The Southern University football team won the SWAC Championship on December 2013 after their return the previous year.
Not only did they clear that accolade, they also broke barriers by winning Bayou Classic back-to-back. In this past Bayou Classic, Southern fought tooth and claw to destroy Grambling’s chances to even think of going to Houston.
Who wants Houston?
Well it’s obvious that Southern has already tasted it, that sweet decadence.
So when it came down to ask people to pay $10 for parking. What happened?
We as a whole complain about wanting a new stadium, uniforms, practice fields, etc., and then try to compare ourselves to Louisiana State University.
LSU alumni and fans who attend sporting events pay way more for parking and do a lot less complaining. They are ready to cheer for their team and put money into the program so it can thrive.
We can’t even cheer at a home game for a team that has made miracles for such a nice program.
Do you know how a new stadium is born?
Money. New uniforms? Money. New practice field? Money.Initiative for concessions? Money. Parking garage?
Money. So why in the world do you think that these funds are coming out of the sky?
So when you cheat the system, the only person you are hurting is yourself and the school that you may claim you love so much. If you don’t want to pay $10 for parking, get your walking feet ready and park where you please. But for the rest of the lazy people that exist, go to the ATM and have fun.
Can you imagine the lights from A.W. Mumford Stadium shining beyond the hump on Saturday night? Can you imagine our noise breaking the barriers of the night sky? Can you imagine a parking garage to park thousands of cars?
If you want a Death Valley, we need Death Valley money. It wasn’t created over a night and with 4 bucks but it was created with millions and millions of contributions but, mistakenly, we can’t even contribute for bottled water.
I can’t blame alumni and others because it would be unfair, but the administration can be in the wrong too. Have a better set-up for things that go on and make Southern a place that someone will enjoy to give back to. Southern can only survive with contributions and stop allowing the 90 year olds to their whole social security deposits to help Southern. Allot the money so that we could give money to certain locations so that people know where their money is going. Southern is extremely political and we know what happens in the government with our taxes.
Everyone wants to put an S on his or her chest but when asked for a measly amount of money we tremble in fear.
Let’s stop being cheap for once and better the university; it all begins with $10 of parking so that one day you can tell your kids, that I went through an era where they built a new stadium in honor of Southern University. We can play on turf and have a sea of blue and gold every Saturday Night and make Scotlandville and this side of Baton Rouge flourish.
All it takes is you?
Are you ready?
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September 23, 2015
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