Okay. Enough joking around. What is going on?

[615dawg]

Cheerleaders and Pom squad having to raise funds via Gofundme to go to the women’s final four

https://www.gofundme.com/maroon-on-the-move-for-spirit

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Cohen agrees with you

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[BulldogBlitz]

Saving up for the begley lawsuit.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Looks like we are back to cutting corners like in the good old days

 

[bsquared24]

to play devils advocate, 32k is not chump change. What is the real ROI on sending them?

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

From the boys in the band

take a number....

 

[ShrubDog]

A gofundme page was setup for a state university cheerleader squad so they could make a trip to the Final Four to cheer on a state university basketball team. Not to mention they are trying to cheer for the best female hoops team in the history of the state of clown shows.

Wake me up once the circus leaves town.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Who cares?

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Does the page mention the Women's Final Four anywhere?

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

So do you want to save up for a Top 10 baseball coach? Or go the Polk III route?

 

[wtw2400]

This is more on the alums than the athletic department. Not a good support financial wise it appears.

 

[dawgstudent]

Where does it say they are raising funds for the final 4?

 

[wtw2400]

So do you want to save up for a Top 10 baseball coach? Or go the Polk III route?

I think we are wasting way too much money on baseball personally. I think we should focus that more on basketball or football.

 

[wtw2400]

This isn't a thing for this week, it is just a general support for their fund I imagine. Which is on alums, not athletic department.

Idk what the point of this is tbh.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

A gofundme page was setup for a state university cheerleader squad so they could make a trip to the Final Four to cheer on a state university basketball team.

I didn't see the Final Four basketball trip mentioned anywhere on that GoFundMe page. Did you? I see no mention of basketball anywhere.

Yet....
"Our main goal for this campaign is to bridge the gap for the Spirit Groups to help meet the needs with uniforms, supplies, travel (bowl games, away football games), clinics, camps, training, and special appearances. "

 

[615dawg]

I’ve seen it from half a dozen people on Facebook that they need funds for travel to the WFF.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Well that makes it fact

 

[RocketDawg]

But we're going to build an indoor tennis practice facility. Nothing against tennis per se, but we see cheerleaders and pom squad members a lot more often than we do the tennis team. The athletic department should pay for their travel.

Was I imagining things when I saw both cheerleaders and pep band at the Kansas City games?

That said, apparently no English majors on the squad .... "The Spirit Groups performs, and makes appearances at all sporting events."

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Something about this isn’t right.....

Cheerleaders and Pom squad having to raise funds via Gofundme to go to the women’s final four

https://www.gofundme.com/maroon-on-the-move-for-spirit

If they were raising funds to go to WFF, shouldn’t it be fun through MSU Foundation? If it was officially sanctioned, shouldn’t it be run through the MSU Foundation?

Something about this isn’t just off....

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

I’ve seen it from half a dozen people on Facebook that they need funds for travel to the WFF.

So six people on facebook say something that is different from what the organization's GoFundMe page says (and mentions camps and bowl games, but not basketball) but you're going to believe the posts on Facebook trump the actual request for funds? Why not mention the Final Four on the GFM page?

 

[Shamoan]

A love offering campaign might be more successful

 

[HD6]

They've never won a cheerleading national championship, have they? Time to start demanding excellence if they want money.

 

[RocketDawg]

If they were raising funds to go to WFF, shouldn’t it be fun through MSU Foundation? If it was officially sanctioned, shouldn’t it be run through the MSU Foundation?

Something about this isn’t just off....

I didn't think about that aspect, but I suppose it's possible. When I looked they'd already raised well over $3K our of a $32K goal. So if it's a scam, there are several victims. But yes ... I'd think the school/foundation would be paying.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Bully (not the actual dog) won a national title around 99 or 2000.

 

[ShrubDog]

I didn't see the Final Four basketball trip mentioned anywhere on that GoFundMe page. Did you? I see no mention of basketball anywhere.

Yet....
"Our main goal for this campaign is to bridge the gap for the Spirit Groups to help meet the needs with uniforms, supplies, travel (bowl games, away football games), clinics, camps, training, and special appearances. "

OP

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Cheerleaders and Pom squad having to raise funds via Gofundme to go to the women’s final four

https://www.gofundme.com/maroon-on-the-move-for-spirit

Hoss, are you okay? You seem to be just flooding the board with any random topic that you find to be the least bit controversial. I can't speak/type for everyone but you've jumped the shark.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

I could stand a gofundme page myself. leaving in the morning for Columbus, would not mind a little offset.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

But we're going to build an indoor tennis practice facility. Nothing against tennis per se, but we see cheerleaders and pom squad members a lot more often than we do the tennis team. The athletic department should pay for their travel.

On one of last week’s Boneyard episodes, Rosebowl said that the Spirit groups are not funded by the athletic department. They are a separate entity with their own budgets and fundraisers.

If true, some people need to relax their anger against Cohen and the athletic department on this stuff.

 

[engie]

Of what wasted money do you speak?

 

[wtw2400]

They've never won a cheerleading national championship, have they? Time to start demanding excellence if they want money.

They have certainly won at least as many national championships as our other athletic programs combined

 

[wtw2400]

On one of last week’s Boneyard episodes, Rosebowl said that the Spirit groups are not funded by the athletic department. They are a separate entity with their own budgets and fundraisers.

If true, some people need to relax their anger against Cohen and the athletic department on this stuff.

They are. Which is why it is an alum issue. Not an athletic department issue. It seems for whatever reason, our alums aren't as giving when they leave these organizations as other SEC schools are.

Tho Steve was a little off that day so idk if he exactly go it all correct.

 

[BiscuitEater]

They are. Which is why it is an alum issue. Not an athletic department issue. It seems for whatever reason, our alums aren't as giving when they leave these organizations as other SEC schools are.

Appears to be funded by the school ... NOT Athletic Department..

The MSU co-ed squad consist of 20-24 cheerleaders. Each member receives scholarship, camp/practice clothes, camp fees, uniforms, and travel expenses. Although the squad is a competitive team, Mississippi State's Spirit Groups first obligation is to our university. The co-ed squad participates in football games, men's and woman's home basketball games, tournaments, as well as fund-raising events, alumni appearances, and squad clinics.

 

[HotMop]

They could reach out to Richard Williams one on one and raise that money personally. #allegedly.

 

[HD6]

Might as well scrap the whole thing, unless you don't demand excellence.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Just like I said last time a thread about this was brought up. Our University could afford to send our entire student body to Columbus with a $200 per diem. If we really wanted to.

 

[kphall11]

The band and cheerleaders are already in Columbus Ohio.

 

[swoodawg]

The GoFundMe page is not for the women's final four and is not a scam. It was created as a result of the recent band member's tweet about not sending pep band or spirit to the the NIT - which lead to the facts that the Spirit Group was not part of Athletics. As for the University, it is aware of the GoFundMe page and created a crowdfunding page this morning as a result. For the NCAA tourneys, the NCAA funnels money through the athletic department to provide funds for the pep bands and spirit groups to attend - these funds obligates them to attend NCAA events such as community service events, battle of the bands, pep rallies, etc.

The Spirit Group falls under Student Affairs (Vandy and State are the only 2 schools in the SEC that the spirit groups doesn't fall under athletics), so their budget is part of Student Affairs. So, they are treated no differently than any other student organization on campus and have to raise money for uniforms, camps, etc. Their funding got cut in 2017 and now 2018. Most people think they are part of Athletics, and they simply are not. So, it just good people trying to raise money for this group...nothing more.

 

[BiscuitEater]

The Spirit Group falls under Student Affairs (Vandy and State are the only 2 schools in the SEC that the spirit groups doesn't fall under athletics), so their budget is part of Student Affairs. So, they are treated no differently than any other student organization on campus and have to raise money for uniforms, camps, etc. Their funding got cut in 2017 and now 2018. Most people think they are part of Athletics, and they simply are not. So, it just good people trying to raise money for this group...nothing more.

Kind of confused. I understand they do some fundraising but their website says .. "Each member receives scholarship, camp/practice clothes, camp fees, uniforms, and travel expenses."

So, every student group on campus is getting .. "scholarships, clothes, camp fees, uniforms and travel expenses?"

 

[swoodawg]

Kind of confused. I understand they do some fundraising but their website says .. "Each member receives scholarship, camp/practice clothes, camp fees, uniforms, and travel expenses."

So, every student group on campus is getting .. "scholarships, clothes, camp fees, uniforms and travel expenses?"

Yep..it's pretty confusing to everyone!!

 

[GloryDawg]

They could raise the money really fast if they did it The Ole Miss Way.

[leg 'er down a smack 'em yak 'em!]