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Mississippi State expecting a $30 mil shortfall
Posted on 9/8/20 at 9:39 am
Posted on 9/8/20 at 9:39 am
About 30% of budget. Lowest budget in the SEC, so project it to your departments accordingly.
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Posted on 9/8/20 at 9:53 am to anc
Per Booster I know and am friends with, expect it to be more over the BLM things.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:10 am to Jjdoc
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Per Booster I know and am friends with, expect it to be more over the BLM things.
People are pissed at Cohen. Not only is he a horrible athletic director, he's left of Marx. Hard to be like that at Mississippi State.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:10 am to Jjdoc
Or donors are not giving money when they cannot go to the games? I expect a lot of the teams to have this happen. They don't get that much from actual ticket sales, most of the money comes from donations to even get the tickets.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:11 am to anc
Here are choices for football tickets this year.
3X Priority Points + 50 Lifetime Points for Required Seat Donations converted to Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund
2020 season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to convert any portion of their Bulldog Club required seat donation payments to a charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund will receive three times the priority points for that gift. If the account holder chooses to convert the entire portion of the required seat donation payments to a charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund they will also receive a one-time bonus of 50 lifetime points. These 50 lifetime points will be added to their account in addition to the 3x priority points. In order to take advantage of this opportunity you must contact the Bulldog Club directly. Manual adjustments need to be made on your account that are only accessible by our staff. Any pledges/payments that are made into the traditional Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund accessible on the Dog Tag will not qualify for 3x the points. You have the option of making the charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund tax deductible if you decline all priority points associated with the gift. See Priority Point Waiver Form here.
50 Lifetime Points for Football Season Ticket Payments converted to the Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund2020 season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to convert their payments toward their season tickets made through the ticket office to charitable gifts to the 2020 Scholarship Fund will receive a one-time bonus of 50 lifetime priority points added to their account. This 50 point bonus can be in addition to/separate from the 50 bonus discussed above. Please note: this only applies to payments that have already been made to the Ticket Office.
10 Lifetime Points for 2020 Required Seat Donations credited to 2021 Required Seat Donations
2020 Season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to credit their 2020 required seat donation payments through the Bulldog Club to the 2021 required seat donation balances will receive a one-time bonus of 10 lifetime priority points added to their account. Please note: This only applies to payments made to the Bulldog Club.
Refund
2020 Season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season may choose to have your payments toward your 2020 required seat donation refunded to you. We will process all refunds as efficiently as possible.
3X Priority Points + 50 Lifetime Points for Required Seat Donations converted to Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund
2020 season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to convert any portion of their Bulldog Club required seat donation payments to a charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund will receive three times the priority points for that gift. If the account holder chooses to convert the entire portion of the required seat donation payments to a charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund they will also receive a one-time bonus of 50 lifetime points. These 50 lifetime points will be added to their account in addition to the 3x priority points. In order to take advantage of this opportunity you must contact the Bulldog Club directly. Manual adjustments need to be made on your account that are only accessible by our staff. Any pledges/payments that are made into the traditional Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund accessible on the Dog Tag will not qualify for 3x the points. You have the option of making the charitable gift to the 2020 Scholarship Fund tax deductible if you decline all priority points associated with the gift. See Priority Point Waiver Form here.
50 Lifetime Points for Football Season Ticket Payments converted to the Bulldog Club Scholarship Fund2020 season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to convert their payments toward their season tickets made through the ticket office to charitable gifts to the 2020 Scholarship Fund will receive a one-time bonus of 50 lifetime priority points added to their account. This 50 point bonus can be in addition to/separate from the 50 bonus discussed above. Please note: this only applies to payments that have already been made to the Ticket Office.
10 Lifetime Points for 2020 Required Seat Donations credited to 2021 Required Seat Donations
2020 Season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season and chose to credit their 2020 required seat donation payments through the Bulldog Club to the 2021 required seat donation balances will receive a one-time bonus of 10 lifetime priority points added to their account. Please note: This only applies to payments made to the Bulldog Club.
Refund
2020 Season ticket holders who have opted out of the 2020 football season may choose to have your payments toward your 2020 required seat donation refunded to you. We will process all refunds as efficiently as possible.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:25 am to Jjdoc
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Per Booster I know and am friends with, expect it to be more over the BLM things.
There is blowback for the BLM stuff, but it's not accountable for the total shortfall. In fact, it will be a minor factor. The bigger issue is loss of revenue. Loss of two home games, plus loss of 75% of attendance for the other five, plus loss of concession and parking sales. That gets you to a $30 million number very quickly.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:32 am to anc
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People are pissed at Cohen. Not only is he a horrible athletic director, he's left of Marx. Hard to be like that at Mississippi State.
He is a leftist? Never struck me as one.
I don’t think he is horrible as AD. Baseball hire thus far looked solid and we had a great looking team until Covid hit.
Moorhead kinda flopped but at the time most thought it was a home run hire. He just didn’t pan out, but firing him quickly after realizing it wasn’t going in a positive direction and getting Leach was pretty solid imo.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:42 am to anc
I converted the seat donation to the scholarship fund but took the refund on the tickets. Would be interesting to see if/how much costs have decreased due to event and season cancelations and also how much costs have increased due to covid testing and such.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:46 am to Jjdoc
My booster friend told me it has very little to do with the BLM movement.
This post was edited on 9/8/20 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:47 am to deltaland
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He is a leftist
He’s a SJW socially, which he needs to be given the diverse demographic of the University he serves.
The only people mad at him are the good ole boy racists who do nothing but harm the University anyways.
The people claiming BLM is at fault for the shortfall are 100% misinformed.
Also don’t forget that LsU fans on this website hate him because of baseball.
He’s a much better AD than loafers was and if we fired him we’d likely end up with worse.
People who want him fired care more about politics than what’s good for the Mississippi State.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:49 am to ForeverGator
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Or donors are not giving money when they cannot go to the games? I expect a lot of the teams to have this happen.
I am not envious of the poor bastards that work at the Big 10 schools that have to make calls asking for contributions.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:55 am to anc
I got a buddy of mine that usually donates around $50k a year and says he is done. Now I know in the grand scheme of things that’s not a lot but it won’t take too many like him to fall out and they will feel it.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 10:56 am to PlateJohnsonIII
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He’s a SJW socially, which he needs to be given the diverse demographic of the University he serves.
State?
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:16 am to deltaland
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I don’t think he is horrible as AD. Baseball hire thus far looked solid and we had a great looking team until Covid hit.
He's a baseball guy.
He pissed Vic Schaffer off enough to leave after back to back national championship appearances.
He could have hired Mike Leach for $2.5 million and went after Moorhead only to have to fire him two years later and pay $5 million for Leach.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:21 am to ForeverGator
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Or donors are not giving money when they cannot go to the games?
Specifically, these donors will not give money with the the BLM things the AD is pushing and promoting.
These same people were ok with the flag.
Per this family, the minute MSU players get on the field with BLM gear, more will stop donations. Some are in a hold pattern to wait and see.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:24 am to Drebin
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There is blowback for the BLM stuff, but it's not accountable for the total shortfall.
Right.
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In fact, it will be a minor factor.
For now.
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The bigger issue is loss of revenue. Loss of two home games, plus loss of 75% of attendance for the other five, plus loss of concession and parking sales. That gets you to a $30 million number very quickly.
It does. And if the BLM activism continues, more donors will stop and it's all compounded. Which is why I said it will get worse.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:30 am to PlateJohnsonIII
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He’s a SJW socially, which he needs to be given the diverse demographic of the University he serves.
Example 1.....
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The only people mad at him are the good ole boy racists who do nothing but harm the University anyways.
Example 2.....
What this person is saying is that unless you are down with BLM you are a racist. And that is what Cohen will have to deal with in the future. People like Plate
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The people claiming BLM is at fault for the shortfall are 100% misinformed.
You need to learn to comprehend what you are reading.
Please point out where anybody stated that.
Maybe read Drebin.
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People who want him fired care more about politics than what’s good for the Mississippi State.
What's good for any university is to promote facts and truth. Not feelings.
It trains young men and women to face reality and meet the actual needs in the proper way.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:37 am to Jjdoc
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What's good for any university is to promote facts and truth. Not feelings
So the exact opposite stance you took with Moorhead. Got it.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:47 am to PlateJohnsonIII
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He’s a much better AD than loafers was and if we fired him we’d likely end up with worse.
I don’t think he is better than Stricklin but he has mostly been solid.
It’s obvious the shortfall is due to lack of ticket sales and concessions.
BLM will cause drops in TV ratings more than anything. Nobody cares what the players did with their little march, but the constant media barrage of shoving leftist propaganda down our throat will turn off viewers.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 11:48 am to Oilfieldbiology
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He’s a SJW socially, which he needs to be given the diverse demographic of the University he serves.
State?
Very conservative student population among white students, but we have the highest percentage of black students of any SEC school. I think it’s 30-35%
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