So now that we have an awesome plan, aside from the usual suspects, who do we know who will be able to pony up what will probably end up amounting to about $200M by the time all is said and done?

My nominee is Cisco Systems Chairman Emeritus John Morgridge. He and his wife Tashia are very philanthropic, and they have donated to NIU in the past because one of their parents attended many, many years ago. I know this because I was working for Cisco when the donation happened, about 10-15 years ago.

Anybody else? Don't look at me--I have $8 in my checking account that has to last until next week.

I think the student athletes should sell M&M's to raise some money.

I have a good amount of money saved for retirement, but my wife won't let me spend it on Huskie athletics. Maybe after all the kids are out of the house and college.

I'm thinking a Dog Pound Kickstarter should get things going....We'll tell the world that we're making a macaroni salad for the first time...people won't be able to resist.

(10-30-2014 08:04 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  I'm thinking a Dog Pound Kickstarter should get things going....We'll tell the world that we're making a macaroni salad for the first time...people won't be able to resist.

Thinkin outside the box. I like it.

(10-30-2014 06:54 PM)NIU17 Wrote:  I think the student athletes should sell M&M's to raise some money.

I have a good amount of money saved for retirement, but my wife won't let me spend it on Huskie athletics. Maybe after all the kids are out of the house and college.

Tell poopsie you can't take it with you, man! The guy that wins is the guy whose last check bounces! We all could get a grabber at any minute, Ebola, or hit by a bus, etc.

I am stupid with $ and also cheap too but I will give big $ to this project.

I'm still paying $5K a year on the IPF, get ready for the hard sell.

We could have carwashes throughout the Chicagoland area. NIUGUY can wear the speedo like in "Dodge Ball"

(10-31-2014 07:59 AM)oilgasusa Wrote:  I'm still paying $5K a year on the IPF, get ready for the hard sell.

We could sell fake stock and give people an ownership share in Huskie stadium. The key is to never have dividends, don't allow it to be traded, and sell a lot of it. I'm still not sure how the cheese heads bought into this.

(10-31-2014 10:00 AM)KMR_NIU_13 Wrote:  We could sell fake stock and give people an ownership share in Huskie stadium. The key is to never have dividends, don't allow it to be traded, and sell a lot of it. I'm still not sure how the cheese heads bought into this.

I like the idea but I don't think it could be considered a donation then...could it?

Isn't Calamos Investments an NIU alum? Calamos Field isn't that bad. I'll use his company if he bought naming rights.

(10-31-2014 10:57 AM)thehappyhuskie Wrote:  Isn't Calamos Investments an NIU alum? Calamos Field isn't that bad. I'll use his company if he bought naming rights.

My pops is good friends with him, i'll ask him to pour some money into NIU haha. Also, he is not an NIU alumni, he attended Illinois Institute of Technology.

(10-31-2014 11:16 AM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(10-31-2014 10:57 AM)thehappyhuskie Wrote:  Isn't Calamos Investments an NIU alum? Calamos Field isn't that bad. I'll use his company if he bought naming rights.

My pops is good friends with him, i'll ask him to pour some money into NIU haha. Also, he is not an NIU alumni, he attended Illinois Institute of Technology.

Hmm...I thought the same....Somehow there is some connection with NIU & Calamos.

Dan C. - Voice on the Simpsons.

Jerry Rich. I know he donated a spiffy van to the golf team but not sure if he has contributed anything else.

(10-31-2014 12:52 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  Jerry Rich. I know he donated a spiffy van to the golf team but not sure if he has contributed anything else.

I believe he is consistently one of the big donors, but I'm sure he has plenty more cash stacked in the back room.

Discover's corporate headquarters is in the Chicagoland area. Since they sponsor the Orange Bowl maybe NIU can get a nice donation from them.

(10-31-2014 12:52 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  Jerry Rich. I know he donated a spiffy van to the golf team but not sure if he has contributed anything else.

I was going to post this yesterday but didn't know if it had any relevance...and I think the idea of having a thread discussing people who should donate money is ridiculous

Anyway, I saw that a Jim Rich was listed as one of the AECOM contributors for the master plan. I have no idea but wondered if he is a son of Jerry Rich. Either way I'm sure Jerry has been included on at least some of the discussions for this project.

(10-31-2014 12:52 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  Jerry Rich. I know he donated a spiffy van to the golf team but not sure if he has contributed anything else.

He and his wife did donate a 2nd spiffy van along with helping buy full unis and equipment for both teams.

He lets us use his club, Rich Harvest Farms as our home course. This course is one of the finest private courses in the US and was originally set-up as an ultra-exclusive club (I believe it was 50 members including Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, etc). That's got to be worth 10's, if not 100's of thousands of dollars.