Putting the fun in fundraising
I thought this blog by Brian Christopherson in the Life in the Red LJS blog was an interesting one. He asked Paul Meyers how fundraising was going in a “lean” economy. Paul said it was going good, I don’t know if I exactly believe him. What is he supposed to say? “Its going awful, we can’t afford to pay the light bill”
Anyway, thats not the point of my blog. In the blog, there is a list of things that TO wants:
-New academic center
-Hall of fame building
-Practice facility that would accompany the new downtown basketball arena.
IMO, the priority needs to be the new practice facility. If Nebraska ever wants to prove that they take basketball seriously, they need a practice facility. Nebraska is the only Big 12 school that does not have plans, building or currently have practice facilities for their basketball teams. While the academic center is all well and good, I’m guessing that could be put on the back burner. And while a Hall of fame building would be cool, its a tad frivolous at this point when there are more pressing needs.
What should the donation dollars go to first?
The Comments
Mr. Wilson says I concur May 14, 2008 at 11:03am
If those are the three priorities to pick among, then I agree that a new practice facility is the top pick. As for the other two facilities, neither seems like a priority to me. My understanding is that the Athletic Department’s academic facilities are already pretty nice, though I can’t confirm that with my own observations. And a hall of fame building? Meh. That’s just for showing off.