E-mail from Bulldog Club re NIL donation

[was21]

Received it yesterday. So I moved my contribution from NIL to the BC. Anyone on this forum have any thoughts on it...whether or not it was the right move or does it make any difference.

 

[Xenomorph]

You should've moved it to the Bulldog Cristil Initiative Society Club... the B-CISC.. kids say it's hot right now.

 

[dawgstudent]

It's the right thing to do but the website is so clunky to use.

 

[patdog]

Undecided for now. My fear is Excellence Fund donations will be used to meet our obligations under the settlement, while Bulldog Initiative donations would be in addition to those obligations.

 

[HotMop]

I bought a kilo of fent instead of donating to either.

 

[ZombieKissinger]

I donated to my family

Edit: I’m being snarky, but I do support donating. I want to see a clear vision/strategy. That’d help motivate me

 

[The Cooterpoot]

I'm not going to continue with the excellence fund. Not my place to pay college athletics reparations, nor to support poor leadership. They want your money, but don't give a **** about what you want as fans. They've completely turned their backs on the fans.

 

[patdog]

I'm not going to continue with the excellence fund. Not my place to pay college athletics reparations, nor to support poor leadership. They want your money, but don't give a **** about what you want as fans. They've completely turned their backs on the fans.

My view is the financial settlement obligations should come from the general athletic dept revenues and NOT from my donations. I'm OK donating to something in addition to the settlement obligations. But when you're pulling in over $100,000,000 per year in revenue, you can pay the damn settlement from that.

 

[The Cooterpoot]

My view is the financial settlement obligations should come from the general athletic dept revenues and NOT from my donations. I'm OK donating to something in addition to the settlement obligations. But when you're pulling in over $100,000,000 per year in revenue, you can pay the damn settlement from that.

Think about this, our president has been stealing from athletics for years. Now our money will be controlled by those people too. Who's to say he doesn't take from your donations? And you can't get points for BI, only giving to that one fund. Screw that!

 

[patdog]

Think about this, our president has been stealing from athletics for years. Now our money will be controlled by those people too. Who's to say he doesn't take from your donations? And you can't get points for BI, only giving to that one fund. Screw that!

I trust Charlie with my donation a lot more than I trust Selmon & Keenum.

 

[The Cooterpoot]

I trust Charlie with my donation a lot more than I trust Selmon & Keenum.

Yep, can't trust those who have lied to us already.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

My view is the financial settlement obligations should come from the general athletic dept revenues and NOT from my donations. I'm OK donating to something in addition to the settlement obligations. But when you're pulling in over $100,000,000 per year in revenue, you can pay the damn settlement from that.

That's the problem I have. I haven't made a dime from msu athletics. I have spent plenty on bulldog club tickets hotels gas etc etc to attend games over the years. It's not my job to fund college athletes. Nil was supposed to be name image likeness not salaries for players. University is the one that made money businesses in and around d Starkville made money. To me they are double and triple dipping the fans and I'm about done with college sports. It's a ****** knock off of pros. Pros have more money rules and don't ask fans for donations. We buy products and merchandise for the nfl.

 

[85Bears]

That's the problem I have. I haven't made a dime from msu athletics. I have spent plenty on bulldog club tickets hotels gas etc etc to attend games over the years. It's not my job to fund college athletes. Nil was supposed to be name image likeness not salaries for players. University is the one that made money businesses in and around d Starkville made money. To me they are double and triple dipping the fans and I'm about done with college sports. It's a ****** knock off of pros. Pros have more money rules and don't ask fans for donations. We buy products and merchandise for the nfl.

Hotel gouging should be illegal.

 

[Maroon13]

Undecided for now. My fear is Excellence Fund donations will be used to meet our obligations under the settlement, while Bulldog Initiative donations would be in addition to those obligations.

I've gotten the impression from the beginning that the Excellence fund was set up for the sole purpose of paying the settlement, and new payroll. Any additional donations (over that $40-50mil) would go to nil opportunities.

Although our revenue is up to $120ish million now, our expenses are damn near that. So there really isn't any extra revenue for State or any other schools to pay these newly created expenses. A $40-50 million expense hit is huge!

So Selmon and MsU are between a rock and a hard place. All you can do is ask for more money and cut a lot out of expenses from the budget for 25-26. I see a lot of bus trips from our athletic teams.

 

[ETK99]

Hotel gouging should be illegal.

It is if you're paying her*

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

I've gotten the impression from the beginning that the Excellence fund was set up for the sole purpose of paying the settlement, and new payroll. Any additional donations (over that $40-50mil) would go to nil opportunities.

Although our revenue is up to $120ish million now, our expenses are damn near that. So there really isn't any extra revenue for State or any other schools to pay these newly created expenses. A $40-50 million expense hit is huge!

So Selmon and MsU are between a rock and a hard place. All you can do is ask for more money and cut a lot out of expenses from the budget for 25-26. I see a lot of bus trips from our athletic teams.

Between this crap and the crazy conferences thanks to football with crazy travel expenses I see a lot of sports going under at schools unless a wealthy alumni really likes that sport and funds it. What college football has become has largely ruined college sports for most everyone.

 

[MStateU]

Fans: We like the interlocking logo for football. It looks great, reminds us of a great time in our lives and we really like to be able to find and wear that on our hats and shirts. Also, we want to get a better sound system and LED lights because it we be fun and engaging for us and our kids. You know, so we can be entertained with our entertainment dollars.

MSU: Ha. No. Here’s the same thing that we have been giving you since the 80’s. Come to the game or don’t. Two changes we did make were we doubled concession prices and put an effeminate logo on the helmets. Also, we went ahead and blew away your lot you have been parking in so we will put you on a list. If something comes open we will call you. Just for fun we will randomly change your ingress and egress routes for every few games too. HAIL STATE!!!