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3011Cochrane
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I earned my masters degree from Tech. I had more than enough time to attend

athletic events. In fact, the highlight of me going back to school full time was that I actually had more time to do things like athletic events. I am not sure she speaks for all grad students.
Posted: 09/30/2025 at 12:48 PM ET
(In response to this post by VTFinance10)

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BOV Meeting - Discussion and Vote
FINGrad91 • 09/30/25 10:05 AM ET
Negative Nancy. It goes without saying.**
OrlandoHokie • 09/30/25 04:36 PM ET
Nancy had to vote against it
Turk Malloy • 09/30/25 04:05 PM ET
All this euphoria! Let me be a Debbie Downer.
likehokies • 09/30/25 12:12 PM ET
6-7% of the total VT budget. Now and after. Not really much of difference
justolerable • 09/30/25 10:10 PM ET
Can't get a hit if you don't swing
Turk Malloy • 09/30/25 04:02 PM ET
Those questions are in the interview guide for the next administration**
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 01:31 PM ET
Do we (my kids) get a refund if unanswered? (love the username btw).**
VTChemE • 09/30/25 03:05 PM ET
This is all going on the credit card
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 06:37 PM ET
more money = better coaches and better players. impossible to not be better**
VaPoly07 • 09/30/25 01:26 PM ET
Unchartered waters.
MrFantastic! • 09/30/25 12:39 PM ET
Life is all about risks**
RiverVT • 09/30/25 12:15 PM ET
I hope all the new $$ gets spent wisely. **
40ozDistrict • 09/30/25 12:05 PM ET
Yes if you heard her reasoning
RiverVT • 09/30/25 11:35 AM ET
What was indicative of being out of touch with reality?**
Pylons • 09/30/25 01:13 PM ET
Let me guess: academic ivory towers type concerns?
Hokiefied • 09/30/25 12:09 PM ET
It's not *critical* to the university**
Pylons • 09/30/25 01:15 PM ET
I wondered if you’d chime in
Hokiefied • 09/30/25 02:15 PM ET
Does $200 million over 4 years really mean that?
Pylons • 09/30/25 02:40 PM ET
Hence I said it has to be managed well to get an ROI for all**
Hokiefied • 09/30/25 02:51 PM ET
Of course. Still far from guaranteed ROI.
Pylons • 09/30/25 02:57 PM ET
I think it's the university that's out of touch with reality. Eventually...
ModerateHokie • 09/30/25 11:56 AM ET
What was her argument?**
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 11:44 AM ET
Politics 101- she knew that it would pass, so she did some grandstanding**
BROman Hokie • 09/30/25 11:41 AM ET
Solid observation IMO......
2hhoop3 • 09/30/25 12:20 PM ET
What was her reasoning?**
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 11:37 AM ET
Increased athletic fees for students **
HokieR • 09/30/25 11:40 AM ET
How does our peer school fees impact
RiverVT • 09/30/25 12:01 PM ET
Affordability of $100 is a silly argument
Pylons • 09/30/25 01:28 PM ET
VT Football and University $ go hand in hand
CPVT3 • 09/30/25 10:26 PM ET
a 2-year bump in applications is pretty easy to forget
Pylons • 09/30/25 10:28 PM ET
You don't think the impact of Michael Vick played more of a role than that?**
CPVT3 • 09/30/25 10:29 PM ET
Sure, it's more than that...that's just what everyone points to
Pylons • 09/30/25 10:46 PM ET
We're sort of at an impasse
CPVT3 • 09/30/25 11:38 PM ET
If you think my account here proves anything other than I'm a long-time
Pylons • 10/01/25 12:26 AM ET
I appreciate the cordial discourse
CPVT3 • 10/01/25 06:17 AM ET
I am not necessarily against the additional funding.
Pylons • 10/01/25 10:36 AM ET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutie_effect**
CPVT3 • 09/30/25 11:20 PM ET
Sure, I'm familiar. Did you read it?
Pylons • 10/01/25 12:12 AM ET
I think the correlation.....
2hhoop3 • 09/30/25 11:07 PM ET
Why is some commuunity aghast abut VT while JMU and ODU is horrible
1947Sunbowl • 09/30/25 12:10 PM ET
Because based on the sample size of this message board, everyone wants
CPVT3 • 09/30/25 10:30 PM ET
Equating a VT degree to a JMU or ODU degree is horrible... **
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:16 PM ET
Fair point**
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 11:42 AM ET
Nice to see Progress..
JRHokie • 09/30/25 10:43 AM ET
Good for her. Unanimous votes aren’t necessary on this.
kingofcassell • 09/30/25 10:33 AM ET
Why did she vote against it?**
Hokie98 • 09/30/25 11:25 AM ET
She’s still waiting for her BCA refund….**
HokiefromBedford • 09/30/25 12:56 PM ET
Sugar cookie issues**
RiverVT • 09/30/25 11:31 AM ET
The student athletic fee increase
Pylons • 09/30/25 11:31 AM ET
She is not wrong**
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 11:37 AM ET
Compare VT student fees to our peers?
RiverVT • 09/30/25 12:06 PM ET
Compare U.S. tax rates to other countries. Maybe we should raise taxes!**
ModerateHokie • 09/30/25 12:30 PM ET
Which was a very reasonable position and valid opposition
HokieAl • 09/30/25 11:36 AM ET
Not necessarily. She makes more of an emotional argument than factual.
marcbvtgm • 09/30/25 12:10 PM ET
There's both emotion and fact on both sides
Pylons • 09/30/25 12:48 PM ET
Not to the Ivys**
ModerateHokie • 09/30/25 12:22 PM ET
Football doesn't increase starting salaries for new grads
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:13 PM ET
You don't think JMU's modest athletic success hasn't impacted perception?
marcbvtgm • 09/30/25 02:47 PM ET
No. Not at all**
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 05:57 PM ET
Yeah, the impact on potential employers is a stretch **
Pylons • 09/30/25 12:51 PM ET
No it's not. A school that people know on a resume carries weight.
marcbvtgm • 09/30/25 02:51 PM ET
You don't need football success for employers to know Virginia Tech
Pylons • 09/30/25 03:03 PM ET
If I need to hire, I don't care in the slightest where they went to school
HokieAl • 09/30/25 10:59 PM ET
How unreasonable!!!**
ModerateHokie • 09/30/25 11:35 AM ET
The Grad Student Rep
VTFinance10 • 09/30/25 10:09 AM ET
I earned my masters degree from Tech. I had more than enough time to attend ◄
3011Cochrane • 09/30/25 12:48 PM ET
This is a football board, of course ...
Beerman • 09/30/25 12:04 PM ET
so dont come to a school that wants a big time football program.
VaPoly07 • 09/30/25 01:29 PM ET
Isn't that, essentially, what this vote was about?
Beerman • 09/30/25 01:31 PM ET
She really is out of touch **
RiverVT • 09/30/25 11:37 AM ET
Not really. It's easier to spend other people's money. **
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 11:58 AM ET
Indeed. Just ask my kids**
BackInTheBurg • 09/30/25 12:25 PM ET
If graduate students are not happy there are other choices
1947Sunbowl • 09/30/25 12:14 PM ET
If $100 is nothing, let's also increase season ticket prices $100 each year
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:15 PM ET
They should. As a season ticket holder I’d have no issues. The money grab
BackInTheBurg • 09/30/25 12:28 PM ET
It's all other people's money**
marcbvtgm • 09/30/25 12:04 PM ET
Yes...but some money is purely transactional while others is not
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:06 PM ET
Thanks for the irrelevant economics lesson.**
marcbvtgm • 09/30/25 12:11 PM ET
I can talk slower if you need me to**
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:12 PM ET
comparing basic public transport to operating a sports franchise is madness**
ModerateHokie • 09/30/25 11:19 AM ET
Yes, equating public transportation to a minor league sports team is insane**
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 11:42 AM ET
Comparing the student fee to taxes is about right tho.
Truthahn • 09/30/25 12:09 PM ET
Pretty interesting to see a fiscally conservative VA "tax" students more
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:12 PM ET
Is this the state raising the student fees? Does state government get a say
3011Cochrane • 09/30/25 12:50 PM ET
Just some info. JMU has the highest student athletic fees in
saret • 09/30/25 01:14 PM ET
Lots of things are interesting
Beerman • 09/30/25 12:47 PM ET
To quote HoF QB Ryan Willis:
VTFinance10 • 09/30/25 12:18 PM ET
I try to avoid thinking of Ryan Willis
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:54 PM ET
That's what all politicians do, conservative and liberal, for billionaires
NokieHokie • 09/30/25 12:17 PM ET
True....**
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 12:55 PM ET
Why hammer a differing opinion/perspective? I'm excited about
VT757to276 • 09/30/25 10:38 AM ET
However...
Rationalist • 09/30/25 11:29 AM ET
Aren't there lots of things in a large state university that one group of
3011Cochrane • 09/30/25 12:52 PM ET
My MBA class partied harder than we did as undergrads
HokieAl • 09/30/25 10:19 AM ET
I just made this same point - I enjoyed my Sharkey's time very much as a
3011Cochrane • 09/30/25 12:53 PM ET
I worked and served in the military during my MBA. Had zero time for
AirborneHokie96 • 09/30/25 11:43 AM ET
Additonally
VTFinance10 • 09/30/25 11:02 AM ET
You had a much different grad experience than me
Happy Dog • 09/30/25 10:25 AM ET
Hope those late nights paid off
HokieAl • 09/30/25 11:05 AM ET
They did
Happy Dog • 09/30/25 11:22 AM ET
also interesting a new athletic oversight committee in an amendment
1947Sunbowl • 09/30/25 10:07 AM ET
Hey Whit, you know you are terrible leader when your role is replaced by
VT ChemE 1986 • 09/30/25 11:40 AM ET
What does the CEO position do?
HokieKick`nBack • 09/30/25 10:55 AM ET
The other thing I found interesting...
VTHokieTBone7 • 09/30/25 10:20 AM ET
Probably a hedge against the ACC imploding in a few years from now. lol**
Kid Rock • 09/30/25 10:25 AM ET
Or a nod to the P2 that we are willing to invest to get an invite**
HokieAl • 09/30/25 10:33 AM ET
should have taken the SEC invite instead of tucking into our shell**
VaPoly07 • 09/30/25 01:32 PM ET
VT is wise to keep all of its options on the table for now because the dust
VTHokie2000 • 09/30/25 10:51 AM ET