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Post by tarcat on Aug 15, 2024 19:23:46 GMT -5
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Post by wcu1995gocats on Aug 15, 2024 19:45:40 GMT -5
In NC you have to have a certain percentage of cash in hand and a certain percentage of pledges before you can break ground. The project was $60 million in total. $30 million was supposed to come from Athletics and then $30 million from the university (student fees, etc).
Catamount Club can barely keep up with the annual fund. They should be out collecting major gifts. I heard awhile ago AG was asking for $20 million from the tribe but I never heard the outcome.
I know the Chancellor has already let athletics borrow money to cover the annual budget deficit. She is supposed to help them borrow the money once the numbers get close.
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Post by catamountalum04 on Aug 15, 2024 20:01:34 GMT -5
If you watch the video i posted today the chancellor talked about how we broke records in giving but we are not seeing the same thing on the athletics side
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Post by terrycat on Aug 15, 2024 21:19:34 GMT -5
FLCatamount. I have the gifting forms in my possession.
If you or any of you that want to give, please text me your
address with or without name and I will send you the gifting
forms. My cell is 614.679.5483. Terry Fortner.
Go Cats!
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Post by wcugamer2 on Aug 17, 2024 14:06:10 GMT -5
You are incorrect on several points. 1. The mix is not an error or miscoding. I can promise you. 2. The number you quoted for athletics is way off. North of 6M at present with a need of 30M. We were scheduled to break ground this month. That will unfortunately not happen. We really need to step up or we are at risk. This is our 50th year anniversary of our current stadium casa. 🤷🏻♂️ If any of you would like to discuss my number is 614.679.5483 Cell. We need to be part of the solution. It just does not make logical sense that we have raised $36 million or so and only $6 million is for athletics. Only 1/6th of the money raised is designated for athletics? How does one donate to the athletic only part of the campaign? I have seen nothing about the campaign. You can blame me for that if you want, but I have seen nothing. Please let me know how to give please. If I could, I would designate any money I give just to the football stadium expansion. Any time you donate to WCU, you can ABSOLUTELY designate where your dollars are spent. If you want to donate to the Athletic fund, contact any Catamount Club staff member. When you talk with them, you can tell them if you want your money spent on facilities, scholarships, travel, football only, etc. If you don't designate where you want your money spent, they place it in an "un-restricted giving fund", and the leaders of the university spend that money as they see best. ALWAYS be specific with your giving, if it is important to you. Go CATS! |
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Post by catman72 on Aug 17, 2024 16:32:14 GMT -5
I would be curious how many people who intended the money for athletics forgot to designate and it went into the " Un-restricted giving fund" and the leaders of the university spent that money as they see best......$36,000,000 VS $6,000,000 NO WAY.....
The only way the money gets to the athletic upgrades is get in my car and drive to Cullowhee and hand the check to Kerwin Bell.....
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Aug 17, 2024 18:52:22 GMT -5
It just does not make logical sense that we have raised $36 million or so and only $6 million is for athletics. Only 1/6th of the money raised is designated for athletics? How does one donate to the athletic only part of the campaign? I have seen nothing about the campaign. You can blame me for that if you want, but I have seen nothing. Please let me know how to give please. If I could, I would designate any money I give just to the football stadium expansion. Any time you donate to WCU, you can ABSOLUTELY designate where your dollars are spent. If you want to donate to the Athletic fund, contact any Catamount Club staff member. When you talk with them, you can tell them if you want your money spent on facilities, scholarships, travel, football only, etc. If you don't designate where you want your money spent, they place it in an "un-restricted giving fund", and the leaders of the university spend that money as they see best. ALWAYS be specific with your giving, if it is important to you. Go CATS! Because of the abhorrent way that athletics has been treated by the University for 40 years, that undesignated money should all go to athletic facilities. I can guarantee that all that money is lumped in with the $30+ million donated to academics in this campaign. If I am wrong, the administration should be transparent and open up the books and let us see. That will not happen because we are not going to get transparency. We are wasting our time. All we are going to get this time again is lip service and double talk. Athletics is not a priority. |
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Post by catamountalum04 on Aug 17, 2024 20:18:11 GMT -5
I am shocked that the lack of upgrades over the year has not forced the state to step in as floors are rotting in camp lab and the press box is so far from ADA compliance that the facilities and the shape and age of them is criminal
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Post by catman on Aug 19, 2024 20:06:17 GMT -5
Yes, we are falling behind......Texas high schools! ![]() |
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Post by wcugrad95 on Aug 20, 2024 14:57:38 GMT -5
Truth on the Texas facilities! I just moved one of my daughters to Waco, TX and saw several of the stadiums between there and then going up to fly out of Dallas. I even saw some private school campuses that had indoor practice facilities!!!
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