Michigan players dad blasts Purdue

[PlutoDroid]

Wilton Speights father claims his son's injury is due to Purdue and it's dingy and dirty facilities. Should the BIG and and NCAA oversee the conditions more closely or is it adequate?

Here's the link to the story.

.http://nypost.com/2017/10/27/injured-michigan-qbs-dad-blasts-purdues-dingy-dirty-facilities/

 

[NorthDSMHawk]

Puts Harbaugh's post game comments into better context.

 

[Herky96]

Other than our visiting locker rooms being pink, is there anything particularly horrible or deficient about them?

 

[naturalmwa]

Other than our visiting locker rooms being pink, is there anything particularly horrible or deficient about them?

I'm under the impression that they are rather nice. You don't calm people by putting them in a shit hole.

 

[madmustang4]

When injured at Kinnick, are they pretty much taken straight across the street to UIHC? Or are medical evaluations made in the locker room?

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Just curious...works the end result have been different or is this just about not likening the experience? Not defending purdont...just wondering if they're blaming the injury/result on the "conditions".

 

[PlutoDroid]

Never heard any complaints about Iowa's football facilities. I think most would say they're really good other than the supposed psychological pink locker room.

Harbaugh claimed Purdue hadn't changed their lockers since 1968. He said the medics couldn't even get a good look on Speights injury because of the screens.

 

[blackandgoldPT]

What a disaster. Fracture in the right place and spinal cord is possible without the back board. Terrible

 

[PlutoDroid]

The real question is should BIG members like Northwestern and Purdue be forced to upgrade their faculties? They don't have the athletic revenue stream of many public state funded universities and don't have big enough alumni bases or boosters to supplement those deficiencies.

Northwestern is a well regarded private school and Purdue is a really good academic institution which views academics as a higher priority as they should. They don't have the large ravenous fans of a Penn State(almost cult like) who have football engrained into its identity.

Should they be able to host teams like Michigan who is not used to poor conditions. They don't visit many MAC schools with poor facilities like Purdue or Northwestern. I imagine its quite a shock to big time coaches like Harbaugh.

 

[markfromj]

Purdue is a state school.

 

[paednoch23]

The real question is should BIG members like Northwestern and Purdue be forced to upgrade their faculties? They don't have the athletic revenue stream of many public state funded universities and don't have big enough alumni bases or boosters to supplement those deficiencies.

Northwestern is a well regarded private school and Purdue is a really good academic institution which views academics as a higher priority as they should. They don't have the large ravenous fans of a Penn State(almost cult like) who have football engrained into its identity.

Should they be able to host teams like Michigan who is not used to poor conditions. They don't visit many MAC schools with poor facilities like Purdue or Northwestern. I imagine its quite a shock to big time coaches like Harbaugh.

Purdue is a Land Grant University which means they are a state University.

 

[PlutoDroid]

http://colleges.startclass.com/comp...-Bloomington-vs-Purdue-University-Main-Campus

My bad, didn't do my research on that one. Indiana has a much higher alumni base and more boosters I presume. Purdue is a better school academically and has a much lower admission rate thus limiting its alumni base.

 

[MepoDawg#]

They should have access to top notch medical equipment, but if his back was injured why didn’t they immobilize him on the field. Sounds like a mix up all the way around.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Wilton Speights father claims his son's injury is due to Purdue and it's dingy and dirty facilities. Should the BIG and and NCAA oversee the conditions more closely or is it adequate?

Here's the link to the story.

.http://nypost.com/2017/10/27/injured-michigan-qbs-dad-blasts-purdues-dingy-dirty-facilities/

Wait so Purdue's facilities are responsible for Speight's injury?..................

 

[naturalmwa]

The real question is should BIG members like Northwestern and Purdue be forced to upgrade their faculties? They don't have the athletic revenue stream of many public state funded universities and don't have big enough alumni bases or boosters to supplement those deficiencies.

Northwestern is a well regarded private school and Purdue is a really good academic institution which views academics as a higher priority as they should. They don't have the large ravenous fans of a Penn State(almost cult like) who have football engrained into its identity.

Should they be able to host teams like Michigan who is not used to poor conditions. They don't visit many MAC schools with poor facilities like Purdue or Northwestern. I imagine its quite a shock to big time coaches like Harbaugh.

Every big ten school is rich and could easily afford any solution deemed necessary.

 

[PlutoDroid]

Wait so Purdue's facilities are responsible for Speight's injury?..................

I believe they do, not sure if it's a combination of negligence on a medical personal side or the actual playing field. Seems like incompetence reading the article piled on by poor medical equipment/facilities.

 

[markfromj]

Purdue is a Land Grant University which means they are a state University.

Well, yes, all land grant schools are state schools, but not the reverse, just FYI.

 

[BigHawksFan]

What a horrible story. No one should have to go through that. High-quality emergency medical equipment should be standard in every stadium. I hope Speight fully recovers quickly.

 

[rivercityjazzman]

Never heard any complaints about Iowa's football facilities. I think most would say they're really good other than the supposed psychological pink locker room.

Harbaugh claimed Purdue hadn't changed their lockers since 1968. He said the medics couldn't even get a good look on Speights injury because of the screens.

Agreed. I’ve been in our visitors locker room. Relatively spacious. Well lit. Very serviceable, but certainly not exceptional, IMO. Given that UIHC hospital is just across the street, I would consider the health care environment to be very good for football visitors.

 

[PlutoDroid]

Agreed. I’ve been in our visitors locker room. Relatively spacious. Well lit. Very serviceable, but certainly not exceptional, IMO. Given that UIHC hospital is just across the street, I would consider the health care environment to be very good for football visitors.

It's appalling that a BIG football stadium wouldn't be equipped or offer timely medical aid to a player in this sport.

 

[Chewback]

They should have access to top notch medical equipment, but if his back was injured why didn’t they immobilize him on the field. Sounds like a mix up all the way around.

Well yeah, that's the worst part. That's pretty much automatic in modern times. Apparently not at Purdue. The comedy of errors that follows is unreal.

 

[Chewback]

Every big ten school is rich and could easily afford any solution deemed necessary.

Even if they're poor they should be able to afford a back board. Unimaginably negligent IMO.

 

[BioHawk]

The real question is should BIG members like Northwestern and Purdue be forced to upgrade their faculties? They don't have the athletic revenue stream of many public state funded universities and don't have big enough alumni bases or boosters to supplement those deficiencies.

Northwestern is a well regarded private school and Purdue is a really good academic institution which views academics as a higher priority as they should. They don't have the large ravenous fans of a Penn State(almost cult like) who have football engrained into its identity.

Should they be able to host teams like Michigan who is not used to poor conditions. They don't visit many MAC schools with poor facilities like Purdue or Northwestern. I imagine its quite a shock to big time coaches like Harbaugh.

Northwestern just spent $200 million on a new practice facility. I think they could come up with the money if they had to.

 

[nilekinnick1938]

Wilton Speights father claims his son's injury is due to Purdue and it's dingy and dirty facilities. Should the BIG and and NCAA oversee the conditions more closely or is it adequate?

Here's the link to the story.

.http://nypost.com/2017/10/27/injured-michigan-qbs-dad-blasts-purdues-dingy-dirty-facilities/

Freakin nutcase it's called home field advantage ... Purdue owes MIchigan nothing ... stop whining

 

[iahawks10]

I'm under the impression that they are rather nice. You don't calm people by putting them in a shit hole.

I don’t know. I’ve been pretty calm in Ames several times.

Calmer than you are.