How many people donated to We Will today?

[Zyklon]

You have 2 options with regards to the Collective:
1. Donate. This will help us retain talent. Hopefully you also become a positive champion for the collective by encouraging others to donate.
2. Don’t donate, don’t say anything about it. People have different priorities, it’s ok. You can still be a great fan without donating. Just keeps your mouth shut while others try to create a culture of donating to the team you love.

Thats it. Those are the two options. Anything else actively harms the Cyclones. You dont need to come on here to defend your honor or vent your frustrations about how things are today, just ignore it and move on with your day. We’re trying to create change and those kind of posts just make it harder. People on the fence about donating can either come here and see a thread full of fans celebrating each other donating and helping the team, or come here and see a thread full of excuses on why not to give.

If you chose not to be part of the solution, at least don’t become the problem.

Edit: giving directly to the player is also a great option.

 

[FerShizzle]

Iowa state asks you to give thousands for season tickets/donations. If everyone who bought season tickets set aside an extra 100 for the collective, the collective would have more than enough to pay players.

I mean… you could just give them the thousands that ISU is already fleecing off you?

 

[AllInForISU]

Iowa state asks you to give thousands for season tickets/donations. If everyone who bought season tickets set aside an extra 100 for the collective, the collective would have more than enough to pay players.

I’ll set aside $100 and buy some merch from the players. At least then I have an idea to who/where the money is going.

 

[nfrine]

How does the NFL, NBA, MLB do it? Corporate sponsors, licensing, merchandise sales. They don’t ask their fans to just write checks. Iowa State isn’t my life. Do I hope they do well? Yea, but I’m not going to just give blindly to these collectives. I can’t justify that at all.

Our family has been a long time donor to ISU Athletics (35 years). We are still planning to donate to ISU Athletics. With the development of NIL, however, we are questioning more and more if we want to continue. Other than seating preference, there is little advantage of giving directly to the Athletic Department. Giving to NIL gives some tax advantage but little else. The resources needed to compete will be huge. I see college sports headed down a path that will challenge our ability to continue compete in at least football at the top level.

 

[FerShizzle]

You have 2 options with regards to the Collective:
1. Donate. This will help us retain talent. Hopefully you also become a positive champion for the collective by encouraging others to donate.
2. Don’t donate, don’t say anything about it. People have different priorities, it’s ok. You can still be a great fan without donating. Just keeps your mouth shut while others try to create a culture of donating to the team you love.

Thats it. Those are the two options. Anything else actively harms the Cyclones. You dont need to come on here to defend your honor or vent your frustrations about how things are today, just ignore it and move on with your day. We’re trying to create change and those kind of posts just make it harder. People on the fence about donating can either come here and see a thread full of fans celebrating each other donating and helping the team, or come here and see a thread full of excuses on why not to give.

If you chose not to be part of the solution, at least don’t become the problem.

You get that this is a message board? People discuss things. Discussing things requires opposing views otherwise it’s just people looking to validate their opinions.

Also, your whole statement and gaslighting is just horrible. Horrible.

 

[AllInForISU]

You have 2 options with regards to the Collective:
1. Donate. This will help us retain talent. Hopefully you also become a positive champion for the collective by encouraging others to donate.
2. Don’t donate, don’t say anything about it. People have different priorities, it’s ok. You can still be a great fan without donating. Just keeps your mouth shut while others try to create a culture of donating to the team you love.

Thats it. Those are the two options. Anything else actively harms the Cyclones. You dont need to come on here to defend your honor or vent your frustrations about how things are today, just ignore it and move on with your day. We’re trying to create change and those kind of posts just make it harder. People on the fence about donating can either come here and see a thread full of fans celebrating each other donating and helping the team, or come here and see a thread full of excuses on why not to give.

If you chose not to be part of the solution, at least don’t become the problem.

Actively hurts the Cyclones? Give me an absolute ******* break. This is a message board. What a joke.

 

[State2015]

You get that this is a message board? People discuss things. Discussing things requires opposing views otherwise it’s just people looking to validate their opinions.

Also, your whole statement and gaslighting is just horrible. Horrible.

Nothing wrong with pointing out the flaws of todays college football world. But if you start pointing out flaws about the WWC, talking down on those who donate, you are convincing others not to donate. Do you want ISU to fall behind?

I don’t understand what’s so hard to grasp. Stop the negativity, let’s all push ISU in the right direction together, whether you want to give or not

 

[State2015]

I’ll set aside $100 and buy some merch from the players. At least then I have an idea to who/where the money is going.

Beautiful! Then we’re all on the same page. You could have opened with this and saved everyone a lot of bickering. This is still helping the cause

 

[FerShizzle]

Nothing wrong with pointing out the flaws of todays college football world. But if you start pointing out flaws about the WWC, talking down on those who donate, you are convincing others not to donate. Do you want ISU to fall behind?

I don’t understand what’s so hard to grasp. Stop the negativity, let’s all push ISU in the right direction together, whether you want to give or not

Ya, I’m not advocating for cyclone on cyclone negativity.

I was bothered by the ‘this is the way it is, whether absurd or not. Accept it. Participate in it or STFU’ nature of the post I reposnded to.

 

[Zyklon]

Also, your whole statement and gaslighting is just horrible. Horrible.

Actively hurts the Cyclones? Give me an absolute ******* break. This is a message board. What a joke.

Super ******* easy guys, just keep your posts to yourself. I’m sorry your feelings got hurt, but we’re trying to create a culture of giving and this **** isn’t helping. Maybe put your egos aside for a second and look at the bigger picture. If you don’t think these being the first 3 replies to a thread about donating to cyclone players is actively harming the cyclones, I don’t know what to tell you.

 

[State2015]

Ya, I’m not advocating for cyclone on cyclone negativity.

I was bothered by the ‘this is the way it is, whether absurd or not. Accept it. Participate in it or STFU’ nature of the post I reposnded to.

Unfortunately this is the way things are now, and we either need to step up or become a MAC school. Our rivals are still going to be cashing checks even if FerShizzle doesn’t like the way things are.

No worries if you don’t want to donate but let’s just please keep it positive and encouraging towards the ones who do

 

[FerShizzle]

Personally, I pay a cable bill monthly. Cable company pays the conference, and the conference pays the school. That is the extent of my financial participation, outside of the occasional Sunday afternoon BB game with my very young family.

Iowa State is a TV show. I read blogs and listen to podcasts about other TV shows too. If this TV show now requires that I pay a special subscription fee, then I’m just going to move on to the plethora of other options.

 

[FerShizzle]

Super ******* easy guys, just keep your posts to yourself. I’m sorry your feelings got hurt, but we’re trying to create a culture of giving and this **** isn’t helping. Maybe put your egos aside for a second and look at the bigger picture. If you don’t think these being the first 3 replies to a thread about donating to cyclone players is actively harming the cyclones, I don’t know what to tell you.

ITS A ******* MESSAGE BOARD!

If you don’t know how to deal with a world where people don’t agree with you and don’t listen to your commands…

 

[AllInForISU]

Super ******* easy guys, just keep your posts to yourself. I’m sorry your feelings got hurt, but we’re trying to create a culture of giving and this **** isn’t helping. Maybe put your egos aside for a second and look at the bigger picture. If you don’t think these being the first 3 replies to a thread about donating to cyclone players is actively harming the cyclones, I don’t know what to tell you.

**** off dude. Don’t tell me how I can and can’t post on a message board. I’m not your kid. I’ll post however I see fit.

 

[Zyklon]

ITS A ******* MESSAGE BOARD!

If you don’t know how to deal with a world where people don’t agree with you and don’t listen to your commands…

**** off dude. Don’t tell me how I can and can’t post on a message board. I’m not your kid. I’ll post however I see fit.

I’m just trying to understand the motive. The point of my posts are to get people to donate, the point of your posts are too..? Just hear yourself talk? Protect your honor? Justify your decisions? Idk, I just know the results don’t help the cyclones,

 

[AllInForISU]

I’m just trying to understand the motive. The point of my posts are to get people to donate, the point of your posts are too..? Just hear yourself talk? Protect your honor? Justify your decisions? Idk, I just know the results don’t help the cyclones,

My point is there are other ways to pay the athletes. You don’t need to donate to a collective if you don’t want to. If you do want to? Fine. But the collective isn’t the only option.

Personally, I’d rather buy a player licensed shirt with the little money I have left over after I pay all my bills than give it to a collective that does who knows what with it.

 

[Zyklon]

My point is there are other ways to pay the athletes. You don’t need to donate to a collective if you don’t want to. If you do want to? Fine. But the collective isn’t the only option.

Personally, I’d rather buy a player licensed shirt with the little money I have left over after I pay all my bills than give it to a collective that does who knows what with it.

Awesome, that’s great! Paying the players directly is also a fantastic option and I should have included it.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

I already have $40k in student loans from my time at ISU.

 

[ISUATC]

You have 2 options with regards to the Collective:
1. Donate. This will help us retain talent. Hopefully you also become a positive champion for the collective by encouraging others to donate.
2. Don’t donate, don’t say anything about it. People have different priorities, it’s ok. You can still be a great fan without donating. Just keeps your mouth shut while others try to create a culture of donating to the team you love.

Thats it. Those are the two options. Anything else actively harms the Cyclones. You dont need to come on here to defend your honor or vent your frustrations about how things are today, just ignore it and move on with your day. We’re trying to create change and those kind of posts just make it harder. People on the fence about donating can either come here and see a thread full of fans celebrating each other donating and helping the team, or come here and see a thread full of excuses on why not to give.

If you chose not to be part of the solution, at least don’t become the problem.

Edit: giving directly to the player is also a great option.

Do you realize that the title to this thread is a question?

 

[brentblum]

My point is there are other ways to pay the athletes. You don’t need to donate to a collective if you don’t want to. If you do want to? Fine. But the collective isn’t the only option.

Personally, I’d rather buy a player licensed shirt with the little money I have left over after I pay all my bills than give it to a collective that does who knows what with it.

Just to provide clarification, the Collective gives 95 percent of funds to players. The player t-shirts and player merchandise are 50 percent at the high end. It all helps at the end of the day.