Suites at The Joan getting a makeover
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Spend the money on fixing the horse trough pissers
The new suite renovations are nice, and its important to keep the big money folks happy... But as mentioned above, can we working-class peons please get an upgrade over the 5-man trough pissers?
How do those things work? Do you get any backsplash from the guy next to you? If you hang a little to the left, does your stream cross the guy's stream who is standing next to you? Can you write your name on the back of the trough with your pee?
Most recent data is 2017:
Donors: $3.65 million
Average Joes (tickets): $3.89 million
Meanwhile...
Students (fees): $6.27 million
Marshall Itself: $8.08 million
It has nothing to do with an us vs them mentality. It goes to fan experience at the very least. It’s disgustingly filthy and reminiscent of many high school locker rooms from podunkville that hasn’t been renovated since the carter administration.
Glad for the big money people. MH please replace the horse trough pissers.
Just remember to keep looking straight ahead and don't make eye contact. It's weird.
My general strategy has always been to try to stand with my feet as wide apart as possible, elbows out, and appear to be absolutely shit-faced... If the next guy in line thinks you may accidentally piss on him he will generally wait for another spot to open up. If he's bold and does decide to go shoulder-to-shoulder then the wide stance at least keeps him in his lane.
And "tickets" would include the $60k/year/suite paid by the suite renters, while "donors" would be how much people, many of whom have never set foot in a luxury box, gave to the Big Green. I'm sure there is a huge overlap between BGF membership and suite ownership.
Again it does not have to be "us" vs. "them".
I think the arrangement of my data points may have confused my point - that student fees alone account for almost as much revenue as ticket sales and donations combined.
The dynamic we're discussing in this thread has its root in the fact that, because so much of Marshall's athletic funding is compulsory (students can't opt out of fees, or stop the school from sending a portion of their tuition to the AD), and ticket revenues represent such a small portion of the budget, the average fan's experience is practically irrelevant.
If no one ever attended another Marshall sporting event, it would only represent a loss of approximately 10% of the budget, an amount that would not be catastrophic and, at worst, could be easily replaced...by increasing student fees and institutional support by 25%.
Who footed the bill for this? If it was out of the general fund for the AD, I would say they should have done work on the stadium bathrooms first.
However, if it was some package of private funding by a few big donors who routinely have boxes each season, then we really can't say where they spend their money.
However, if it was some package of private funding by a few big donors who routinely have boxes each season, then we really can't say where they spend their money.
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