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Just judging by your posts the other day. Don’t deny you were posting that sort of like one of those passive aggressive Facebook posts. Come on mane
Why don't you tell me what you think I am pushing? It's possible you are mistaken. For example, I am not against non-revenue sports, if that's what you are claiming. (I don't know what you are claiming.)
Geez. You said you’re a hardcore capitalist and want the schools to pay for everything. You were complaining about them asking for donations.
How did non revenue sports get funded prior to the tv money? I remember not too long ago when our total athletic budget was less than what we get now in just tv money. It’s not an unreasonable take for someone to say the tv money should be paying any NIL the players get. Hell I think even the athletic departments want that.
It was a lot cheaper. You don’t remember all the talks about LT keeping us in the black around 2007? Byrne kinda put us in the red until the donations picked up and TV revenue started coming in.
The TV money SHOULD be paying the athletes salaries. But it can’t under the current rules. It can pay everything we contribute to Bulldog Club for. Anyone contributing to bulldog Club is wasting their money when it could be put to much better use by Bulldog Initiative
Only if you want non revenue to become basically club sports with no scholarships.
It doesn’t matter what we want. I don’t want to contribute to paying athletes who can transfer at any time either. In the real world, there’s no reason to contribute to Bulldog Club and not Bulldog Initiative. Screw seating. You can move to another cheaper seat or buy tickets cheap on the secondary market. Those are just facts.
We are talking different things. I don’t disagree with what you say. But the reality is they can transfer, and that’s not changing. So you specifically just have to not pay.
The question is are we going to compete or not. If you don’t pay, you’re going to be Vanderbilt, or worse.
Very different things. I want what’s best overall. But I know that’s not gonna happen. So I hold my nose and let Bulldog Initiative draft my contribution monthly.
I wasn't complaining about donations. I said that if you are donating, it makes sense to direct at least some of your donation to the Bulldog Initiative.
I have no clue how many people we have giving $1-1.5k/year, but if it were 10k people, that would be $10-15 million/year (on top of whatever big donors are giving). Would that not have an on-field impact?
Me paying 'just a cup of coffee a day' or whatever the 17 amount, will not keep us from becoming Vandy.
10,000 of us doing that also won't keep us from becoming Vandy.
Furthermore, it won't make us UGA or Bama.
I have 0 confidence that MSU is just $10 or $15MM away from competing for the top few spots in the conference, much less a CFP spot.
This is each school’s cut of the conference revenue only (mainly TV money). Every SEC athletic department’s revenue and expenses are north of $100 million/year.
Yes, but you don't have to be. You decide your level of commitment. Again, the big boosters are doing the heavy lifting, and are choosing to hand over their money to recruits.
Probably sitting in an account somewhere earning interest. Glad we had it during COVID. Thanks Cohen.
No kidding. I've got news for you. We haven't been just $10-15MM away from competing on even terms with the elite schools in the conference in the last 100 years (inflation adjusted), and we won't be for the next 100 years either. But we'll be a hell of a lot more competitive against the middle tier teams (and sometimes even the elite) with 10,000 people giving $50/month than we will be without them.
Typical Mississippi State stupidity. Our neighbors to the northwest get it. They don't have all the resources the elite schools do, but by damn, they're going to compete as well as they can.
Interesting (to me) side point. Back in the old days, when you talk about the elites - they had some things in common - big stadiums, fans that showed up to those stadiums consistently, and lived and breathed football. This created a great culture, and an environment where football could thrive. Coaches and players are attracted to this.
My opinion is Mississippi will never truly be on par with the elites. They simply don't have the fanbase or the money. But they'll do a much better job than we will of being very competitive in that 2nd tier behind the elites (say top 15-25 schools) than we will based on what I'm seeing from both schools the last couple of years.
MS schools have two ways to get on par with the elites:
Exactly. I've never understood the approach, "If we can't be Alabama or Georgia, what's the point?"
That's part of what's funding future stadium/arena expansions & upgrades. Glad we're saving some.
Well the future is now. The west side is due. Bleachers have been there since 1920s, the chairbacks and quarter deck are from 1985.
