Money for locker rooms and weight room

[EverettGriz]

No one faulted George Dennison for not upgrading the locker rooms or weight room? I can remember talking to Dennehey, Hogan, Glenn and Hauck over a 12 year period about not only the size of the facilities but because staph is a reoccurring problem.
It was just a couple years ago that Dennison was taking criticism for suggesting the art students be relegated to the Sheehan Majestic property to make room for football.
I don't think anyone is picking on poor old Royce, Everett. Engstrom stated on thing and then didn't deliver. No need to make excuses for the guy.

Clearly you missed the point.

Facilities have been horrible for two decades and not once did George make a committment to do anything about them. Now Engstrom has made improving them his second most-important building priority (behind an educational building that should have been updated 25 years ago), but because he missed some arbitrary deadline due to circumstances outside his control, he's being vindicated.

That's fine if you want to hold him accountable for not getting a shovel in the ground by some vague date. I'm no making excuses for the guy. I just think fair is fair, and at least he's committed to doing SOMETHING. Hold his feet to the fire for things he doesn't do. Give him credit for doing what he is. This is one of the latter.

 

[Washgrizfan1]

It is not true that the new weight room and locker rooms are Engstrom's second highest building priority. The COT and academic centers are two examples of higher priorities. What is the basis for saying the weight room and locker rooms are the second highest priority?

Donations/funding for a new weight room and locker rooms are not in place at this time (unless a big donor stepped up in the past month).

Despite saying early on that he would have the university match donations for funding athletic facilities, Engstrom quickly backed away from that when he became president.

 

[Washgrizfan1]

From today's Missoulian:

"Under the University of Montana, the funding requests include $47 million for Missoula College, $2.5 million for an athlete academic center, and $9.3 million for the Gilkey Executive Education Center – all planned for Missoula."

From HB 14, which is the Montana University System funding bill at the 2013 legislature. In Section 2, only 1 UM building listed. In Section 3, three buildings listed, but no weight room and locker rooms.

"NEW SECTION. Section 2. Appropriations. The following money is appropriated to the department of administration from the capital projects account from the proceeds of the bonds authorized by [section 4] for the indicated capital projects:
(1) Montana state university-Bozeman, Romney Hall classroom renovation, $20 million;
(2) Montana state university-Billings, science and instructional tech building addition, $10 million;
(3) Montana state university-Great Falls college of technology, roof replacement, $1 million;
(4) Montana state university-northern, automotive technology center, $2.9 million;
(5) University of Montana, Missoula college of technology, $22 million;
(6) University of Montana-western, main hall renovation phase 3, $4 million;
(7) Montana tech of the university of Montana, natural resource research center addition, $5 million; and
(8) Montana heritage center, Helena, $23 million."

"NEW SECTION. Section 3. Authorizations of other funding sources. The department of administration is authorized to expend money for the indicated capital projects from other funding sources as follows:
(1) Montana state university-Bozeman, Jabs hall, $25 million of grants, donations, and higher education funds;
(2) Montana state university-Billings, science and instructional tech building addition, $5 million;
(3) Montana state university-northern, automotive technology center, $5 million;
(4) University of Montana, Missoula college of technology, $25 million;
(5) University of Montana-Missoula, athlete academic center, $2.5 million;
(6) University of Montana-Missoula, Gilkey executive education center, $9.3 million;
(7) University of Montana-western, main hall renovation phase 3, $0.5 million;
(8) Montana tech of the university of Montana, natural resource research center addition, $5 million; and
(9) Montana heritage center, Helena, $5.5 million."

"NEW SECTION. Section 9. Two-thirds vote required. Because [section 4] authorizes the creation of state debt, Article VIII, section 8, of the Montana constitution requires a vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature for passage."

http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2013/billhtml/HB0014.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[EverettGriz]

It is not true that the new weight room and locker rooms are Engstrom's second highest building priority. The COT and academic centers are two examples of higher priorities. What is the basis for saying the weight room and locker rooms are the second highest priority?

Donations/funding for a new weight room and locker rooms are not in place at this time (unless a big donor stepped up in the past month).

Despite saying early on that he would have the university match donations for funding athletic facilities, Engstrom quickly backed away from that when he became president.

That ground has already been covered. I was talking about the academic center, not the weight rooms. As a number of posters have pointed out, those have never been in the immediate plans. So yes, we're both saying the same thing: Engstrom's second building priority after the COT is the athlete's academic center.


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