Quote from: olddog on September 26, 2017, 11:35:14 AMQuote from: smedindy on September 25, 2017, 11:16:00 PMQuote from: olddog on September 25, 2017, 02:26:23 PM
Did anyone really think Oxy admin would do anything to the AD, come on folks...this is the same group that let the kids on grants at this 66k school, protest in their offices with wifi so they could order food and coffee.
The only way any change will happen in terms of athletics if the alumni donations are impacted. O/W the liberal inmates will run the asylum. Money talks...the end.
I just check vegas line and Whittier is now the favorite in the "Shoe Bowl"
Well, a lot of students get admitted need blind at good schools, and with their endowment they can afford it.
In FY16 they raised $25 million, and they weren't in a capital campaign. Of that, most of it was corporations and foundations, but there was a good chunk ($6 million) from alumni and they had over 8,000 gifts. Their endowment per student is impressive.
I would gather that many of the donors may not care enough about football to withhold donations - especially the corporations and foundations. I don't know that for 100% sure, but in my experience at small schools athletics isn't really a priority among many donors. They enthuse the alumni, yes, and bring people together - but they give for more reasons than athletics. Skillful development programs can turn those conversations toward helping the current and future students.
I suggest you research what happen at CMS when they were going to drop football, better yet take a skillful look at Redlands recent largest donor and his linkage to football.
Actually, CMS did give up football. The minute they let Coach Retz go and hired Kyle Sweeney.
