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.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.
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!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.
I trust Charlie with my donation a lot more than I trust Selmon & Keenum.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!
Yep, can't trust those who have lied to us already.I trust Charlie with my donation a lot more than I trust Selmon & Keenum.
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.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.
Hotel gouging should be illegal.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.
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.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.
It is if you're paying her*Hotel gouging should be illegal.
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.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.
Yes it is a confusing website. I ended up calling the BC and they took care of it from their end.It's the right thing to do but the website is so clunky to use.
And we went ahead and took away "Another T" while we're at it. It doesn't really matter, but we need to drill into you that we are in charge. Your opinion is **** on our loafersMSU: 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!!!
Are they basically required to spend what comes in?https://knightnewhousedata.org/fbs/sec/mississippi-state-university
I don't see an extra $40-50 million on anyone's income statement. Maybe there is a lot of frivolous expense in there that can be cut.... but most of these expenses seem necessary to me.
I was just poking around on that site after reading through this thread. Pretty slick and interesting. I've seen you say 40 to 50 a few times on the settlement and curious where you're getting that number from? I thought the numbers were 20 to 22?Here is a link to look up most schools athletic income statement.
https://knightnewhousedata.org/fbs/sec/mississippi-state-university
I don't see an extra $40-50 million on anyone's income statement. Maybe there is a lot of frivolous expense in there that can be cut.... but most of these expenses seem necessary to me.
I think you'll have many schools drop to D2 (to avoid the payrolls) or go bankrupt by 2030.
I don’t know how many employees we have in the athletic department, but I think that the $41M annual budget for coaching/staff salaries is worth questioningHere is a link to look up most schools athletic income statement.
https://knightnewhousedata.org/fbs/sec/mississippi-state-university
I don't see an extra $40-50 million on anyone's income statement. Maybe there is a lot of frivolous expense in there that can be cut.... but most of these expenses seem necessary to me.
I think you'll have many schools drop to D2 (to avoid the payrolls) or go bankrupt by 2030.
A lot of those expenses have to do with non-revenue sports which will likely get hammered by this, and in fairness should. They should be treated more like club sports.Here is a link to look up most schools athletic income statement.
https://knightnewhousedata.org/fbs/sec/mississippi-state-university
I don't see an extra $40-50 million on anyone's income statement. Maybe there is a lot of frivolous expense in there that can be cut.... but most of these expenses seem necessary to me.
I think you'll have many schools drop to D2 (to avoid the payrolls) or go bankrupt by 2030.
I have great admiration for Charlie for taking on the NIL business and absolutely trust him. It's an ever changing fluid scenario and it seems to me that consolidation of the effort is in the best interest of all.I trust Charlie with my donation a lot more than I trust Selmon & Keenum.
Each school has to pay, back pay to former athletes (2016-2023?) for lost revenue opportunity. I believe that is estimated to be about $20M per school. Or P5 school at least.. I've seen you say 40 to 50 a few times on the settlement and curious where you're getting that number from? I thought the numbers were 20 to 22?
I will say athletics handed off parking and the road situation to the parking and transportation department so blame them for the **** show it isFans: 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!!!
And the beat goes on. Got a chuckle out of this, there's your new revenue stream**I don't see an extra $40-50 million on anyone's income statement.