He doesn't sound disgusted.

 

Sorry Dee, but I really have no problem with it other than the game is against the Broncos. If I'm Ross, I gotta do what I gotta do to sell tickets. I really have no problem with Canes fans, if they don't like it, they should go play their games elsewhere.
This isn't my fight, but from a outsider living in Colorado, I don't have a problem with the owner trying to sell tickets.

 

I am very disgusted...

That UM doesn't have its own stadium, and is forced to play in someone else's.

 

He's the first person I fire.

 

Providing a link to the interview would have been a good idea.....

 

With all due respect, I went to UM, and I have absolutely no problem with this.

The reality is, Mike Dee has to answer to Stephen Ross. Like any other business, he has to revenue targets he needs to hit. The University of Miami doesn't pay Mike Dee's salary.

 

DJ, if the Dolphins were 5-0 and competing nobody would care.

This is the least of our problems. There are TONS of Gator fans in Miami.. I love UM and really don't care about this. I only care about winning.

 

How is he selling out? He's honoring the University of the state which Miami is in.

 

Keep your ****ing gaytor out of my ami.

 

Oh good, this thread is restarted for the third time.

This has zero effect on our culture. You know how we change the culture? win the damn games. I've been listening to ESPN radio all week, and whenever the subject is brought up, it's a pretty minor issue. But by all means, keep blowing it out of proportion.

 

I don't think anyone disagrees that UM selling out and playing in Dolphins stadium is embarrassing. This was UM's choice, and they were aware of the consequences.

 

I'll tell you what. I'll report back on Monday and let you know what it was like.

Keep in mind, I've been in that stadium many times overrun by Steelers fans or Jets fans, so I'll see if it's any different

 

I don't think the publicity or culture would be any different if they weren't doing this promotion. If anything, there is a good chance the game would be blacked out, which IMO would be much worse. The fact is, this was done more out of necessity than a willingness to honor UF. There are UM alum in the organization, just like there are UF alumni.

 

UM and its fans really have no grounds for complaint. They should be embarrassed, but don't blame it on other people that the school didn't want to be involved, or that you as fans are pretty much a completely inconsequential force to the Dolphins ticket sales or in terms of public outrage.

By all appearances, the Dolphins have sold out a home game that they otherwise would probably not have. Mike Dee absolutely did his job if that ends up being the case.

 

I don't think pissing off UM fans will have any negative effect at all on the Dolphins culture. If anything, if some of them stop becoming Dolphins fans, it'll be addition by subtraction. I don't follow any rival teams, and am more a fan of the game than any specific NCAA team, but UM fans are the worst. They're the worst in South Florida at least, which at least puts them in the running for worst in the country, professional or college, football or no.

I don't hate the fans either. I've got plenty of people I love who are alumni or die hard fans, but overall they are the absolute worst.

 

Its just another example that NOTHING matters in this league but the $$$$$$$$$$. Not the fans.....not history........not NUTHIN BUT $$$$$$$$$$$$.

When you come to grips with THAT..........its like water running off a ducks back.....no effect at all.....

 

You know if only the Canes had accepted this opportunity when it was offered. Then this wouldn't be constantly talked about ad nauseamm.

 

I am still completely at a loss of words as to why or how this is an embarrassment to the Dolphins. One would think being the worst team in the league would trump this. This is a nothing story.

 

Hey don't go that far, Rage Against the Machine rocked it there on the 30th of July :freestyle:

 

Just think, you can use it as an excuse why they didn't turn the season around.

 

The University of Miami is a paying tenant of Sun Life Stadium. The ownership team thought it prudent to celebrate the accomplishments of that tenant's rival, because they can't field a team good enough to entice their own fans. The Hurricanes are planning their own celebration and wanted to hold it on a Saturday. Their decision to antagonize the local college team is a bad idea because the bigger PR story isn't "lets celebrate the 2008 champion," it's "look the Dolphins are so desperate they needed to celebrate an opposing player to sell tickets because their team sucks."

 

lmfao!! UM fans are kick ****ing ***!!

 

Are people complaining b/c it's UF? Would these same people be complaining if they were honoring UM? Is it the honoring a college team that's bugging people? I really don't see how this has any impact or relevance to Dolphin culture.

 

There's a lot in the statement, "UM sold out," that needs elaborating if it is to be used so cavalierly. The OB needed renovations and ultimately the city council's decision-making made the Marlins park a better investment, for better or worse. In so choosing to do business withe Miami Dolphins didn't obligate the University to being humiliated. Why the Hurricanes should just "eat it" because it's Dolphins stadium is ridiculous. Coral Gables won't ever allow an on-campus stadium, so everyone demanding the school build one is naive.

 

Of course people are upset that it's UF. Should the Gators hold a Jets day if they couldn't sell tickets?

 

I don't equate UM with the Dolphins. I don't have a problem with the Dolphins honoring any state team. I don't see how this is a Dolphin issue at all. I could understand UM feeling butt hurt, if they hadn't actually turned it down first. What I don't understand is why UM fans are claiming this has something to do with Dolphin culture.