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If you show up in a Billiken hat, I'd be shocked if they actually had a list and/or turned you away, if the women's bball preparty is any indication.........

I personally don't care that much. I couldn't have made it anyway. I just worry about more important people getting overlooked.

Yeah you should've gotten an email. Maybe emails went out to donors at a certain level of funds? Not sure. Or oversight. Need to get to a point in funding that a full time employee can be hired to alleviate the burden on those who are strictly volunteers with other demanding jobs. Or outsource the admin stuff some how.

Trilly called Swope to SLU.

Trilly predicts Swope to SLU

A relevant BVF update segment featuring the younger brother of Ryan Robertson on the Press Box with Frank. Segment 5 4/16/24 https://590thefan.com/radio-shows/press-box/

I've donated multiple times, 12 year season ticket holder, didn't get an email or any communication. Found out about it on here.

I don't think they got anything wrong. Not sure why there's a problem. Be a donor and or season ticket holder send RSVP, show up, done. I'm looking forward to reports on Coach's NIL strategy.

It's been 18 months and they still can't get the small things right.

Hopefully there’s a great turnout

I just got a response at 4p. Amazing!

Jesus Christ. It's an event at MAC West. Quit complaining about everything, grab your checkbook and f'ing go. I bet they let you in and take your money. It's not rocket science.

Scratch DeLoach off the list

Looks like the difference between donating $250 and donating $500 is a car decal. I'd assume these perk lists aren't complete yet (I sure hope not). I would also assume the bigger donors don't care really about car decals etc but if you're going to ask the average Jose to cough up some money then perks matter. Of course the $500 level could come with more invitations to watch parties and events than the $250 level.

Patience

The BVF desperately needs new leadership. And we need to land some players ASAP too.

What is a horse shoe? What does a horse shoe do? Are there any horse socks? Is anybody listening to me?

It's not. I got a text message from 2 board members with an invite.

The website before had no info or method to donate. Now it does that's improvement. The event last year had basically no notice. Yeah they should have set up a system to receive RSVPs and count people. I use Evite for parties. But they didn't. I went to the site. I donated. I got an email with the information to attend. I would personally attend if I were in STL. Even without a confirmation email. Progress is being made. The Coach is going to talk about NIL strategy something we've been clamoring for over a year. I've been very critical in the past but I don't want that criticism to anchor me to a position that I can't recognize improvement. There's still more improvement that can be achieved but I don't expect it to be instantaneous.

Do we know if this is a legit event - could it be a hack account?>

When you want people to give you money, at least have the decency to acknowledge you have received their RSVP to what you are billing as a private event. That type of thing should be automatic.

Are they improving? I see the same stuff from last year. The same cartoonish logo, the same uninspired half assed attempts at "fund raising". The lack of responsiveness, the lack of visibility. The only thing that's new is the website.

I'm talking about NOT recruiting totally inexperienced college players to be. Imo it's a waste of time we are only going to upgrade them and likely lose them. Jimmerson is an exception. He already has an established relationship with a big billiken booster, reportedly has a serious relationship with a SLU coed, and has a big time Billiken history that likely provides the billiken a home town discount as well as gives SLU a reason to invest more of their bank as well. I'm I guarantee he is not playing for free.

Yeah but they're improving. Baby steps, improvement doesn't go from ineffective to completely functional organization quickly. Perhaps if they get enough donations they can hire a full time person but employees are expensive. What's the cheapest full time person they could hire? $50k/year? Maybe. How good is someone making that much money? Did you get BVF email? That's an invitation. If not the X post is an invitation to Donors/ticket Holders. So as I read it you can go just send RSVP email with headcount. I wouldn't be disheartened, send your email and go.

This is the problem. It should have dedicated employees, and it does not. They are winging it.