I wonder if those not donating also stand in the concourse the last few minutes of bball games? (Remember when that was a big deal....who stayed until the end vs beating traffic or other things?) Lol
How many people donated to We Will today?
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Ah......the parking lot Olympics. What an event. A Cyclone tradition.
It's a safe bet that many who donate quite a bit to the AD are some of the fastest runners you will ever see.
I'm not convinced that the current no-limit NIL environment is permanent. Eventually enforceable legislation/regulation will clamp down on it and level the playing field. At least, that's my hope. And that's why I'm not currently convinced that anyone is fighting a lost cause.
As to negativity, it has its place. I think the negative posts made by myself and others aimed at the coaching staff are deserved, given what we've seen over the last few seasons. It's ok to acknowledge that something you love is flawed -- hell, that even the structure surrounding the thing you love is flawed -- and express a desire for change (i.e., express a negative view). And expressing your opinions is one way to eventually bring about change, even if you are not or cannot simultaneously open your pocket book.
The zealots who argue that you aren't a real fan unless you open your pocket book monthly -- or that you aren't a real fan if you dare say anything negative about how the team has been coached over the past few seasons -- aren't really doing anyone any favors.
So the people that donate to the program are bad and the people that complain about the program are helping it. That’s a fresh take I guess.
Thank you for this suggestion. Just changed it to We Will. Wish I would have thought about this before I finished Christmas shopping!Also - don't forget to set up your Amazon donations to go to We Will (as recently posted by GetAwesome).
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If you are in the position and are willing to donate to We Will Club, please do so at your earliest convenience at https://www.wewillclub.com/ . Every dollar helps Cyclone Athletics.
If you are in the position and are not willing to donate to a collective, please donate to one of the many worthwhile charitable causes listed at https://www.charities.org/charities_list or research each charity at https://www.charitynavigator.org/ . Causes exist for every need.
Either way (or ideally both ways), charitable giving is an easy and rewarding way to spread cheer and help others during the holiday season.
If you are in the position and are not willing to donate to a collective, please donate to one of the many worthwhile charitable causes listed at https://www.charities.org/charities_list or research each charity at https://www.charitynavigator.org/ . Causes exist for every need.
Either way (or ideally both ways), charitable giving is an easy and rewarding way to spread cheer and help others during the holiday season.
This is such nonsense. What do you mean it isn’t the fans’ responsibility…?! Everything falls on the fans- ticket prices, concessions, every little detail you see at the Jack on Saturday. Somewhere along the line, JP decided the team needed something, and somewhere along the way, a fan paid for it. Nothing is free and the fans are writing checks to give our school what it needs.
If the fans don’t pay for it, where exactly does the money come from? Do you believe the ‘non-fans’ should pay for things?
It’s part of the new landscape- you’re either all in or you ain’t.
No one has argued that people who donate to the program are bad. And complaining about the building being on fire is better than the alternative...
This is probably my biggest complaint- the fans being held hostage while schools and coaches take in millions. It’s ridiculous. I don’t think the current model is sustainable.
Share some of the optimistic side then, all I’ve seen from you recently is negative. Maybe I’m missing the optimism, I certainly don’t catch every post. Anyone could troll tire cyclones with what the site founder has been posting recently. I find it hard to believe you don’t hear some good things.
You went to bat pimping the site here and man stepped up. Would everyone be as good with these same people telling us not to buy premium?
Full transparency - nobody asked me to write this, and in fact nobody even knows I'm writing this (surprise Chris)...
When I created this site almost 15 years ago, it's sole focus and intent was to give Cyclone fans a place to call home that didn't require paying multi-national companies like Rivals and Scout. Without any sort of revenue structure but a couple dollars here or there from donations (and a couple CF branded thong sales), and ever increasing hosting costs, it was simply a message board with frequent articles, news nuggets, and editorials about the inner-workings at ISU. Within a year, we grew to become one of the biggest web properties hosted in Iowa - and it only continued from there.
We had (and still have) an incredible set of moderators dedicating hundreds, and now thousands, of hours of their lives to help keep things community-oriented. And of course, we had (and still have) an ever growing base of Fanatics making it our home. Looking back, it always amazes me what we all built together - and how many people helped me learn and grow along the way. Outside of my family, it's what I take the most pride in from the past 38 years.
There came a point when Rhonda and I wanted to start having kids that I knew I wouldn't be able to give the same amount of energy or financial support to keeping this place the amazing community it had become. Enter Chris and team; not only did they promise to keep CF what it had always stood for, but they committed to introducing new content and access that I wasn't able to do as a 30-40 hr/wk hobby alongside my professional career.
Chris and others built a first-rate team that helped make CF more than just a community - it was always an awesome community - they added an entire media wing with full time employees. With that expansion came the cost of supporting employees, their families, equipment, travel, etc. They knew it would take a ton of work, a strong fanbase, and good advertising dollars to make it work. And it did, very well.
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So while I've purposely tried to stay under the radar for the past several years since handing over the reigns, though remain glued to the site, I wanted to take a few minutes to reminisce about how we got to where we are and how we as a community have an opportunity to say thank you to each-other, and most importantly, to the current team that runs CF.
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I hope the people who believe their moral code will be shattered by donating to NIL rush out and join the hok NIL tomorrow….they need more donations like yours today!
I am not going to disagree that pointing out problems in the fb program is necessarily a bad thing. Just not my thing. I am a fan and just not close enough to be an insider to what is going on behind the scene.
But, to insert yourself in a conversation dedicated to the We Will Collective and then complain that you are being hounded for money seems a bit overboard.
Didn’t i read on here that you all thought a really good solution was collecting cans after tailgates?
You only need sixty million cans to get there. Good luck!
I am unaware of the Isaiah Lee situation. Is there somewhere to still donate to help him and his sister out?
Umm why are the players now getting paid? Because college sports makes too much money… Agreed pay the players. But with what money?!? College sports doesn’t have enough money fans, you HAVE to step up!
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.
Accept that this is the new reality and jump on board. Bragging about not giving is the same as acting excited that we lost 62-14.
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.
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