Chesney deal restructured through 2028

First of all, my equipment bag weighs over 40 pounds. 

Here is a typical football game day for me...

I get to the game 2 hours before the game, set up my computer, card readers, check in with the SID that I am working for, grab some food if they even have it. 

An hour before the game, I go down to the field to grab some pregame images of players for social media. Stay there for 15 minutes or so, head back to the press box and edit my images and send them over to the SID I am working for. 20-30 minutes before the game, I go back to the field for the pregame/first half. At halftime, I head up to the press box and usually would cross the coaches that are sitting upstairs. (I think at HC they sit on the other side of the field). Head back to the field for the second half with five or so minutes on the clock and shoot the second half. After the game is over go back to the press box to do another edit of the second half and pack up my stuff to head home.

The last time I was at HC, there was not even enough room in the press box for me to pack up my bag at the end of the game. 

At Dartmouth for example, there is an elevator right behind the Dartmouth bench that goes directly to the press box. Harvard is impossible to even get to the press box without having a heart attack. Holy Cross you have to go against the grain to even get to the press box at halftime or end of game.

Many schools have field level work rooms like Boston College and UConn slightly off the field to quickly upload images at halftime. It is even much easier to work at Central Conn. or New Haven.

Now I don't need as much to the press box as I can use my phone to grab images off of my camera but it is still better to edit on a computer and if it is a bad weather game, it is nearly impossible to use your phone to edit. 

Just stop accepting any jobs that would take you to Fitton Field: no more inconvenience, no more whining

The alumni base is getting older by the minute and I am sure the Estate Planning team is growing in size and more active than ever. With that and Foundation matches I bet it happens

I don't accept gigs there as I have not shot a game at Fitton since 2019

Is that accessible to the press box or equivalent facility?

First of all there is no climate control, aka heat. 
Second, it's two rows/levels. The top is about three to four feet higher than the back row. Just stay in the front row? Sure but pray you don't have to use the bathroom which is on row two.
Third, the internet/wifi is spotty at best during games.
Oh yeah and fourth, if you have trouble walking stairs you'll need a sherpa to get to it. Sure, stick a disabled press person on the other side, outside in the elements. Far from the press box where vital information for media members is handed out.

The football stadium is the front door of the campus. From 290 it looks great. When you take a closer look....it is subpar in many ways. 

Please take a walk up there next game in November. When it may be sunny and 'warm' outside. It's probably 20 degrees colder in that shed that's called a press box. You'll change your mind quick.

No. If a member of the press is handicapped and needs wheelchair access, he or she should contact Kit for a space in the AD’s box which has elevator access. No question that there is a need for an elevator and ramp access to a press box at Fitton.

Ray Provo...great guy! Neither was. I had Matt DiCicco. I think he played in the band...

I had not known of the PL Trophy Tour.
Will Chesney be at each stop ?

Now that Chesney is so call locked in for the immediate future. Lets try to figure out whats the best ROI for recruiting long term.

What does NDSU offer their athletes that we currently don't??

Looking online at their facilities a few things jump out at you. They have a really nice locker room compared to most in the FCS. Players spend a ton of time in the locker room since its one of the few places where they can relax on campus without the rest of the student body bothering them. Next they have a dedicated training table and nutritionist on staff to help them get as big and strong as they can. This is a must if you want to stay competitive in Division 1 football consistently year after year.

Chesney will leave at some point in time, need to prepare to have our facilities top notch to keep these recruits coming in. NDSU has proven if you win they will come, difference is for HC to steal those recruits between schools we need these 2 things immediately.

That being said, if we pack the stadium consistently with a winner that plays for a National Championship year after year. It makes it easier for the school to fund stadium remodel when the seats are full and the fans are spending money.

JMHO

Not sure I buy into the premise that we're competing or should be competing for the same student-athletes as NDSU or SDSU or Sac State or Incarnate Word. 

As Bob Chesney has said frequently, coming to Holy Cross a football player "can have it all." Specifically, the education and the alumni network is not in the same ballpark as any of those other top FCS football schools. 

We're comparing apples and oranges here. A player who wants to go to those other schools won't even look at Holy Cross and vice versa IMO.