself. On a number of levels...

 

 

[Cazzie22]

I thought I had too much time on my hands! (Apologies to Tommy Shaw and Styx!)

[jayschool]

10 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

I thought I had too much time on my hands! (Apologies to Tommy Shaw and Styx!)

10 minutes out of my morning. I swear.

[AuroranHusker]

48 minutes ago, jayschool said:

10 minutes out of my morning. I swear.

 

That almost tops one of @jimmykc's April 1st Iceland extravaganza.

[HolyBobpilgrimage]

Better than the onion. Cheers.

Is it possible that Creighton can be an experiment example of what the limits of success are from cheating/bag dropping? They're a Nebraska team, so maybe this offers a good environment for a scientific comparison for the effect... Nebraska almost exclusively a hard line approach against this behaviour, Creighton mostly welcoming of any "alternative" strategies. 

Damn this is funny though. If we end up finding success without cheating, not only is it hilarious but it will most likely eclipse creightons ceiling and roles may eventually reverse for "little brother" and "big brother"

 

Boy do I want to see those frauds burn.