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kemajic said:Simply a battle of self-entitled faculty vs. common sense. Not so common anymore, but occasionally common sense still wins out.
OrgonGriz said:I know the faculty at any college really doesn’t want to believe or think that an athletic program is the face of the university. But the better the athletic programs perform, football, men’s Bball and Women’s Bball, the better the university does. One might exclude some of the Ivy League from this.
Is it right, maybe not, but it’s reality! People can except it or try and keep the blinders on.
And a sellout is but about 8500.footballdood said:I don't think there was any serious threat of the board voting to cut football, drop down, etc. More than anything, this was just a bunch of noise that unfortunately did have impacts to morale, etc. I get the feeling the professor who crusaded this effort is looking for a new job and wouldn't be missed.
That said, even if this was squashed before March madness, I doubt things would have played out any differently with the men's bb exodus or some transfers from the football program.
People here joke about EWU's football attendance, but the reality is over the last decade they've been selling out pretty much every game. Even ho-hum games against NAU, ISU, etc. draw similar crowds as UM and MSU.
The problem is that EWU is terrible at turning fans into donors.
3-7-77 said:Friday's Spokesman Review had an article about the EWU decision. Donors gave $300,000 last year, "a drop in the bucket compared to what we need," according to one Trustee. Another said donors need to give more, and those who haven't donated 'need to step up.' Another 'pollster' said the school has two basic camps, the cut athletics camp and the 'I won't attend EWU if athletics is cut' camp.
Sounds like a solid foundation. :roll: I'll just watch this EWU season as if it were their last year, as that may be the case.
Kodiak said:3-7-77 said:Friday's Spokesman Review had an article about the EWU decision. Donors gave $300,000 last year, "a drop in the bucket compared to what we need," according to one Trustee. Another said donors need to give more, and those who haven't donated 'need to step up.' Another 'pollster' said the school has two basic camps, the cut athletics camp and the 'I won't attend EWU if athletics is cut' camp.
Sounds like a solid foundation. :roll: I'll just watch this EWU season as if it were their last year, as that may be the case.
$300,000 total??
marceagfan5 said:Kodiak said:$300,000 total??
Eastern has raised $5.5 million since September 2019 for their new stadium...
3-7-77 said:Here's the link:
www.spokesman.com/search/?q=EWU&l
'Eastern Washington University
Will Keep Football Team, Remain Big Sky and NCAA Division I'
CDAGRIZ said:marceagfan5 said:Eastern has raised $5.5 million since September 2019 for their new stadium...
Is that one the Gateway Project?
marceagfan5 said:CDAGRIZ said:Is that one the Gateway Project?
Unfortunately...
kemajic said:And a sellout is but about 8500.footballdood said:I don't think there was any serious threat of the board voting to cut football, drop down, etc. More than anything, this was just a bunch of noise that unfortunately did have impacts to morale, etc. I get the feeling the professor who crusaded this effort is looking for a new job and wouldn't be missed.
That said, even if this was squashed before March madness, I doubt things would have played out any differently with the men's bb exodus or some transfers from the football program.
People here joke about EWU's football attendance, but the reality is over the last decade they've been selling out pretty much every game. Even ho-hum games against NAU, ISU, etc. draw similar crowds as UM and MSU.
The problem is that EWU is terrible at turning fans into donors.
AZGrizFan said:kemajic said:And a sellout is but about 8500.
Which, sadly, about 10 out of the 13 teams in the league would KILL for.
marceagfan5 said:3-7-77 said:Here's the link:
www.spokesman.com/search/?q=EWU&l
'Eastern Washington University
Will Keep Football Team, Remain Big Sky and NCAA Division I'
Ya...one professor caused a massive PR nightmare. EWU did a terrible job of minimizing this where most universities never would have let it get to this level.
His $300k donor comment fails to look at the funds raised for the new stadium...