Paladin ...the only thing that you are doing, if you ever truly were a Penguin Club member, is losing your upper-tailgate lot passes. If you do not feel that the administration cares what you think, as Penguin Club member ...do you think they care more now that you are not? The way to affect change is to use the power that you have as a member.
Quality people have quality traits. Strollo is one of those. I live fairly far away and only make 3 or 4 PC events a year ...but Strollo is in attendance at every one of them. He sat at our table an talked (at the spring game tailgate party) for about 2-hours. No topic has ever been taboo at any of these events. I am 48-years-old and I was one of the youngest persons there. That is a shame. I walked past him at a basketball game last year and he called me by name, dragged me to a great seat and sat with me for a half. Granted, my father was a long-time figure with ties to the department ...but that was quite some time ago. I guarantee you he does this all the time with many other people, because he does care. At yesterday's game I was talking with coach Gillispie selling apparel for the team. I have never met him ...really nice guy BTW. Strollo walked by and said with a smile ...did you renew your Diamond Club?
In another instance ...I went to (then Buckeye coach) Tressel's book signing. I walked up to him and he signed the first book of two. I asked him if he remembered my father. He said of course and asked me how his eyes were doing (my father had vision issues, which is why I attended all of these events). So Tressel was not just saying "yes", just to say yes. Well last year I was out on the field for his inductions. I walked past him and he stopped me and asked me how I was doing ...he called me by my father's name ...but none-the-less.
These things tell me what kind of men that Tressel and Strollo are. They are the kind of men who do care what you have to say and will listen.
