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re: Minimum requirements to be a fan of a college team?
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:12 am to Hellbent
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:12 am to Hellbent
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It's $40 to join the Alabama Alumni Association, and anyone can join.
If that's "shite-tons of money" to someone athletics are the last thing they need to be concerned with.
I know how much it costs. But your buddy was referring to perennially buying season tickets as one of his examples so anyone with a brain can see that he was referring to more than just the $40 minimum donation.
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Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:13 am to busey
I didn't make the original statement, but yeah. That's exactly what he meant.
It's cheap to contribute to an alumni association, athletic department or to purchase season tickets to softball or whatever.
It's cheap to contribute to an alumni association, athletic department or to purchase season tickets to softball or whatever.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:14 am to BloodSweat&Beers
Minimum requirement: Cheer for the team.
Sure, it rankles a little when the bandwagon fans start jumping on. But that's how you build a fan base.
I've been faithful to Mizzou Baseball year in and year out even when the team sucked and it was just me and a bunch of players' parents and girlfriends in the stands. It's a bit annoying when newbie fans jump on after the team finally wins a conference championship and start acting like they know everything about MU Baseball.
But I welcome them and don't give them too much grief, because the more the merrier. That's how you grow a program is by picking up new fans in the good years.
I don't care if they ever took a class at Mizzou (I didn't), whether they live in Columbia, whether they donate to the Tiger Scholarship Fund or anything else. I', just glad for more people at the party.
Sure, it rankles a little when the bandwagon fans start jumping on. But that's how you build a fan base.
I've been faithful to Mizzou Baseball year in and year out even when the team sucked and it was just me and a bunch of players' parents and girlfriends in the stands. It's a bit annoying when newbie fans jump on after the team finally wins a conference championship and start acting like they know everything about MU Baseball.
But I welcome them and don't give them too much grief, because the more the merrier. That's how you grow a program is by picking up new fans in the good years.
I don't care if they ever took a class at Mizzou (I didn't), whether they live in Columbia, whether they donate to the Tiger Scholarship Fund or anything else. I', just glad for more people at the party.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:15 am to xXBlueJXx
be an alum and if not then give lots of money
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:15 am to Hellbent
Then how do you know exactly what he meant if you didn't make the statement?
It sure came off the wrong way.
It sure came off the wrong way.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:17 am to busey
He is trolling bro. frick his aggie arse.
I can already tell this expansion is gonna ruin the SEC.
I can already tell this expansion is gonna ruin the SEC.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:19 am to ThaKaptin
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frick his aggie arse.
That's what he wants you to do.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:20 am to ThaKaptin
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He is trolling bro. frick his aggie arse.
I can already tell this expansion is gonna ruin the SEC.
You're not very bright are you?
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:21 am to ThaKaptin
quote:yep this is why harvey is a true fan, the man is poor as frick and spent his life savings on tickets and then is willing to risk his freedom for bama.
Pretty much a combination of everything in this thread, except of course the agtard that said you have to donate shite tons of money to them. I understand, like many, that you dont have to be rich to be a fan of a team. Some people cant afford to donate a bunch of money to their school of preference and that has absolutely nothing to do with their fandom.
oh and the worst type of fan is the LSU football fan/unc basketball fan.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:22 am to Hellbent
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You're not very bright are you?
It doesnt take a fricking genius to understand that yall dont really fit into what we have going in the SEC.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:23 am to ThaKaptin
quote:he is probably the aggie i saw riding a motorcycle the other day. Glittery a&m sticker on his helmet and shakers on his handle bars. It looked like a girls bike with the shakers
frick his aggie arse.
I can already tell this expansion is gonna ruin the SEC.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:23 am to Hellbent
If we are residents and the school in question is a non private, trust me we donate.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:34 am to KillianRussell
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If you are not a graduate (or current student) of the school you are a fan of, you have no claim to its academic prowess, nor are you allowed to denigrate another school's academic prowess (or lack thereof).
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:38 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Huh ?
Non PSU grads paying taxes in PA are not allowed to laugh that every academic risk in our state that seems bound for 13th grade ends up @ WVU ?
More people are concerned with cooking the books to qualify a kid in order to gain a competitive advantage.
Is that denigrating another's academic prowess ?
Non PSU grads paying taxes in PA are not allowed to laugh that every academic risk in our state that seems bound for 13th grade ends up @ WVU ?
More people are concerned with cooking the books to qualify a kid in order to gain a competitive advantage.
Is that denigrating another's academic prowess ?
This post was edited on 5/29/12 at 9:45 am
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:56 am to blacknblu
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I visited my home town not too long ago, and there were quite a bit more people wearing Oklahoma, and Oklahoma light shirts. That place is starting to go to shite.
Border town?
Posted on 5/29/12 at 9:58 am to KillianRussell
If your a Kentucky football fan then you're a true fan.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 10:02 am to xXBlueJXx
Didnt read all the replies but here is my take on being a fan of a team.
Obviously being an alumnus is an automatic qualifier but also being a fan of the school is really what being a fan is. Keeping up and watching sports of all the different teams is also what can make you a fan. I am a huge Alabama football fan and soon to be alumnus but I also watch Alabama baseball and softball and casually watch Alabama basketball but I dont like basketball so I don't do too much to keep up with that.
Also, you don't have to be an alumnus to donate to a schools Alumni foundation or athletic department. Buying season tickets shows support and I worked for the Alumni association at UA and we had a lot of non-alumni that donated to the school. I don't consider buying team apparel as donating to the school at all.
Obviously being an alumnus is an automatic qualifier but also being a fan of the school is really what being a fan is. Keeping up and watching sports of all the different teams is also what can make you a fan. I am a huge Alabama football fan and soon to be alumnus but I also watch Alabama baseball and softball and casually watch Alabama basketball but I dont like basketball so I don't do too much to keep up with that.
Also, you don't have to be an alumnus to donate to a schools Alumni foundation or athletic department. Buying season tickets shows support and I worked for the Alumni association at UA and we had a lot of non-alumni that donated to the school. I don't consider buying team apparel as donating to the school at all.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 10:04 am to mwlewis
quote:uncle harvey says frick you
I don't consider buying team apparel as donating to the school at all.
Posted on 5/29/12 at 10:05 am to mwlewis
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This post was edited on 5/29/12 at 10:12 am
Posted on 5/29/12 at 10:11 am to mwlewis
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I don't consider buying team apparel as donating to the school at all.
My family is in this buisness. The licensing system in college football is lucrative.
Alabama does not have to divide their deal with the rest of the SEC, so in a round about way merchandising finds it's way back to the universities.
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1. Texas, 2. Alabama, 3. Florida, 4. LSU, 5. North Carolina, 6. Georgia, 7. Michigan, 8. Kentucky, 9. Penn State, 10. Oklahoma, 11. Notre Dame, 12. Tennessee, 13. West Virginia, 14. Nebraska, 15. Auburn, 16. Wisconsin, 17. Kansas, 18. Missouri, 19. Florida State, 20. Arkansas, 21. Texas A&M, 22. Illinois, 23. South Carolina, 24. Texas Tech, 25. Clemson
Some schools will not disclose the figures. Absent from the list is Ohio State & Southern Cal
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This post was edited on 5/29/12 at 10:16 am
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