Yes but I wonder if we are thinking too small, trying to fit our situation to their facts. What we need is the money and the excitement / cultural cachet. We can generate that with a large group of people, doesn’t need to be from a single dude just because that is how Oregon did it
This is what I was thinking to. And you can’t tell me that we don’t have a large group of rich alums here in the very rich Bay Area…
Who would be responsible for finding this cache of rich donors? Is that under Crist or Knowlton? To me this should not be an impossible endeavor. Also, what about reaching out to all our pro/former pro football players to donate. Something like Riverboat Ron did. I continue to see that we have a large number of pro-bears even though our teams haven’t excelled.
I love football and am a long time loyal Bear alum. I did grow up in the South, so football is in my blood. I still enjoy going to our games for as we all know, you never really can predict the outcome of their games.
But back to putting together a strategy to get multiple donors to contribute. I think that having football program at Cal is critical. My daughter just started her freshman year at college and when she was looking at schools, I really wanted her to go where they had a football program as well as good academics. I feel having the student experience of attending football games is a rite of passage for college kids. My daughter ended up at university of Colorado - Boulder so has the football program, but she was unable to get a student athletic pass because of the hiring of Dion Sanders as coach. They sold out of the student allotment and couldn’t release any more as they also sold out season tix this year. I was so bummed she was going to miss out.
Can be done. But not yet. From what I understand the NIL fund for Cal football has been a big success (e.g. Ott and a few others did not transfer). At 1st I was surprised but it now makes sense to me. Cal alums are NOT willing to just throw money at the administration called Cal football. They are willing to throw money for a specific, earmarked person/purpose to build the program. When Knight did his thing he had the power to cut thru the Oregon red tape….and Oregon’s academics did not get in the way. Times have indeed changed.
Phil Knight Phil Knight Phil Knight. Mega wealthy and his wealth came from a sports empire. There are no other Nike’s out there.
Yes but I wonder if we are thinking too small, trying to fit our situation to their facts. What we need is the money and the excitement / cultural cachet. We can generate that with a large group of people, doesn’t need to be from a single dude just because that is how Oregon did it
This is what I was thinking to. And you can’t tell me that we don’t have a large group of rich alums here in the very rich Bay Area…
Who would be responsible for finding this cache of rich donors? Is that under Crist or Knowlton? To me this should not be an impossible endeavor. Also, what about reaching out to all our pro/former pro football players to donate. Something like Riverboat Ron did. I continue to see that we have a large number of pro-bears even though our teams haven’t excelled.
I love football and am a long time loyal Bear alum. I did grow up in the South, so football is in my blood. I still enjoy going to our games for as we all know, you never really can predict the outcome of their games.
But back to putting together a strategy to get multiple donors to contribute. I think that having football program at Cal is critical. My daughter just started her freshman year at college and when she was looking at schools, I really wanted her to go where they had a football program as well as good academics. I feel having the student experience of attending football games is a rite of passage for college kids. My daughter ended up at university of Colorado - Boulder so has the football program, but she was unable to get a student athletic pass because of the hiring of Dion Sanders as coach. They sold out of the student allotment and couldn’t release any more as they also sold out season tix this year. I was so bummed she was going to miss out.
Can be done. But not yet. From what I understand the NIL fund for Cal football has been a big success (e.g. Ott and a few others did not transfer). At 1st I was surprised but it now makes sense to me. Cal alums are NOT willing to just throw money at the administration called Cal football. They are willing to throw money for a specific, earmarked person/purpose to build the program. When Knight did his thing he had the power to cut thru the Oregon red tape….and Oregon’s academics did not get in the way. Times have indeed changed.