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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thing is messed up.  All of the improvements Maret has made to the field will be used up by the time this deal expires.  They're basically getting to rent it for cost because of their political connections.  The Hardy soccer team should just "squat" on the land and see what happens.  They have nothing to lose.[/quote]

Actually, it isn't at cost.  It is a crazy rate Maret would be paying based on their investment:

Maret used Jelleff for 10 hours per week for 20 weeks a year -- 200 hours.  Jelleff charges $70 per hour for its use.  Cost to Jelleff would be 14K per year.  Maret has used the field in this way for 10 years.  10 X 14,000 = $140,000.  Maret put 2.4 million into Jelleff.  So they really paid $1200 per hour over the last 10 years.  Another 9 years doesn't even get to the 2.4 million number.[/quote]

Then why are they doing it, especially given the incalculable cost to the school’s reputation? Is it because the school is run by idiots or just because Maret desperately wants the local community - in spite of the unremitting torrent of vicious lies and innuendo leveled at them by said community - to have nice and shiny things to play with, even if they can’t actually play with them until after their bedtime.[/quote]

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