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Post by bobfolsom on Aug 17, 2024 11:12:49 GMT -5
Did anyone on the board go to the scrimmage today, and what did you think?
Finally, kudos to Bob and Steve for their interview of Gary Ayers, and prayers for this wonderful man, and all the wonderful coverage that he has done for WCU athletics.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Aug 17, 2024 18:32:04 GMT -5
That would be unethical if donors specifically asked for their donations to go toward a certain academic program or department. I will tell you what is unethical. The ignoring of athletics and athletic facilities over the past 40+ years by the administrations and leadership past and present is unethical. What about undesignated money. I am sure all that goes to academics. Athletics is not even considered important by the leadership. If athletics were important, the money would have been placed where the collective mouths of the present and past leadership. Every other school in NC has been able to figure this out but not Western. Either we are incompetent or we don’t really want to do it. It is a matter of priorities and athletics is not a priority at Western Carolina University. Look at where the money goes. Those are the priorities. This whole campaign has been set up so the leadership can say, we would love to have athletic facilities improvements, but we can’t because the alumni and friends do not want to give money to athletics so it’s not the leaderships fault that we can’t do it. The rules were set up so that the leadership can blame the lack of donations and not be held accountable. There is $35 or $36 million dollars now with the $30 million from the student fees. Build something. Start with upgrading the stadium. Oh that’s right, we have to raise 30 million on the backs of supporters before we can spend one dime. Those are the rules established by the leadership to make sure that they don’t get blamed.
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catman72
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Post by catman72 on Aug 17, 2024 19:11:35 GMT -5
You hit it out of the ballpark.....It is all talk and just plain BS.....There is no doubt money was given for athletics and because it wasn't designated for athletics this gave them a reason to put the donation into the " Un-restricted giving fund "....Think about it all we have gotten in the last few years is new astro turf at $50,000 because they had no choice because it looked so bad and the rest of the Socon was laughing at us....After the first of the year they will be blowing smoke about not meeting goals and then it will be another 2-3 years but maybe they will show us some new drawings....We had better wake up....We are lucky right now because we have a really good football coach but he want be here forever....
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Post by catamountalum04 on Sept 20, 2024 7:46:42 GMT -5
Does anyone know if the renovations to the football stadium include a new lighting system so we can play night games again?
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Post by catamountalum04 on Oct 25, 2024 14:15:40 GMT -5
I know the public phase was put off due to the hurricane but does anyone know when the public phase is rolling out?
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