We went down to Cy's Locker room and purchased ours last night. Nice quality shirts, Nike, and we could afford it. Truthfully never thought twice about it.
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Are ISU fans at their wits end when it comes to supporting Iowa State?
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I'm at wits end with "college" sports. I only continue to attend and support for now because the likes of Campbell and TJ and how ISU is way above average with athletes at ISU still being a little about attending the college and loyalty. There are enough fans everywhere getting fed up I would expect drops in attendance/support to increase exponentially.
Is the CC number still 6K….thats what it was years ago. Brutal. No doubt that a large percentage of WW donors are the same.
It's great for people with expendable income and stocks.
What fantasy world are you living in????? It's one of the worst, similar to the mid to late 70s.
Definitely causing many people to not buy tickets.
It's been great for everyone of my business clients too.
It's not you and WeWill, it's the whole landscape. When the guy from Barstool says he'll just buy a QB for $3m/year it shows me we'll never keep up in this race to the bottom. What's stopping a guy like Musk from simply giving a program 100m/year for players. That team would never lose. Unless and until the landscape becomes more equitable like the NFL, it's a losing battle.
As for We Will, are you prohibited from accepting money from the school directly? If not, I bet more people would gladly pay their annual donations knowing a portion is going to WeWill
Yes, for now. When NIL goes inside athletic departments that will obviously change. So point being any donation to the Athletic department or even buying tickets is helpful in the NIL space as well.
I dont know if it's possible but more information at games. So many people don't know about NIL or the good it does. I feel way better about my NIL donation than anything else Cyclone related I spend my money on.
Interesting, thanks. I might be the only one who cares, but we know the budget of the AD. We know where our donations are going. We know what each coach makes. There is some comfort in the transparency. WeWill gives money to the players, and the leadership is certainly well above board with legendary Cyclones, but there is no transparency. Again, not complaining about WeWill specifically, but when one entity says "here is specifically where you donations go" and the other is "just trust us". What would a typical person give to if they could only chose one?
Totally understand and happy to share info with any potential donor. We just don’t like plastering individual amounts players are making for obvious reasons. Feel free and email me at [email protected]
To be fair, Iowa isn't doing great relative to most of the country
Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 2nd Quarter 2024 | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Real gross domestic product increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2024, with the percent change ranging from 5.9 percent at an annual rate in Idaho to –1.1 percent in Alaska, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis...
Thanks for the feedback! We are somewhat limited by our in stadium info as Iowa State’s corporate partner Learfield charges us $50,000 for the info we are able to share in the stadium (I.e. the signage on the scoreboard) and the pizza in the stadium. So any increased exposure costs US dollars that we want to allocate to players as Learfield controls the stadium advertising.
It's kind of ******** that Learfield dictates and charges what ISU can advertise.
Ours was wearing flip flops. They just left one in the pool of vomit when they carried her out to remember her by.
I know stuff will change if you all are rolled into Athletics....but wild how what would be in the best interest of ISU Athletics (you all getting publicity to support student athletes, be competitive) costs....but if we were better because of good athletes their ability to sell ads to outside companies would increase. (I know, I know, it's how the contract is with Leerfield)
I still remember getting a Foundation call like 2 days after graduation and asking for a donation of like a grand. I was like WTF.
(I did become a lifetime member of Alumni Assoc though)
I'm gonna guess they aren't in new construction. That interest hike really screwed me personally.
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