NUance Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Florida Atlantic close to stadium naming rights deal with prison companyBy Frank Schwab | Dr. Saturday – 9 hours ago According to a report from fauowlaccess.com, Florida Atlantic is close to a deal with the GEO Group to put the company's name on its stadium for $5 million. If you don't know what GEO Group specializes in, that might be a good sign. It's the self proclaimed, "world's leading provider of correctional, detention, and community reentry services." Naming a stadium after a prison company might go down as the strangest stadium naming deal ever, although not the most unfortunate (Enron Field might forever win that award). LINK A prison is buying the naming rights for $5 million? THis is just too weird. 1 Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I read that earlier, and had a laugh Quote Link to comment
Saint Boseph Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I have little knowledge on the private prison industry, but my initial guess is that it's not an overly competitive industry that would necessitate such a move. I would think the "world-leading provider" of correctional facilities would have a safe enough place in the industry that it wouldn't have to advertise its name to persuade a government official, who also happens to be a random college football fan attending/watching an FAU game, to contract GEO for its facility construction as opposed to other competitors in the industry. I could be wrong though and this could end up being a brilliant business move. Sure is strange no matter how you look at it. Quote Link to comment
hskrpwr13 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The jokes would be so much better if this was a deal with an SEC school. 4 Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The jokes would be so much better if this was a deal with an SEC school. that would be priceless... wonder if the security are going to be prison guards?? heh Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt96 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 The jokes would be so much better if this was a deal with an SEC school. An SEC stadium would be good, but watching Miami play in a stadium named after the company that will help contain some of there ex-players would be better. 1 Quote Link to comment
zeWilbur Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 How could you not like this? Puns about offenses being put on lockdown and jailbreak screens. If FAU was any good this would be a writer's wet dream! Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 i agree with sir alexander henery. it is like oppd sponsoring a field, which i believe they do advertise quite a bit. they have a natural monopoly, why do they need the advertising? or their business comes from being the lowest bidder, which again does not require advertising. if anything, they are spending money when they could be providing savings. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 It is hard to say what the company gets out of this, it is not a consumer product. Maybe they are just into football. Got me thinking of Lock Down Defense and the Grid Iron. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 i agree with sir alexander henery. it is like oppd sponsoring a field, which i believe they do advertise quite a bit. they have a natural monopoly, why do they need the advertising? or their business comes from being the lowest bidder, which again does not require advertising. if anything, they are spending money when they could be providing savings. Lance Armstrong presented by the US mail service Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 i agree with sir alexander henery. it is like oppd sponsoring a field, which i believe they do advertise quite a bit. they have a natural monopoly, why do they need the advertising? or their business comes from being the lowest bidder, which again does not require advertising. if anything, they are spending money when they could be providing savings. Lance Armstrong presented by the US mail service yeah, but they do have competition with fedex and ups. besides, you are going to want free shipping for all those drugs. Quote Link to comment
HuskerfaninOkieland Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 This is The Longest Yard but only in real life Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Mean Machine! Mean Machine! Mean Machine! Mean Machine! Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I believe these for-profit prisons still get taxpayer money, so I would have to question the expenditure of $6 million to associate yourself with Florida Atlantic. Not surprisingly, GEO Group is also awash in claims of corruption and prisoner abuse. Quote Link to comment
Husker John Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 ........Next guest speaker at FAU fundraiser...... Quote Link to comment
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