I can honestly say that me taking my kids to ISU football games and getting them stuff to wear to the games is a big part of them solely considering ISU (the oldest two so far) as their only choice of college.
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I look at the $ I have spent for my 6 tickets for Football as a sunk cost. The cash is gone and it is not affecting my lifestyle. I am going to contribute what I paid for those tickets to NCC. It is $3,000, but every little bit helps! I might even give the NCC more to reflect that I am not going to be paying for 7-8 airplane trips from Florida to go to the football games this year.
If all footballs fans that feel strongly about football and can afford to contribute the 2020 ticket money, it will help cut the $30 million back down at least a little closer to the original $17.5 million.
I know JP pretty well and I think the only purpose of his letter today was to make sure every fan that has the resources to help, starts thinking in terms of what part of the solution are they going to be. If you don't think Wendy didn't sign off on the letter today then you don't know JP very well.
I would expect the future Hilton project to be delayed, but will be expanded to include CY Stephens. Just have to raise more money.
It is time to quit arguing about how this happened and who's fault it is, and concentrate how ISU, including the Athletic Department, can get through these trying times.
If all footballs fans that feel strongly about football and can afford to contribute the 2020 ticket money, it will help cut the $30 million back down at least a little closer to the original $17.5 million.
I know JP pretty well and I think the only purpose of his letter today was to make sure every fan that has the resources to help, starts thinking in terms of what part of the solution are they going to be. If you don't think Wendy didn't sign off on the letter today then you don't know JP very well.
I would expect the future Hilton project to be delayed, but will be expanded to include CY Stephens. Just have to raise more money.
It is time to quit arguing about how this happened and who's fault it is, and concentrate how ISU, including the Athletic Department, can get through these trying times.
Virus spread outdoors is nearly non-existent. Masks would make it virtually impossible with the parameters ISU established.
I'm not doubting the financial issues Jamie is laying out.
I'm simply asking why all the options being considered weren't laid out in the letter. (I honestly don't know.)
As others have said, maybe the letter is an appeal for donations without explictedly asking for them.
One part that would concern me about CY- covid wise would be the number of handrails and I know that surfaces aren't nearly as concerning as air droplets. Just stating that.
Is there somewhere you can rent that is more "flat?" Somewhere like the old Seven Flags in Clive?
Yeah, surfaces aren't an issue really in terms of transmission. There are other venues, yes, but Stephens is an outstanding venue for these type events. And yes, I have been making phone calls all day as you can imagine, to look for alternative venues. This is been my life for the last 6 months....I put on 40 of these events across the country. Not a great business to own in a pandemic.
Athletics meant less than zero in my choice to go to ISU.
While I plan to do some more, putting CY on the chopping block caused me to reconsider, for the time being. Just being honest. I hope to see Dr. Wintersteen address this at our Order of the Knoll virtual meeting.
He's had a YEAR to fix a $50mm hole and he's FAILED to do that? Why is this bum still on campus????
JP is the best thing to happen to ISU for so many reasons... Arbitrarily blaming someone who's been in charge for a year for decades and decades of mismanagement is BS.
You could book a series of "covid is super cereal" programs?
Here's a nice article on super spreader events. Crazy how so many of them came from indoor activities...
How 'Superspreading' Events Drive Most COVID-19 Spread
As few as 10 percent of infected people may drive a whopping 80 percent of cases in specific types of situations
Here's a nice article on super spreader events. Crazy how so many of them came from indoor activities...
How 'Superspreading' Events Drive Most COVID-19 Spread
As few as 10 percent of infected people may drive a whopping 80 percent of cases in specific types of situationswww.scientificamerican.com
Dude, you broke the three consecutive post rule. No more than three in a row. With me posting, that now alots you three more. Four is consider poor decorum.
Why do bragging rights factor so high? Providing a somewhat world-class education should have nothing to do with it. Ivy league sports mostly suck but those institutions are (overly) well-respected. What about all the D3 schools that offer phenomenal education opportunities?
Being the "biggest" insinuation sure doesn't make it the BEST institution. Another thread has shown ISU has plummeted in the college rankings and is the lower of AAU universities. I don't pretend to understand the nuance, but being bigger seems to have impacted our education rankings in a VERY bad way.
That's either a challenge of a burden... I'm going for 5 and won't even glance at 4...
SO YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO GAVE MY DAUGHTER THE CRAPPY MARKS FIVE YEARS AGO?????
She literally fell OFF the pole like 3 times!
Everyone has their own reasons for attending college, but it is an established fact that schools who have athletic programs, especially successfull ones, see a boost in enrollment.
I appreciate Jamie's openness and transparency - its nice in a time like this (especially when you see how terribly the Big 10 botched this). But the letter reads like money should be placed above public health. ALL athletic departments are in trouble and will have to make deep, hurtful cuts.
That said, these ADs (all of them) got very fat and happy on all of this revenue and its crazy they have basically no reserves when something like this happens. So when you spend almost every last dollar you have each year, it doesn't give you many options. This is unprecedented but you can't tell me that an AD shouldn't have SOME reserves. (Note - this isn't about ISU, its about college athletics in general)
That said, these ADs (all of them) got very fat and happy on all of this revenue and its crazy they have basically no reserves when something like this happens. So when you spend almost every last dollar you have each year, it doesn't give you many options. This is unprecedented but you can't tell me that an AD shouldn't have SOME reserves. (Note - this isn't about ISU, its about college athletics in general)
Have you been to CY Stephens lately? It's kinda of a dump. Not saying it should close but it needs a big influx of money.
