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Originally posted by vbfan19 View PostThat was an issue during the 1995-2005 stretch with the likes of Ryan Helming and Eric Sanders?
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Originally posted by Trapped in California View Post
People like me that we big fans in the 90s that were so turned off by the post 2007 crappy offense, stale game day production, and ticket price increases. We just drifted away, spending time and money with our new families elsewhere.
The product is stale and ticket prices are higher than some Iowa games.
extending Farley IMO was a mistake that will ripple for the next decade.Last edited by run&blade; 09-26-2021, 03:16 PM.
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Originally posted by Trapped in California View Post
People like me that we big fans in the 90s that were so turned off by the post 2007 crappy offense, stale game day production, and ticket price increases. We just drifted away, spending time and money with our new families elsewhere.
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Originally posted by run&blade View Post
Agreed. Nobody is in a position to complain about attendance.
The product is stale and ticket prices are higher than some Iowa games.
extending Farley IMO was a mistake that will ripple for the next decade.
Plus, David is absolutely incapable of fundraising so Mark has to be here to get that done. Mark, by himself and on his own dime, got the practice facility and team room done.
And to answer Jay. Look at our crowds. The group that would have been in school from the mid-90s to mid-aughts are in their late 30s to mid 40s now. There is one group that just flat isn't there and it coincides with the horribly managed Retrevi years where they didn't reach out to students at all. We're repeating the same mistake right now.#MACtion
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UNI athletics just posted a tweet soliciting non profit groups (free labor) to work concessions for the events this weekend.
Which tells you that they do not even have staff to work the events that start in 4 days.
Great work everyone.UNI FIGHT
Originally posted by 9YRPLANiowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck
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Originally posted by 06panther10 View PostUNI athletics just posted a tweet soliciting non profit groups (free labor) to work concessions for the events this weekend.
Which tells you that they do not even have staff to work the events that start in 4 days.
Great work everyone.
In related news, there only appear to be about 10,000 tickets available for Saturday so should be one hell of a Homecoming atmosphere.#MACtion
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Originally posted by 06panther10 View PostUNI athletics just posted a tweet soliciting non profit groups (free labor) to work concessions for the events this weekend.
Which tells you that they do not even have staff to work the events that start in 4 days.
Great work everyone.
But yes, it would be better if they had this sort of thing lined up more than a week in advance for regularly scheduled events.
(of course, just about EVERY sort of business seems to have "help wanted"/hiring signs out, so why should concessions be any different?)
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Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
I don't know how you do better than Farley unless you want to play roulette with guys that come and go every 4 or 5 years. It's great if it works but if you miss once, you're done and you never crawl out of the hole.
Plus, David is absolutely incapable of fundraising so Mark has to be here to get that done. Mark, by himself and on his own dime, got the practice facility and team room done.
And to answer Jay. Look at our crowds. The group that would have been in school from the mid-90s to mid-aughts are in their late 30s to mid 40s now. There is one group that just flat isn't there and it coincides with the horribly managed Retrevi years where they didn't reach out to students at all. We're repeating the same mistake right now.
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Originally posted by Panther AC View Post
You may be pleasantly surprised by David's fundraising ability when a public announcement is made in a month or two about the Dome renovation project.
Color me skeptical but we're now also on 3 years of 'wait until you see the Dome plan in a couple of months...'#MACtion
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Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
I'm aware of what's coming. I'm also aware of where a lot of that money is coming from.
Color me skeptical but we're now also on 3 years of 'wait until you see the Dome plan in a couple of months...'
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Originally posted by 06panther10 View PostUNI athletics just posted a tweet soliciting non profit groups (free labor) to work concessions for the events this weekend.
Which tells you that they do not even have staff to work the events that start in 4 days.
Great work everyone.
It's a way for them to staff at low cost and the non-profit group gets paid.
It's not new.
It might be a bit harder to get groups signed up for this kind of thing given Covid.
Some folks need to temper the constant negativity.
Winning is more fun than losing.
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Originally posted by Blue42 View Post
They've used non-profit groups to staff concessions in the past.
It's a way for them to staff at low cost and the non-profit group gets paid.
It's not new.
It might be a bit harder to get groups signed up for this kind of thing given Covid.
Some folks need to temper the constant negativity.
Having to do so 4 days before a game? That speaks volumes to a number of things.
I don't have a lot of hope for the athletic department, as a whole, moving forward over the next couple years. Jake isn't going to stick around forever even as much as we want to believe it, especially if **** goes downhill in the athletic department. He wanted out this summer. It's not a secret he was looking at jobs. It's not a secret he desperately wanted Minnesota. He has hit the end of his road here it feels like. We clearly don't have an AD that will go out and make a hire that would require any kind of budget so we will fall right back to the pre-Mac days. Once basketball goes our only outwardly known program that brings publicity to the school is toast and things drop rather quickly.
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