If SMU Is Invited to Pac 12 . .

[cajun_lannister]

That's the other elephant in the room. We'll never advance as an Athletics Department, financially speaking, without complete separation of the RCAF and the foundation. And that won't happen with any of the current leadership in Martin Hall.

We have had relatively the same number of RCAF members for the last 10 years.. How is that even possible

[JamesTheJeweler]

We have had relatively the same number of RCAF members for the last 10 years.. How is that even possible

USL mentality

[ManAboutTown]

We have had relatively the same number of RCAF members for the last 10 years.. How is that even possible

Continuing to milk the same legacy donors? Not investing the time, money and effort into a sales force, phone team and ground team? Eliminating blue collar events? Lack of exposure? Bad brand? Giving donors zero reason to join other than charity? Lack of student and new graduate involvement? God awful leadership hires? Unclear and constantly changing "perk" structure?

We could have an 8 hour conversation on each of these. Yantko and I didn't see eye to eye on plenty of things, but I could argue Nico and Hud were the only people that ever "moved the needle" as far as RCAF goes. Hopefully, Frazier and his new team learn from history and fix all of these things asap.

[angeleast]

We have had relatively the same number of RCAF members for the last 10 years.. How is that even possible

T slow aka ( T joe), Ray Jr, and his cronies. The fossil is smiling in the afterlife.

[ZoomZoom]

We have had relatively the same number of RCAF members for the last 10 years.. How is that even possible

When there is limited/no effort to actively go after fresh graduates, this is what you get. Pretty much when a good UL fan/RCAF member passes away, it’s noted here. So that simply means recruitment of new members has been a wash.

A social media post doesn’t cut it.

Again, as I posted before, GIVE each new grad a base RCAF membership. And follow up at renewal time. Today’s basic giver may be tomorrow’s whale donor.

Follow the Alden Report darn it. ALL OF IT!

[ManAboutTown]

When there is limited/no effort to actively go after fresh graduates, this is what you get. Pretty much when a good UL fan/RCAF member passes away, it’s noted here. So that simply means recruitment of new members has been a wash.

A social media post doesn’t cut it.

Again, as I posted before, GIVE each new grad a base RCAF membership. And follow up at renewal time. Today’s basic giver may be tomorrow’s whale donor.

When asked this questions, I usually just say "We hate money."

[CajunNation]

When asked this questions, I usually just say "We hate money."

What Doc A hated and what others seem to hate as well is what comes with that monetary donation, an expectation of having a stake in the program by the donor.

If you allow people to make donations, they might expect results from those donations. This would explain the constant lowering of the bar from certain people on air and on this board.

If you accept donations made to an organization that is independent from your control, you can't use that money in a way that the donors disagree with. This can't happen because, obviously, we can't control ourselves and it will be just a matter of time before certain people allow programs to be shut down by the NCAA, again.

[ManAboutTown]

What Doc A hated and what others seem to hate as well is what comes with that monetary donation, an expectation of having a stake in the program by the donor.

If you allow people to make donations, they might expect results from those donations. This would explain the constant lowering of the bar from certain people on air and on this board.

If you accept donations made to an organization that is independent from your control, you can't use that money in a way that the donors disagree with. This can't happen because, obviously, we can't control ourselves and it will be just a matter of time before certain people allow programs to be shut down by the NCAA, again.

ding ding ding ding ding ding ding... It's all about control.

[cajun_lannister]

When asked this questions, I usually just say "We hate money."

Like local business owner being told you can't just cut us a 40k check.

[HoustonCajun]

…..So we need state money as it was state funded and seems it would be some state monies for fixing or rebuilding…..We need local money like the 6 month sales tax to put in for our ACADIANA SCHOOL…..THEN ITS TIME TO CHALLENGE THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR VOTE ON A SMALL FEE! Let’s get us all in the project!

Big 12 teams get $47M in revenue, each. UL currently has about $30-35M in revenue and that alone would put us at over $80M. Not to mention added revenue from greater attendance, etc. It wouldn't take us long to really grow our fan base and get up to competitive status in the conference.