State going to set deadline to get off funding.

[run&blade]

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100319/NEWS/3190361/ISU-UNI-athletics-face-end-to-use-of-tax-money

Time to start charging a hell of a lot more money for the high school playoff games in the dome. All the junk held in the dome, I would charge through the nose for it.

I would also drop wrestling.

I question Title IX laws when they are not getting any tax dollars.

Article says the student fees at Illinois St. are 4 times higher then at UNI, I guess it is time to do that too.

Football team may have two play to I-A teams on the road every year for the money.

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...e-of-tax-money

Football team may have to play to I-A teams on the road every year for the money.

We already do that.

[JD720]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

Time to start charging a hell of a lot more money for the high school playoff games in the dome. All the junk held in the dome, I would charge through the nose for it.

Are we currently charging less than market value for those things? How many of the other events would just set up shop elsewhere if we charged too much.

I'm certainly not against going after any additional revenue we may be currently leaving on the table, but I'm just wondering how realistic it is.

[UNIpanther99]

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http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=31347

[run&blade]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

All I know is I didn't pay that much more for the high school playoff games I went to in the dome then I did to the two I went to outdoors.

LOL, insted of paying another $2 a ticket to play a playoff game in the dome in November they would rather play it outside? I think not.

Close off the west side of the dome for UNI home games, keep the students out, and sell beer is anthother option. Or expend some sort of club seating and sell beer in that area.

[jegbomb52]

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I don't think playing two FBS games would be bad. We have never been treated favorably by the selection committee anyway, so, we pretty much have to win the MVC to get in. We might as well run the program in the black and increase our resume.

Also, I agree title IX laws need revisited but they never will be. I would have never been a proponent of dropping wrestling until I met banbasketball but what the hell, drop it.

[Victory_For_UNI]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

I don't think playing two FBS games would be bad. We have never been treated favorably by the selection committee anyway, so, we pretty much have to win the MVC to get in. We might as well run the program in the black and increase our resume.

Also, I agree title IX laws need revisited but they never will be. I would have never been a proponent of dropping wrestling until I met banbasketball but what the hell, drop it.

That fkin guy! Anyways, I understand the idea of keeping students out to increase revenue, but what about just upping student tix to $70 a season. Hell if the hawks can charge to get into cha, anything can be done.

[UNIpanther99]

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That fkin guy! Anyways, I understand the idea of keeping students out to increase revenue, but what about just upping student tix to $70 a season. Hell if the hawks can charge to get into cha, anything can be done.

No, I don't think we should start charging students (more than we already do).

It will be interesting to see how much this year's basketball team increased revenue. I would love for our response to the Regents from Allen/Dannen to be, leave us alone and lets us continue to grow our program and this will be a non-issue in 5-10 years.

[TH1974]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

No, I don't think we should start charging students (more than we already do).

It will be interesting to see how much this year's basketball team increased revenue. I would love for our response to the Regents from Allen/Dannen to be, leave us alone and lets us continue to grow our program and this will be a non-issue in 5-10 years.

I think RH was saying that 5-10 years ago.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Students are going to have to pony up more for this to happen...no if ands or buts. No matter what it will still be the best bargain of the 3 state universities, not to mention the quality of the product you are actually getting. No need to panic tho..."it won't happen overnight"

[Chitown Panther]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

I don't think playing two FBS games would be bad. We have never been treated favorably by the selection committee anyway, so, we pretty much have to win the MVC to get in. We might as well run the program in the black and increase our resume.

Also, I agree title IX laws need revisited but they never will be. I would have never been a proponent of dropping wrestling until I met banbasketball but what the hell, drop it.

I agree...the expaned playoff field should help ease the pain of 2 FBS games...

[UNIpanther99]

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I think RH was saying that 5-10 years ago.

Most likely, but revenue should actually be increasing now at a rate MUCH better than 5-10 years ago.

More butts in the seats, and they are actually paid butts, not mega-promotions and give-aways. New radio/TV contract, record setting donations to the athletic department. Losing baseball will always sting, but it's hard to say Dannen hasn't put us on the right track.

[doolittledog]

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Increased fundraising would be a good start as well.

http://www.cae.org/content/pdf/Top_Twenty_and_By_State_2009.pdf

Iowa - 2009

University of Iowa $116,924,023
Iowa State University 63,170,610
University of Dubuque 11,539,062
Drake University 11,401,030
Cornell College 9,810,205
University of Northern Iowa 9,424,607
Luther College 7,305,730
Clarke College 6,889,163
Grinnell College 6,671,602
Iowa Wesleyan College 6,597,251

http://www.cae.org/content/pdf/Top_Twenty_and_Results_by_State.pdf

Iowa - 2008

University of Iowa $123,770,403
Iowa State University 76,725,185
Iowa Western Community College 14,435,738
Luther College 13,465,190
University of Northern Iowa 13,366,785
Grinnell College 10,764,692
Drake University 10,612,814
University of Dubuque 10,021,563
Graceland University 9,502,283
Coe College 9,190,240

Iowa - 2007

University of Iowa $ 115,483,697
Iowa State University 69,953,578
University of Dubuque 28,134,349
Drake University 16,342,454
University of Northern Iowa 10,697,058
Grinnell College 10,516,105
Central College 9,465,471
Luther College 9,313,744
Coe College 8,429,822
Cornell College 7,789,761

Iowa - 2006

University of Iowa $ 102,224,654
Iowa State University 55,256,728
Coe College 24,365,844
Drake University 14,464,823
University of Dubuque 12,244,641
University of Northern Iowa 10,990,855
Luther College 10,865,369
Grinnell College 9,141,846
Central College 8,557,290
Northwestern College 6,171,603

There should not be D3 schools in Iowa with 1/10th the alumni base bringing in more money per year than UNI.

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

Would love to see club seating and beer sales in the Dome.

[doolittledog]

Re: State going to set deadline to get off funding.

Would love to see club seating and beer sales in the Dome.

So if 3,000 people per game spent an average of $15 on beer. You're talking $270,000 in added revenue per year. If those 3,000 people were sitting in club seats that cost an additional $15 per game to sit in. Now we're up to $540,000 in added revenue per year. Add $1 for all other seats and $1 to all high school football games played at the Dome and we might get close to $1million in added revenue. We still need more. But that's not a bad start.