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[9YRPLAN]

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i wonder how many UNI grads donate money to Iowa instead of UNI to get better seats and all

im sure quite a few. it will take an entire generation to phase this out. being a fan of UNI and Iowa never used to be an either/or proposition. now it seems to be a scarlet letter.

[06panther10]

The problem is we accept comments like "we have decided to put all of our efforts into winegate..." Yes, there are a small percentage of scholarship club members in this area compared to alumni. All the more reason to hold events like golf tournaments, winegates, random Tuesday night socials with Ben Jacobson, etc... Once we get to these events, there has to be a call to action. Have former coaches who have athletes in the area contact those athletes DIRECTLY. I would cringe to think the number of former football players in the DSM area alone who do not give one dime. It might take a year to get the money, but it is a process. A bridge must be built, phone calls must be made saying "how you doin?" Before one dime is asked for. For example, this summer at a fundraising event, I donated an item that sold for $1,500, purchased one that cost $700. Do you think I have received an email, postcard, phone call, anything that resembles a thank you? It just seems so easy, I know its not, if it was everyone would do it. It just seems like there are a lot of little things we can be doing to engage potential donors, when instead we keep looking at the big picture, wanting to make things happen NOW. Lets worry about 2014, start NOW. When there were 200 people at the Briarwood Golf Outing 5 years ago, there might have only been 30 people there who were PSC members. That is an opportunity to talk to 170 people you know are interested in UNI Panther Athletics, instead, the following year we move it, and the year after drop it all together.

I tell you what, I am just glad I am perfect, it makes it much easier to criticize others.

Spot on, Jeg.

[jnutt]

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im sure quite a few. it will take an entire generation to phase this out. being a fan of UNI and Iowa never used to be an either/or proposition. now it seems to be a scarlet letter.

we didn't have Iowa dropping us in basketball and the fans were more civil 10 years ago. Seems like all fanbases are getting worse in terms of getting along with all fan bases. Just easier to point the finger at the Hawks since the dominate the state fan wise. And we didn't have financial issues at UNI like we do now. Having UNI grads refuse to donate a dime to their alma mater who desperately need it while giving a ton of money to Iowa who doesn't need it is going to piss people off.

[Silent Earl]

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The PSC Benefits hardly make it worth joining IMO. I know, I Know, it’s not about what you get, but supporting your school/team. However disposable income is hard enough to come by for most of us. Season tickets while mostly affordable take a dent out of that, then when you add on the travel expense to get to CF from DSM multiple times a season (many times in the same week), I'd say that's more than enough support. Sure there's a lot of Panther fans in DSM, but the cost of being a Panther fan in DSM is quite a bit higher. Why would I add more expense to an already expensive entertainment option when I get next to nothing in return?

You make some good points. It does cost a lot for Dsm folks to be UNI fans, time and money. When you spend $50 to attend each athletic event vs $10 spent by people in CF it does show a lot of support and leave less left over for club memberships. The benefits, such as they are, are all designed to be of value to CV residents, but the benefits are inconsequential in any case.

Winegate doesn't appeal to me that much, and much less so since they decided to bus people in from CF for free. I'm still waiting for my first free bus ride to CF for an event.

On the plus side I recently received a letter from UNI thanking me for my continued support and telling me I'm now designated a member of the Old Gold Society for people who have donated for 3 consecutive years. I've been giving money to UNI for over 20 years, but better late than never I guess.

[casbern]

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Winegate doesn't appeal to me that much, and much less so since they decided to bus people in from CF for free. I'm still waiting for my first free bus ride to CF for an event.

Let's put together a bus trip from DSM to CF for a game this year.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Winegate doesn't appeal to me that much, and much less so since they decided to bus people in from CF for free. I'm still waiting for my first free bus ride to CF for an event.

Why does this bother you? The coaches and student athletes are all coming from CF for this event and then have to get back to CF after. Why not offer people from CF a ride to the event if there is space to do so?

[casbern]

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Seems like all fanbases are getting worse in terms of getting along with all fan bases. Just easier to point the finger at the Hawks since the dominate the state fan wise. And we didn't have financial issues at UNI like we do now. Having UNI grads refuse to donate a dime to their alma mater who desperately need it while giving a ton of money to Iowa who doesn't need it is going to piss people off.

Herky is expensive.

[hamalot]

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Let's see how many feathers I can ruffle here. I am not a PSC member because I support all of UNI activities. I purchase season tickets to 3 sports teams,I also have a package of tickets for the GBPAC. I ordered tickets for the Wisconson game with my football season tickets, did not recieve a letter stating that I did or did not get approved for them until I called after my season tickets arrived, just to find I that I did not get them because they ran out before they got to me on the priority list. Apparently there will be a huge crowd to support the Panthers in Madison since they ran out before they got to me. It is tough to support a system that is so one-sided as to give that much preference to one activity. I am also not an alumni, but have a daughter that attends UNI.

[djb]

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http://www.ticketnetwork.com/tix/wis...s-1825822.aspx

there are still tickets here starting at $37 Looks like some of them are down in the corner where the UNI people are placed.

[CatsRule04]

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Let's see how many feathers I can ruffle here. I am not a PSC member because I support all of UNI activities. I purchase season tickets to 3 sports teams,I also have a package of tickets for the GBPAC. I ordered tickets for the Wisconson game with my football season tickets, did not recieve a letter stating that I did or did not get approved for them until I called after my season tickets arrived, just to find I that I did not get them because they ran out before they got to me on the priority list. Apparently there will be a huge crowd to support the Panthers in Madison since they ran out before they got to me. It is tough to support a system that is so one-sided as to give that much preference to one activity. I am also not an alumni, but have a daughter that attends UNI.

I totally see the point that you are making, and as someone who is also passionate about many UNI activities and sports (season ticket holder in four sports) and as someone who has absolutely NO knowledge of your financial situation, I would suggest that perhaps you could join the PSC at ANY level. There is no longer a minimum amount necessary to join the PSC, and the reason I know that is because my 77-year old, living on a fixed income, mom is a PSC member after donating only 40 dollars. Granted, it would not put you in front of larger donors in the priority line, but it would move you "up the food chain" a lot further than you think it would. And down off my soap box I go....

[UNIdad]

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They had a sign up saying, due to limited supply one one poster per person please. Iowa booth was packed with staff getting a forearm workout rolling posters, same for the ISU booth. The upper Iowa booth was also very busy. The UNI booth .... crickets. One couple talking to the guy behind the poster counter as I just walked right up and grabbed one without even a look or how's it going. The both was very large, plain, and empty. Not good marketing.

Not quite math posters, but pretty lame nonetheless ...... and pre-folded

I don't want to ruin the look I've got going in my office, so I'm doubting this one will be making the wall.

Front of Poster


Back of Poster

Excuse me, but this poster is missing my favorite Panther fall sport . . . Swimming and Diving! Seriously. The team deserves our support.

[UNIdad]

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I'm extremely embarrassed about this entire thing. Just found out at the State Fair that no posters are available. I'll be working the UNI booth at the fair and I'm already dreading the questions about why no posters. That's the only reason I stop by the UNI booth at the fair in all years past. Then I can put it up at work. Iowa State fans have had their football posters up for almost a month now. I know we don't have the budget they do but I have friends that work in bulk printing and I quickly inquired with them about costs. It doesn't sound like this would save all that much money. I'd love to see what the UNI AD is saving on this and if that's the reason behind it or if they really feel this is a way to encourage attendance? I've heard for a couple of years now the Ath. Dept. is in questionable hands right now and I've wanted so badly for that to be incorrect. I think about how many UNI alumni that are teachers that put their posters up in classrooms, or people like myself that put it up at work. If you want the other Iowa/Iowa State fans to feel like UNI is relevant we have to be in the public eye more and taking posters away from your own fans is 2 steps in the wrong direction.

I take this as a very serious sign that something is amiss. If it's budgetary I get it, but again this can't be saving all that much money in the long run and it's just going to turn fans off of UNI athletics. No one wants to be associated with a University Athletic program that DOESN'T EVEN HAVE POSTERS! EVERY high school I can think of has a football poster but not our university? I am down right embarrassed right now.

I suspect that most high schools have posters because parents want them, make them, sell them, and they only need a few hundred rather than a few thousand. If they let the parents do it, they might get it done in college also!

[DomeIsHome]

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I suspect that most high schools have posters because parents want them, make them, sell them, and they only need a few hundred rather than a few thousand. If they let the parents do it, they might get it done in college also!

I've never seen a high school poster be for sale. What I mean is that every high school poster I've seen they just give away. Part of that is that on most high school posters there are about 20 ads on each one. Probably helps getting made.

/can't believe we have to deal with this problem

[achrist70]

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I've never seen a high school poster be for sale. What I mean is that every high school poster I've seen they just give away. Part of that is that on most high school posters there are about 20 ads on each one. Probably helps getting made.

/can't believe we have to deal with this problem

I have seen high schools sell them for like $2 after a gatorade scrimmage and then have the players sign them for little kids, and the money goes back to the program

[panther-state]

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We always got to produce our own in HS and the cost was made up through school fundraising efforts...plus general funding...hmm