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I did.
I was an active Hokie Club member with season tickets and I had risen up in the ranking a bit.
Then I stopped because of 3 things:
1. Seating revision. I had great seats at Lane and then the seating was revised and I went from 4th row 32 yard line to 50th row endzone line in one off season. When I called to inquire/complain I was told that I needed to donate more.
2. Children. About the same time as my seats being changed, my sons started their early football/sports careers and between helping coach, practices, and Saturday games, I was routinely unable to get away to VT games and decided to stop getting tickets. It was a hassle to try and let the tickets go, find people, etc.
3. TV coverage. In my day, I was lucky to be able to catch any Hokie football/basketball on TV, much less get the scores, etc. Now, it is easy to sit on my couch and watch about anything.
True story.
But, good job bringing up one of the main problems that I see with VT athletics-alumni like me that would/should contribute, but don't.
But, on the other side, shame on the Hokie club for not being more aggressive on recruiting alumni to contribute.
That's where a program like Clemson is eating our lunches: IPTAY ("I pay ten a year" is what I was told it stands for) almost demands financial contributions from graduates/fans, and they contribute a lot=better program.
Not any more...I just tweeted it!
#hoqiezInterviewedafter1year
Grimes has been offered the LSU OL position per Kyle Bailey
UGA just raided FSU, hiring Pruitt as their new Defensive Coordinator
I was answering the question in a different way. He stated that many teams pay by donations from people and donors and I was saying I think the lack of donations goes hand and hand with our weak schedule, no thursday night games, noon games, and our recent lack of success.
But to answer the main question is.. Yes
He doesn't want to donate/pay for home tickets if we're just going to play boring teams. I totally understand.
Not to get off topic, but I am completely in favor of playing a harder schedule. Harder teams = More fans showing up and more national visibility.
I'll leave this here: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/as-alabama-plays-safe-with-schedule--colleg...
Student athletic fees should be a part of the revenue without being considered a subsidy. Every college charges them that is why students get free tickets!
Yes. I started in the HC when I graduated (1993). Then increased several levels in 2001. I've been envolved ever since (give to VT in 3 ways, HC, endowment and to my degree program). I stayed in the HC to ensure I would keep my season tickets (in 1995-1996 it started getting very hard to get public season tickets). The only reason I increased was to ensure I got a parking space.
2011 was almost the breaking point for me. Having a newborn (2010) and planning for the future, I was starting to see very little return on my annual investment (quality of football and gameday experience). I even told my wife "I'm dropping my (athletics) giving and tickets if they don't make some changes." Obviously Beamer took my wife's call (/sarcastica) and made the coaching changes last year. While I feel a little better, I'm still on the fence about continuing. Why? The gameday experience is still very stale. Tailgating has lost a lot of the fun (mostly kick off times), the home schedule has been terrrible and the games themselves (stop telling me how to be a good fan). The new AD is going to have to make some changes.
Why do I tell you all this (other than I'm on my lunch break)? I'm at a crossroad...and I'm not alone. I sit in the middle(ish) of the giving pool for VT and many of my classmates/friends are there, too. As you can tell by the HC annual figures, many have dropped out (or back), a very few have increased.
The difference is that in the world of sports, the schools or organizations are not loyal to the coaches in most circumstances. Beamer is more loyal than most. Its much more "what have you done for me lately"....
A coach can be fired in a second...so they have to try and get the money and climb the ladder. Especially if he has aspirations to be a head coach.
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# | Bitter blog - A few words about the Hokies' assistant coach salaries AB cites the 1-N list of the revenue in his blog but I liked this USA version of it better because it allows you to see the revenue from 2006-2011. It also shows the breakdown of the categories of financing and costs. Its incredible how much some of these schools revenues have grown in the last five years.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2012-05-14/ncaa-coll...
*To see the extended data, you have to click on the + symbols on the far left of the list
Texas has grown $53mil from 06-11
UVA grew $26mil during this timeline.
Virginia Tech has grown only $18 mil in the same timeline.
It is amazing the surge in financing for college athletics during this time period.
but but but FSU followed the SEC way to make a team.... haha i almost threw up when I heard that on national TV. Not even a minute after the game was won and they had to throw the SEC bullcrap in
I think the biggest thing is look at our schedule.. In the next 5 years we play ECU 5 times, Western Michigan in 2014, Furman in 2015, Purdue in 2015, Liberty in 2016, and ODU and Deleware in 2017.
Lets look at our out Atlantic ACC schedule in the next 5 years: BC and Wake in 2014, NC State and BC in 2015, Syracuse and BC in 2016, BC and Clemson in 2017, FSU and BC in 2018.
That's a very weak schedule/schedules to me, you can't expect to get $ and grow as a top 25 football team and play a top ACC team twice in 5 years. No idea how the ACC schedule is played out but it really hurt us and Not playing the likes of Clemson and FSU until 2017 hurts. Yes we got a huge game in The ohio state and then Tennessee but those are huge trap games since we (VT) like to start out our football season on a rough note.
Commence Full-on Panic Mode:
Yeah, we should not be paying Stinespring that much. I know he's the "recruiting coordinator" and all, but every NCAA coach spends a lot of time recruiting. It just comes with the job description. Maybe I would argue that his salary is justified if he landed some of the 5 star 757 recruits this year.
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12 years 6 months
# | Bitter blog - A few words about the Hokies' assistant coach salaries To be fair, I'll link to any good work.
Nailed it. You always bring us great information firsthand or find us the best outside sources for VT news. For that, we thank you.
Which raises a question, would people rather see less advertisements around Lane Stadium and on the side of the Jumbotron screen in exchange for giving up naming rights to the stadium or field? I'm just as attached to the name Lane Stadium as the next person, but what if it was Carillion-Lane Stadium?
No I am not a member and no I do not donate. I would if I could.
To be fair, I'll link to any good work. And French's o-line stuff (really, all of it) is the best film review stuff I've seen out there.
Virginia pulls in about $10 million more a year in revenue as an athletic department (mostly from donations). Bigger pot to work with.
They have sold their souls to corporate sponsors in addition to selling copious amounts of alcohol at every athletic event.
Damn, hopefully we still have a Fab4 in the aftermath
I'm sorry for this, but...I CANNOT FUCKING BELIEVE THAT LOLUVAS ASSISTANT COACHES GET PAID MORE THAN OURS! SERIOUSLY, WTF!?!?
Uh oh. Your move, Beamer...
Sources tell me that LSU has offered #Hokies OL Coach Jeff Grimes the same position in Baton Rouge.— Kyle Bailey (@TheClubhouseKB) January 14, 2014
I currently don't give to Hokie Club only because I've already established a 5 year giving commitment to the Marching Virginians as they build a real home for the band. Could I probably spare an additional $20 a month to give to Hokie Club? Yeah, but I've already made my commitment to a part of VT. Once that ends, then I'll join Hokie Club.
probably not just yet, but once we get some of these 2014 recruits in and the passing game improves... yeah, I think Moorehead will start getting more interest.
For that matter, why isn't TG pulling more interest, and how long does that stay that way?