willie

You have a lot of assumptions in there.

I don't know. Just because Rick was paid by Tony Novelli under Biondi doesn't mean someone else is paying Ford. If someone has first hand knowledge I would love to see it. One of my biggest ******* about this board is someone says something without proof and it becomes gospel.

Unless the rules have changed the university itself can not fund the NIL. I know this board believes outsiders are paying part of his salary but we don't know that is a fact.

I think the young alumni is your best argument but I am more concerned about today.

Hey I am all for getting as many people envolved as possible but that is not going to move the needle. You need a whale to get this off the ground. Take a Jim Kavanaugh. The man is a Billionare. Convince him to commit a million dollars a year to the BVF. While part of that would go to soccer you would have the seed money necessary to build on. Jim K is just an example but their are wealthy people out there.

Timeing is a problem with some of this. Larger program donors have just completed pledges to the Champion Center. Annual Billiken Club gifts. While I applaud trying to broaden the base success will be determined at the top. Can you convince someone who has already given big money to give more? That or find new backers.

I believe this is the correct story.

Just so the Political Science Department gets they money they need.

The only thing the BOT would say is how are you going to pay for it?

No. Not if May can raise the money.

I don't agree with this. First of all I think May has done is doing a good job. Fred P and the BOT are supportive of May. Chris "Do what you want just pay for it". Fred or Joe Conrad are not micro managing the Athletic Department.

What are the concerns about Zhang and SVB? They are unknown to me.

Your original statement was that the next step down in donors don't want Ford.

A lot of this board assumes Dr. C is paying a big part of Ford’s salary. Basis?

How did big time donors save his job? By not buying him out is not a saving event. I think if you ran a pool on this board give him one more year would win.

I don’t think it’s impossible. They have reasons for their appeal

The AP preseason poll came out yesterday Three beast teams in the top 10 Somehow Creighton and Marquette are surviving in this NIL world. It would be interesting to know what their NIL programs are.

Slaten is a jerk but the man does conduct a good interview.

I think the pricipals envolved in the BVF were naive in how to raise money. Don't know the background of the lawyer but I guess t Troy,Scott or Joe Wiley have not had much funraising experience. Built it and they will come doesn't work. IMO they need a whale to head it up. Someone who can make a major commitment and has the stature to solicit other large commitments. I am not disguarding smaller contributions I just don't think that will move the needle. Who is the whale? Don't know but you had some major contributions to the Champion Center.

Nope Travis said that this morning. Maybe we are actually going to try and run.

No one said he did. The question was did the legislation include SLU. I simply stated that he was part of the lobbying.

I don’t know. The newspaper article just talked about the legislation and mentioned that May was involved.

We are included. It was written in the Post that May was part of the lobbying.

I agree but I have watched several away games and our production seems like the best.

I think the victory room or whatever they call it could be used for that.