CalallenStang
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Donation Comparisons
(04-26-2015 09:10 PM)Pony94 Wrote: To get basketball seats you also have to be a football season ticket holder.
Really? Haven't seen/heard this.
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blunderbuss
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RE: Donation Comparisons
Louisville's fan support is amazing. We should all try to emulate it.
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blunderbuss
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-26-2015 06:30 AM)ShoreBuc Wrote: With the ECU alumni base that we have there is no reason we should not have 10K + active Pirate Club members not counting the Student Pirate Club. The Pirate Club just needs new blood desperately that has a sales and marketing IQ higher than fence post but the good ole rich boys want to keep it just like it is. It is a fine line to walk not to piss them off but the Pirate Club needs a new vision to catch up with the times and become more attractive to students that graduated the last 10-15yrs.
It should be way over that IMO. Unfortunately it's controlled by a small-town / small-time good ole boy network. The 10,000 donor number is just creative accounting (including <$50 Student Pirate Club memberships) to hide the stagnation of real membership growth.
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2015 08:29 AM by blunderbuss.)
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TIGERCITY
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RE: Donation Comparisons
Memphis had a 10 million dollar donation to basketball this year --- courtesy of Bill Laurie. That doesn't seem to be reflected in the numbers.
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04-27-2015 08:57 AM |
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blunderbuss
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(04-27-2015 08:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote: Memphis had a 10 million dollar donation to basketball this year --- courtesy of Bill Laurie. That doesn't seem to be reflected in the numbers.
Must be nice to marry into the Walmart family fortune.
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04-27-2015 09:28 AM |
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ultraviolet
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-26-2015 04:41 PM)shere khan Wrote: (04-24-2015 11:10 AM)NBPirate Wrote: (04-24-2015 11:08 AM)ElectricCoogaloo Wrote: ^^ That certainly explains the shift. From reading around the web, ECU's student athletics fee doesn't appear to be mandatory. Is that correct?
No, it is, but the student athletic fee and the student pirate club are separate. Students pay to be in the Student Pirate Club through a membership fee.
Do you have to be s fan of ECU to join the pirate club. Arghhh
Not at all. We love OPM! (other people's money)
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ElectricCoogaloo
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-27-2015 08:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote: Memphis had a 10 million dollar donation to basketball this year --- courtesy of Bill Laurie. That doesn't seem to be reflected in the numbers.
Either the donation was too soon to be tabulated into the 2014-2015 fiscal year, or donations to specific sports were not tabulated into the report.
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04-27-2015 10:17 AM |
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NBPirate
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-27-2015 10:17 AM)ElectricCoogaloo Wrote: (04-27-2015 08:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote: Memphis had a 10 million dollar donation to basketball this year --- courtesy of Bill Laurie. That doesn't seem to be reflected in the numbers.
Either the donation was too soon to be tabulated into the 2014-2015 fiscal year, or donations to specific sports were not tabulated into the report.
I would think a donation specifically to basketball would be considered a "restricted" donation and therefore would not apply.
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ecumbh1999
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-27-2015 10:25 AM)NBPirate Wrote: (04-27-2015 10:17 AM)ElectricCoogaloo Wrote: (04-27-2015 08:57 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote: Memphis had a 10 million dollar donation to basketball this year --- courtesy of Bill Laurie. That doesn't seem to be reflected in the numbers.
Either the donation was too soon to be tabulated into the 2014-2015 fiscal year, or donations to specific sports were not tabulated into the report.
I would think a donation specifically to basketball would be considered a "restricted" donation and therefore would not apply.
Nope, it wouldn't even fall under their buster club's numbers. That would be directly to the athletic department for a specific sport and be report under the athletic department budget.
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ecumbh1999
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RE: Donation Comparisons
(04-27-2015 08:27 AM)blunderbuss Wrote: (04-26-2015 06:30 AM)ShoreBuc Wrote: With the ECU alumni base that we have there is no reason we should not have 10K + active Pirate Club members not counting the Student Pirate Club. The Pirate Club just needs new blood desperately that has a sales and marketing IQ higher than fence post but the good ole rich boys want to keep it just like it is. It is a fine line to walk not to piss them off but the Pirate Club needs a new vision to catch up with the times and become more attractive to students that graduated the last 10-15yrs.
It should be way over that IMO. Unfortunately it's controlled by a small-town / small-time good ole boy network. The 10,000 donor number is just creative accounting (including <$50 Student Pirate Club memberships) to hide the stagnation of real membership growth.
Actually, the number is right there if you look. 7,422, then you can add the 10,000 SPC members, for a total of 17,422.
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tigerjeb
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RE: Donation Comparisons
there are lots of ways money goes into the coffers at memphis. large donations like laurie's fall into the university foundation, not tiger clubs. memphis' booster clubs (highland hundred, rebounders, bullpen, ect) also fall under the university foundation. foundation numbers do not appear to be reflected in that OP graph. tiger club donations are strictly tied to scholarship costs and are the donation numbers you see under the athletic department umbrella. those dollars reflect the number of season ticket accounts where the seating requires a donation. non-student section upper deck endzones at fedexforum and end zone seating at the liberty bowl are sold as economy season ticket packages with no donation required.
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2015 06:47 AM by tigerjeb.)
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