Currently the Alumni Association finances are pretty poor. The RCAF has 1493 members. The alumni association has significantly less paying members than that and the donations per member are quite a bit less. If alumni want more engagement activities from the Alumni Association, please donate to our loyalty fund or scholarship fund. Here is a link to do so - https://give.louisiana.edu/give-now/alumni - any help will be appreciated. Also, the Alumni Association along with the RCAF and Athletics is having a social at the Sheraton Capitol hotel in downtown Austin Friday September 23rd and a tailgate tent at the stadium on the day of the game. Looking forward to having a large crowd at those events.
How much is football getting for this game? I would guess 1.5 - 2.0M. We are a Top 20 team that will be prime time on Fox before a crowd of 110,000 vs Texas and the Big 12, a conference we aspire to one day join. If there was ever a game in which we put our best foot forward, this is it. We can't afford not to send our band and sell out our ticket allotment. Given the big payday and the exposure this will bring to the university, this is a must do.
I’m new to the board and to the cash aspects of the athletic department, but how does a program the size of ours recover from an 8 million dollar hit?
Who pays for band travel?
Is is the alumni association, athletic or music department?
Except for a select few bands, the only reason you take a band on the road is to reward the band.
If you want to see the band ... attend home games.
jmo
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