Jeseph Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Will keep my word and donate on behalf of the Women’s championship on Giving Day 🤘🏻 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Donation made. Fabulous season by the women for sure. That team played with such pride today (and pretty much always). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Okay folks to day is the day. Please make your donations between noon today and noon tomorrow. Your donations will count double if they are in the first $15,000.00 donated during Giving Day. There is a match listed on the site that an anonymous donor will match the first $15,000.00 donated. Also if Athletics is in the top three of units receiving donations today President Tripathi will donate an extra $2,500 to $7,500.00 to Athletics. https://ubgivingday.buffalo.edu/ Edited April 26, 2022 by BrooklynBull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 49 minutes ago, BrooklynBull said: Okay folks to day is the day. Please make your donations between noon today and noon tomorrow. Your donations will count double if they are in the first $15,000.00 donated during Giving Day. There is a match listed on the site that an anonymous donor will match the first $15,000.00 donated. Also if Athletics is in the top three of units receiving donations today President Tripathi will donate an extra $2,500 to $7,500.00 to Athletics. https://ubgivingday.buffalo.edu/ On it! Thanks for the reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) On 4/26/2022 at 7:55 AM, BrooklynBull said: Okay folks to day is the day. Please make your donations between noon today and noon tomorrow. Your donations will count double if they are in the first $15,000.00 donated during Giving Day. There is a match listed on the site that an anonymous donor will match the first $15,000.00 donated. Also if Athletics is in the top three of units receiving donations today President Tripathi will donate an extra $2,500 to $7,500.00 to Athletics. https://ubgivingday.buffalo.edu/ The challenge has been met, but you can still donate as every dollar helps, even if made after Giving Day ends at noon today, some 27 minutes from now. Edited April 27, 2022 by BrooklynBull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clodney Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Erie County said: Can he donate back the 1mil he took from them in the Oats buy out? I honestly don't feel too comfortable donating anymore because of stuff like this. We pay low salaries, give up a ton of home games for paydays on the road, and we have old facilities outside of the new fieldhouse which took 20 years to fund. I don't understand where any of our money goes and I don't have a clue how the other schools always seem to pay so much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, clodney said: I honestly don't feel too comfortable donating anymore because of stuff like this. We pay low salaries, give up a ton of home games for paydays on the road, and we have old facilities outside of the new fieldhouse which took 20 years to fund. I don't understand where any of our money goes and I don't have a clue how the other schools always seem to pay so much more. The solution to the issues you are talking about is money. So if you do not donate and give Athletics more money you would be part of the problem and not part of the solution. Not giving is creating a self fulfilling prophecy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clodney Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 14 minutes ago, BrooklynBull said: The solution to the issues you are talking about is money. So if you do not donate and give Athletics more money you would be part of the problem and not part of the solution. Not giving is creating a self fulfilling prophecy. Agreed. I'm just saying a bit more transparency might be needed for the fanbase. Where did that million bucks go from the Oats buyout? It certainly didn't get us a fancy coach or any big home games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBlearns Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, clodney said: Agreed. I'm just saying a bit more transparency might be needed for the fanbase. Where did that million bucks go from the Oats buyout? It certainly didn't get us a fancy coach or any big home games. I personally would be inclined to donate if I knew what I was donating towards. I think UB Stadium needs a major overhaul. I am aware this is not cheap, and my pittance of donations would not make a dent, but I would feel much more comfortable donating if there was a long-term strategic vision, funding target goals, etc., to achieve this (for example). I am sure internally these goals are set, but as a casual outsider, it's not visible to me, and I don't want my money going into a black hole. As it stands, I feel it's better to use my donations to the Honors College or the School of Management. I'm not opposed to donating to athletics - hell, I'm here on this board - but I have no idea the overall vision for athletics, and that stops me from donating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 2 hours ago, UBlearns said: I think UB Stadium needs a major overhaul. I am aware this is not cheap, and my pittance of donations would not make a dent, but I would feel much more comfortable donating if there was a long-term strategic vision, funding target goals, etc. I have offered on multiple occasions to help dig up the track free of charge. I will sign whatever waivers of liability are necessary. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 3 hours ago, UBlearns said: I personally would be inclined to donate if I knew what I was donating towards. I think UB Stadium needs a major overhaul. I am aware this is not cheap, and my pittance of donations would not make a dent, but I would feel much more comfortable donating if there was a long-term strategic vision, funding target goals, etc., to achieve this (for example). I am sure internally these goals are set, but as a casual outsider, it's not visible to me, and I don't want my money going into a black hole. As it stands, I feel it's better to use my donations to the Honors College or the School of Management. I'm not opposed to donating to athletics - hell, I'm here on this board - but I have no idea the overall vision for athletics, and that stops me from donating. Danny White did a tremendous job with this. Mark Alnutt, not so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGBull Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 16 hours ago, UBlearns said: I personally would be inclined to donate if I knew what I was donating towards. I think UB Stadium needs a major overhaul. I am aware this is not cheap, and my pittance of donations would not make a dent, but I would feel much more comfortable donating if there was a long-term strategic vision, funding target goals, etc., to achieve this (for example). I am sure internally these goals are set, but as a casual outsider, it's not visible to me, and I don't want my money going into a black hole. As it stands, I feel it's better to use my donations to the Honors College or the School of Management. I'm not opposed to donating to athletics - hell, I'm here on this board - but I have no idea the overall vision for athletics, and that stops me from donating. I feel the same way. Not really sure what Alnutt’s priorities are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsfan Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, clodney said: I honestly don't feel too comfortable donating anymore because of stuff like this. We pay low salaries, give up a ton of home games for paydays on the road, and we have old facilities outside of the new fieldhouse which took 20 years to fund. I don't understand where any of our money goes and I don't have a clue how the other schools always seem to pay so much more. This is so spot on....besides some cheerleader tweets from Mark Alnutt, his communication is really bad (maybe unless you are in his inter circle) and vision for the athletic department nonexistent. Football scheduling is awful - UMass and UConn...2 of the worst FBS programs...what is the value of these (other than East Coast) games. What player would want to come to play the current out of conference opponents. Put them on 2 big stages per year (high end P5) and get some $$ to invest in facilities. Same with basketball. Edited April 28, 2022 by Sportsfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Sportsfan said: This is so spot on....besides some cheerleader tweets from Mark Alnutt, his communication is really bad (maybe unless you are in his inter circle) and vision for the athletic department nonexistent. Football scheduling is awful - UMass and UConn...2 of the worst FBS programs...what is the value of these (other than East Coast) games. What player would want to come to play the current out of conference opponents. Put them on 2 big stages per year (high end P5) and get some $$ to invest in facilities. Same with basketball. UConn and UMass, no matter how good or bad they are, are good games for us. Better than Old Dominion and Nevada (Coastal Carolina would be here too if they didn’t improve since the series was scheduled). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBullsfan Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 12:33 PM, rma said: UConn and UMass, no matter how good or bad they are, are good games for us. Better than Old Dominion and Nevada (Coastal Carolina would be here too if they didn’t improve since the series was scheduled). I get to go relatively close to home. That's a good game for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 6 hours ago, CTBullsfan said: I get to go relatively close to home. That's a good game for me. Exactly. Alumni are all over the region as well as prospective students. For the same reason Nebraska plays at Wyoming, we should be playing UConn and UMass no matter how bad their programs are. And for people living under a rock for the last decade, they might think UConn is a huge win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 39 minutes ago, rma said: Exactly. Alumni are all over the region as well as prospective students. For the same reason Nebraska plays at Wyoming, we should be playing UConn and UMass no matter how bad their programs are. And for people living under a rock for the last decade, they might think UConn is a huge win. I agree…but we should also branch out regionally. Take on temple, Pitt, Cuse, Maryland. I don’t mind being a buy game for big time Big 10 programs. As I feel taking the payday is a good money source. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 12 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: I agree…but we should also branch out regionally. Take on temple, Pitt, Cuse, Maryland. I don’t mind being a buy game for big time Big 10 programs. As I feel taking the payday is a good money source. 4 OOC games Home: FCS buy game. Prefer Albany, Stony Brook, Colgate, etc to build college football in NY Away: Buy game. Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, BC, etc. Every few years might need some SEC or OSU money to subsidize less wealthy programs that can't give us a lot of money. And it's good to branch out on occasion too. Home/Away: 1-1 against UConn, UMass, Temple, etc On occasion if you have UMass at home and a FCS trade out the FCS for another (hopefully better) team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, rma said: 4 OOC games Home: FCS buy game. Prefer Albany, Stony Brook, Colgate, etc to build college football in NY Away: Buy game. Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, BC, etc. Every few years might need some SEC or OSU money to subsidize less wealthy programs that can't give us a lot of money. And it's good to branch out on occasion too. Home/Away: 1-1 against UConn, UMass, Temple, etc On occasion if you have UMass at home and a FCS trade out the FCS for another (hopefully better) team. All for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 9 hours ago, rma said: 4 OOC games Home: FCS buy game. Prefer Albany, Stony Brook, Colgate, etc to build college football in NY Away: Buy game. Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, BC, etc. Every few years might need some SEC or OSU money to subsidize less wealthy programs that can't give us a lot of money. And it's good to branch out on occasion too. Home/Away: 1-1 against UConn, UMass, Temple, etc On occasion if you have UMass at home and a FCS trade out the FCS for another (hopefully better) team. I assume you meant to subsidize other UB programs. Right now the pay day money is going to pay off the loans used to build the field house. That was how the financing was sold to the UB Foundation to get the loans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 6 hours ago, BrooklynBull said: I assume you meant to subsidize other UB programs No, I meant going to Rutgers isn’t going to be as lucrative as going to Ohio State or Georgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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