<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Tiger basketball's move to FedExForum next season hinges on the city and county each coming up with a proposed $125,000 a year payment, the University of Memphis's top athletic official said Wednesday. "It's a deal-breaker," said athletic director R. C. Johnson. Despite initial resistance from some Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission members, Johnson said he expects approval of the payments. But if not, "Well, we either go back to the drawing board or we go back to The Pyramid." The proposed $125,000 payments would run 20 years and are included as a condition of the agreement signed Monday by the U of M and the NBA Grizzlies, who will operate FedExForum. </div> Link The University of Memphis will now be joining the Grizzlies in the FedEx Forum next year. I don't like this move at all. The Tigers would do better if they had an on campus arena where fans can show up in the masses. Tiger games now are real boring because the majority of the crowd is in it's late 30's. They don't feel like college games. This doesn't help much. From a Grizzlies' perspective, I don't like this move either. This was the Grizzlies' chance to break away from the University of Memphis and have their own place to play. Now it'll be known as the Grizzlies' and Tigers' arena. What will the Pyramid be used for now?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Wave:</div><div class="quote_post"> What will the Pyramid be used for now?</div> How about Memphis RiverKings hockey? lol.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting franchise3:</div><div class="quote_post">How about Memphis RiverKings hockey? lol.</div> Actually, they have their own arena as well. Memphis has more arenas than teams. Not only that, the major Memphis concert (mid-south music festival) is held outside every year. I think the Tigers should have helped the Pyramid out. They're more or less screwed now.
