A friend of mine, whom I go to Cyclone volleyball games with, was a Gold Club member for years. For various reasons, he opted out last year.
Never got a call or email from ISU inquiring as to why. No attempt to recover him.
No "excuse" for that...
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Never got a call or email from ISU inquiring as to why. No attempt to recover him.
No "excuse" for that...
I was talking to Big 10 fans in the office, one NU, two others hawk fans. They all said they wouldn't watch the SEC or super league. I would imagine there are plenty of Big 10 fans that see the SEC as a competitive threat and therefore won't support watching them. I won't watch any SEC games this fall. Together with ESPN, they are ruining college football.
Agreed, that is extremely disappointing. I‘ve stated elsewhere, and more than once, that the AD could do better. I‘ve even offered solutions. For example, I don’t think the AD collaborates with Foundation or Alumni Association well enough. It sure seems siloed to me and there isn’t enough cross pollination. The fan base AND AD need to do more. You seem to want to focus on the latter and the negative. Have at it.
I was a donor in addition to having season tickets for 10+ years after graduating. I moved away for several years and when I moved back, we hooked back up with friends who had the mobile tickets. So now we do those. No one from the AD has ever asked me to donate since we moved back, except for the generic emails. I’m not saying a personal call is possible but certainly they have databases of past donors who no longer donate. And it doesn’t seem like they mine it at all.
There are tons of ways to get creative with this (like Chris does with CF). Donate $100 and attend a large zoom call with Matt Campbell speaking, drawings for ISU gear, etc, etc. I know not everyone has the ability to buy tix so something creative to incentivize non-season ticket holders seems like a no brainer.
I don’t think that’s a horribly large amount but I think the mentality that any donor is bad is bull. I’d love for all 270,000 alumni to donate $100 to the AD but I’d rather someone donate $25 than zero. Having the categories start at $100 discourages those who for one reason or another can’t/won’t hit that mark.
I have actually upped my level - just very impressed with the type of student athletes that I have encountered in Ames. That's a statement on the athletic department. From the women's basketball team, to volleyball, to track and field, and now to football. Very polite, engaging, and authentic.
In fact, in the last year, in my work and around campus, every football player I have met has been classy and respectful.
However, Iowa State is way behind other schools regarding events and outreach, in order to trigger the average fan's giving. They're just not aggressive in enlarging the circle. If that's negative so be it.
Brent Blum tweeted last year that we were 8th in the country for CEO's of Fortune 500 firms.
You think lawyers are rich? Get a clue.
Some of you need to step up and be somebody and quit waiting to get your ass kissed or creating excuses why u don't give.
Just say u can't afford $100 or don't want to give. That approach it respectable.
Any time that subject comes up it’s only 2-3 posts before it blows up the whole thread. It’s very well known, no reason to start down that road.
Wow, 8th place on a list of 500 people. That's a really representative sample size!
The rest of the country would watch their team and the teams in their conference and tune out the SEC. This happens now as college football is already very regional. I’m a tiny sample size of 1 but I almost never watch the SEC. I will watch OK State-West Virginia over Florida-Georgia because I don’t care about the teams we never play. I think ESPN is vastly overestimating the demand for its NFL-lite professional league if it operates in isolation. The real value is in the 12 team playoff where half the teams would be from the SEC. If the remaining 50 schools plus G5 held their own playoff and national title it would destroy the ESPN/SEC plan.
8th highest state for the Fortune 500 CEOs. Means we should have some sugar daddies out there that can help a little more.
Yeah - tied with Michigan and Cornell if I recall. Bad sample and has no relevance.
You are right - we are low paid except for these eight people that broke through. Nobody is in the middle or climbing.
Ask Dan Houston what he thinks.
https://www.heartlandcollegesports....-how-much-big-12-teams-lose-without-ou-texas/
While we’re discussing donations, I think this article is pertinent. The financial hit we could take in a reduced Big 12 would suck, that’s been well established. Changes would need to be made, but don’t consider it insurmountable as far as keeping our current trajectory, especially if we keep giving.
While we’re discussing donations, I think this article is pertinent. The financial hit we could take in a reduced Big 12 would suck, that’s been well established. Changes would need to be made, but don’t consider it insurmountable as far as keeping our current trajectory, especially if we keep giving.
I think ISU fans need to do a better job of donating, but ISU could definitely do a better job of getting donations. Blast the crap out of a $100 donation all over social media or something to that effect.
I never watch SEC, ACC, or Pac 12 games. For me college football is a regional sport. So whatever the SEC is doing doesn't change anything for me.
This is exactly why it should be left in the cave.
I really doubt this statistic. How can you have the 8th most Fortune 500 CEOS when you don't have close to that in fortune 500 companies?
Also just having them in state doesn't mean they are ISU fans or alums.