Purdue does not have AC in Visitor Locker Room

Submitted by wildbackdunesman on

Purdue has AC in their home locker room, but no AC in the visitor locker room.

This seems like a dirt bag move by Purdue.

Harbaugh had the starters sit in the team bus with the AC on, as opposed to the locker room.

Purdue is in the B1G and can afford AC in both.  How common is this?  It seems like there should be rules against it.  If Purdue played us in late November in Ann Arbor, would it be okay to have the heat in their locker room just warm enough so the pipes don't freeze?

https://twitter.com/chengelis/status/911679283206262785

 

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South TX MFan

September 23rd, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^

Brohm is a punk. Team played dirty and all he did was cry. At the halftime interview all he did was cry about the calls. What a bitch. Watching their faces as the defense pummeled them into submission was glorious.

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Squash34

September 23rd, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^

I grew up in Phoenix and played one game were there was no ac in our locker room. It was in the beginning of the year and like 105 outside. They had no ac and the water was off. We had 6 starters out of defense and 5 on Offense going into the game. However, several more guys went out from cramps. We heard later in the year that the coach if that school had been doing that for years. This was almost 2 decades ago and I still feel like us was the dirtiest move you could do.

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Squash34

September 23rd, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^

I grew up in Phoenix and played one game were there was no ac in our locker room. It was in the beginning of the year and like 105 outside. They had no ac and the water was off. We had 6 starters out of defense and 5 on Offense going into the game. However, several more guys went out from cramps. We heard later in the year that the coach if that school had been doing that for years. This was almost 2 decades ago and I still feel like us was the dirtiest move you could do.

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Bb011

September 23rd, 2017 at 11:59 PM ^

I have to agree with you, it is a shitty thing to do. Pink away locker rooms like Iowa? Fine. But doing something that affects you physically like not having AC is bullshit.  

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ParadiseMI

September 24th, 2017 at 12:40 AM ^

OMG the young well conditioned exceptional athletes will all die!

lol drink more water.  turn on a fan.

I was more surprised/concerned about the lack of an X-ray machine at the Purdue facility. 

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Carcajou

September 24th, 2017 at 1:28 AM ^

This seems wrong to me. I believe that typically there are conference and NCAA rules which require the visiting team to receive equivalent facitilies.

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treetown

September 24th, 2017 at 8:50 AM ^

1. What are the facilities like at UM Stadium? I ask because in the book about Jon Falk, If These Walls Could Talk and Forty Years in The Big House, I believe it is emphasized that Michigan tries to be very hospitable to visiting teams.

2. What are the other facilities around the Big Ten like?

The age of the facility should not matter. Michigan stadium dates back tp 1927 so it is in the same era as Ross-Ade stadium in Lafayette. 

3. If there are regulations stipulating equal facilities, then this is a clear violation. If there aren't this is still very low sub-bush league stuff. If the message from many programs is about getting players ready for 'the next level' playing and training in 'next level' circumstances is a selling point.

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M and M Boys

September 24th, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^

During the scope of this off topic discussion Purdue was able to install new AC, get an X-ray and cure world hunger. Incidentally, when Yost and Rockne were setting all those records way back when--neither coach had AC in their HOME locker rooms. Tear down their statues!

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wildbackdunesman

September 24th, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^

Do you think it is reasonable for a B1G team to have AC in the home locker rooms and not have it in the visitor locker rooms?

The B1G total distribution is about $40 Million.  They can afford it in the visitor locker room and if they can't then remove it from the home locker room.

This isn't that much different than Minnesota providing pond water for the visiting team to drink a century ago, while providing clean water for their home team; and thus the Little Brown Jug.

 

 

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markkay

September 25th, 2017 at 10:07 AM ^

So, do we know the status of other visiting locker rooms in the Big Ten?  Is the Purdue rep telling the truth or blowing smoke?  If blowing smoke, I'd hate to see this story die down.  I got nothing against Purdue personally, but if they are guilty as charged, it's pretty disgraceful.

 

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