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FWIW, other universities do the same. Student seating is first come first serve and I’m familiar with students sleeping, in the snow, for seats. As to parking, Georgia universities used to provide free parking to faculty. It was the Legislature, not the universitities, that required faculty to...

Nevertheless… Bud required all schools at the Institute to have a fundraising ability, he did not require the GTAA to do so even though he was president of that as well.

I know for a fact that big donors and vip’s have a special number to call. Tech has dedicated people to handle such things. By name. I am aware that the AD’s office is in charge of donors, and they should be. A coach who goes around the AD to speak directly to a donor asking money may be...

Perhaps they do. I just looked at our department travel schedule and not one is attending anything to do with a sports or athletic conference. All are attending professional organizations to present papers or meet academic colleagues. Do they just meet people at an event and decide to research...

This what I have been able to find out and it’s consistent with my own experience. First, there is no connection between an athletic conference and a research grant award. Individuals apply based on a researcher’s area of interest and collaboration exists for one of two reasons. One...

Perhaps they do. Johns Hopkins is Number One and isn’t in the AAU.

A lot of those schools are heavy into medical research, which is 25% of all research. I don’t know of many research contracts that require funding to go to an institution just because it’s in one athletic conference or another.

As I recall, the GTAA was the only Tech organization not required to have a formal development (donating) plan with goals, objectives, and staffing. Just like Bud said, “My only obligation to GT athletics is to name the Athletic Director.”

The problem is, only the Natty matters. Fans DO check out by end of September. Conference championships used to matter. Let’s just expand the playoff to 134 teams …

You’d have to go line by line. Institutional support is interesting. It’s recognized as Revenue, but in reality, it’s a non cash fee waiver.

Yours is more recent than mine. There's no question that Tech can pay its bills. But ... the current rule of thumb is that to put out a competitive athletic program at the D1 level, one needs at least $100M in revenue. Tech is at $80-ish with about $14M in debt payments, which is basically...

It depends on who you ask. According to the IRS, student athletes are NOT employees, nor is their grant taxable, as long as it is used for educational support (tuition, fees, books, etc.) According to the NLRB, student athletes ARE employees because they provide a service subject to various...

I disagree a little. Yes, it's more effective if your only goal is to raise funds. But many of those chapters have weekly and monthly meetings where coaches, AD staff, and others engage. It builds awareness and participation, not just funding. If you really want a fanbase, that's where to start.

Sankey at least, has said that the world is moving too fast and the governance of the sport by the NCAA takes way too long to respond. I think he is trying to get ahead of it, not sit by passively and react. It is long past time for CFB to have a commissioner, media rights managers (at the CFB...

Tech outsourced sales to an agency. Many of your “account managers” don’t work for GTAA. To be fair, GTAA has never, in its history, had a strategic plan until about five years ago.

The same thing when 80% of your business is with one customer and you lose that customer.

The Seminole Booster Club is, like Alabama’s, a massive, well-oiled machine. I asked Stansbury this. He said the vast majority of GT financial support comes from about ten people. He had no interest in developing a regional fundraising program. He thought, “Let’s get the donors that count to...

FSU has 400,000 alumni. They generate more in Seminole donations than ticket revenue. I recall that GT has 100,000 or so. Tall order.

According to the Raleigh News and Observer, “In discussions with ESPN management, there were uncertainties over whether an ACC channel would be economically viable, due to cord cutting and changing television viewing habits.“ That was more than ten years ago. ESPN TOLD the ACC, .. this is not a...

Two different reasons. One was because of the original distribution agreement and the second, the extension was due to the ACCN.