10 yr / $140 million from the Dodgers. Will Smith Performance Center coming to a left field near you?
Will Smith - PAID
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You beat me to it. I believe two years ago was at $720K (rookie contract), then upgraded to $5.25mil last year. Now this. More power to Will. Great news!
GO CARDS,,,
GO CARDS,,,
Smith, Detmers, Miller, Duvall, Chad - (a couple of guys I am forgetting …) these guys could really help out program if they choose to do so.
Also heard Nick Burdi made the Yankees 40-man roster. Man, he has fought thru a lot and he deserves some good fortune!!
Can someone remind me why the hold up on the new facility? It's been about 3 years since Kroger offered to donate $3M for the project.
https://gocards.com/news/2021/4/26/baseball-kroger-provides-3-million-gift-to-uofl-athletics
Is it this little nugget:
The generous gift will be paid over 10 years, with $300,000 contributed each year. UofL will continue to seek additional gifts prior to breaking ground on the approximately $12 million facility.
No additional funding has been secured? I recall last year Mac and Heird had a polite exchange of words about it, but nothing happened. It would be pretty cool if Will further bank rolled the project and put his name on it.
The last update I saw was related to the high increase in cost of construction materials. This project was spec'd out pre-covid at a cost of $12 million. PVC, steel, and lumber all saw astronomical increases during and post-Covid. I'm not even sure they have begun to look at it again. What was a $12 million dollar facility could have easily escalated to $30 million in a short time.
That's an excellent point. Cost of construction has sky rocketed. Of course, that's not stopping the university from building a $90M engineering hub. I'm aware athletics and academia have separate budgets.
So that void needs to be filled...by someone or lots of someones .
I thought so too, but maybe he wanted to stay in LA. Miller and Detmers are ridiculous their next contracts will be huge. God Covid screwed up that year.
I would guess if we don’t hear about the facilty next year it isn’t happening. Former players is the only way it gets built.
I would guess if we don’t hear about the facilty next year it isn’t happening. Former players is the only way it gets built.
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