It would seem that the only ways for fans to step up would be to increase seating prices or get more donations.. We need donations for athletic scholarships (Yosef) more than we need facility improvements. It would be nice to have both rather than either or. Without being a heavy donor to buy good season tickets for two is out of my personal budget. Presently I only get to attend one or two games per year now and can't get stuck with extra tickets to try to sell cheaply or give away each year. Regardless, we can always listen to WKBC our anchor station if willing to listen to beer commercials during every break of any kind. The route of watching the games on TV involves playing the switching routine of streaming one game or two, ESPN 2, ESPNU. Some of you guys can afford to carry all of the above and fill watching NF, other conferences, etc.appgrad95&97 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:06 pmAnd that's the point. I hope the per seat donation thing helps. Fans, adults, need to step up. We can't (or shouldn't) ask college students to pay for more. And we shouldn't have a list of improvements we want to see and hope some sugar daddy will pay for them. Fans need to do more than appreciate what we have. We need to reach into our own pockets a bit. It is, after all TIGMA. As unpopular as that sentiment may be.AppStateNews wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 2:45 pmLast I saw, student fees were right around 40%. I don't know if it's true any more, but when we first moved up, we got the least in the conference from state/institution funding -- by a significant amount.bcoach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:49 amHow much do they fund now?AppStateNews wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:24 amCurrent and new IPF is/will be available to all athletic programs. Multiple times we would have to wait to go in because other programs were using it.appgrouch wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:16 am
So theft since athletics would not dedicate any guarantied time that anyone besides athletics(FOOTBALL) to use it. The bookstore, Grandview catering and events, and the tenant all have the main uses of their spaces.
An indoor track is ideally 200 meters flat. This would be inside of the regulation football field that the space would be expanded to. There is no way that the FBall team will allow a facility that has anything over the playing surface so that they cannot have full movement and passing drills.
But no on the increase in student fees to fund it. We aren't JMU. We don't need students to fund 70% of our budget.
BEER! That gives me an idea. Just raise the price of beer in the stadium....well that's not going to happen.
As to Yosef, I still owe $1600 from years ago,,