fundraising...we suck

[falzaergo]

This was stolen from a comment on veazey's blog.

www.thestate.com/news-ext...25981.html

If it is true, no wonder LT was canned

 

[falzaergo]

This was stolen from a comment on veazey's blog.

www.thestate.com/news-ext...25981.html

If it is true, no wonder LT was canned

 

[rebelrouseri]

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[o_Three Putt]

Of course, Vanderbilt does not have an athletic department.

 

[DerHntr]

so bama more than tripled our fundraising and more than quadrupled the pay of their football coach and lost to us...boy it is going to suck to write those checks this off season.

also, Saban's salary equals over 50% of our fundraising from last year. damn. i realize we have revenues coming from ticket sales, merch, and such but damn that is a lot.

 

[Xenomorph]

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[patdog]

Unbelievable. There's no reason in the world our number shouldn't be at least half again that much, and doubling it shouldn't be out of the question. I think we'll see a substantial increase within a year or two.

 

[davatron]

Think of all the walk-on alumni (i.e. people that never attended UA, but are fans/supporters) that Bama has. Their fan base is very "united" and willing to give. Hiring a big-name coach helped their fundraising. Hell, we've all seen the video of that drunk lady kissing Saban on the check.

I tell you, if MSU hired Nick Saban, half of our fan base would scratch their head and say "Who is he?".

Also, it is no secret that having a strong tradition makes people more likely to donate or at least buy season tickets. Byrne has his work cut out for him.

 

[TideJoe79]

That's fundraising..... not revenue. The football program generates nearly $60M in revenue per year.

 

[DerHntr]

if you would read my post again you would be enlightened to the fact that i said something in there about revenue. your and idiot.

 

[Xenomorph]

Quote:_________________________________________________I think we'll see a substantial increase within a year or two._________________________________________________

You think we'll see substantial increase as far as catching up to the pack, or a substantial increase in the bottom line?

....it's not a loaded question. I'm just curious.

 

[patdog]

I think we'll be over $10,000,000 in fundraising revenues within 2 years. We'll still be 11th, but we'll be within shouting distance of a couple of other schools.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I'm also not wondering if some of ours is because of coaching buyouts. Sometimes they count that stuff on these things.

 

[Xenomorph]

What makes you so optimistic?

 

[patdog]

Yeah. I think fundraising will be way up. Templeton didn't have a clue or give a **** about fundraising. Fundraising is about all Byrne's ever done.

 

[sixpackmafia]

1. Larry Templeton was/is the worst people person and fund raiser in the history of college athletics or educational university fundraising

2. Greg has a GREAT reputation as being an excellent fund raiser....

those two stats alone count for a 25% increase in itself...

the other 25% comes from all the "little people" LT didnt give a **** about asking for money from, nor caring for their existance....screw him, and im giving more to the Bulldog Club next year than I will to my wife's breast implant fund just in spite of that son of a *****....

D

 

[wpnetdawg]

I love MSU Athletics, but let's not go crazy now.

 

[saltybulldog]

I have always thought goal-driven fundraising is the way to go.

Lets say we want to get ribbon boards and the new jumbotron. And lets say it costs $5,000,000.

Send out mailers indicated that we want to have the money one year from now...post a to-date dollars given counter on the website...sell advertising for the counter, probe people on game weekends for it.

And check of the list.

I am goal oriented...I would rather see exactly what my spending is going to...but thats just me.

 

[cowbellpresident]

I want giving to go up after LT - Some sort of vindication on how sorry his *** is at fund raising.

 

[jakldawg]

Today there was a Bulldog Club info packet (with a letter signed by Greg Byrne) waiting in my mailbox since I ordered Liberty Bowl tickets. Of course, I've already joined this year, and haven't received any sort of "Welcome to the Bulldog Club" type of thing yet, but at least they are getting the word out.

 

[saltybulldog]

I am going to start back up next month.

 

[patdog]

I agree, salty. We should have at least 3 different fundraising campaigns every year. When I donated last week, I noted how pathetic it was that on the website, there is a field for you to enter which fund you want the contribution to go to. When I clicked the dropdown box, there was only one option, Bulldog Club.

 

[TideJoe79]

"your and idiot".......

Nothing more needs to be said.

 

[8dog]

3 major athletic facilities in the last 3-4 years (Holliman Center, Palmeiro Center, and Academic Complex) and not one public effort to solicit contributions.

Just scrounge (sp?) up enough to get a building up and build it.