The 1890 Initiative

macroboy said:
Why is fundraising gross?
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Fundraising is not gross, when there is an actual need to help people or a cause who can not afford things on their own.  A multi-million dollar organization soliciting average people for money to pay out more millions than they already are is the questionable part here.   There needs to be a cap on this spending, it is out of control as it stands.

 
runningblind said:
Fundraising is not gross, when there is an actual need to help people or a cause who can not afford things on their own.  A multi-million dollar organization soliciting average people for money to pay out more millions than they already are is the questionable part here.   There needs to be a cap on this spending, it is out of control as it stands.
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I don't think it is that black and white. Maybe that money is helping some of these athletes? We don't know what their lives are like.

I'm in education & non-prof. I fund raise plenty. Impacting community happens in a lot of ways.

I split most of my (very small) giving between safety net & art/ culture. Husker football is entertainment, and a way for me to unplug and stop working for a little bit. BUT I want us to be good. I'm willing to donate to that.

I give to 1890 bc I think players should be compensated, including the non-football sports. I want us to win. 

 
macroboy said:
Why is fundraising gross?
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I was brought up with the idea that you need to earn things not just be given them.  Especially if you want someone with less to give you some of theirs so you can have more.   And successful enterprises just wanting everyday folks to give them something just so they can give it to someone else out of “charity” is gross to me.

Fundraising for a good cause that really doesn’t have a revenue source other than fundraising is not the same as this garbage.

Does donating $100 even get a person a t-shirt?  At least PBS will give a lunch box or a Greatist Hits of Polka CD…

 
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macroboy said:
I don't think it is that black and white. Maybe that money is helping some of these athletes? We don't know what their lives are like.

I'm in education & non-prof. I fund raise plenty. Impacting community happens in a lot of ways.

I split most of my (very small) giving between safety net & art/ culture. Husker football is entertainment, and a way for me to unplug and stop working for a little bit. BUT I want us to be good. I'm willing to donate to that.

I give to 1890 bc I think players should be compensated, including the non-football sports. I want us to win. 
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Then maybe these sons of retired NFL players can give some of their $1,000,000 NIL given to them by teachers and construction workers to 1890 to help these troubled youths…

If we want to help needy kids in Lincoln, how about 1890 pays for scholarships for the local kids?  Seems like a much more efficient way to help the community.

 
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funhusker said:
Then maybe these sons of retired NFL players can give some of their $1,000,000 NIL given to them by teachers and construction workers to 1890 to help these troubled youths…

If we want to help needy kids in Lincoln, how about 1890 pays for scholarships for the local kids?  Seems like a much more efficient way to help the community.
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People are free to give to an organization or not based on their own decisions. The beauty of our system in this country is choice. I’m not giving anything, but that’s my choice. If you did, great. People work for their money and can spend it how they damn well please. 
 

Now if they were using tax dollars, that are basically barely legal theft taken from working people by a corrupt government, and spending that on NIL it would be different. 
 

One shouldn’t get in the habit of deciding how and where other people spend their money. One should be happy they have the freedom to choose how they spend what they earn. 
 

So ends today’s quick lesson on Libertarianism. 

 
In the Deed the Glory said:
People are free to give to an organization or not based on their own decisions. The beauty of our system in this country is choice. I’m not giving anything, but that’s my choice. If you did, great. People work for their money and can spend it how they damn well please. 
 

Now if they were using tax dollars, that are basically barely legal theft taken from working people by a corrupt government, and spending that on NIL it would be different. 
 

One shouldn’t get in the habit of deciding how and where other people spend their money. One should be happy they have the freedom to choose how they spend what they earn. 
 

So ends today’s quick lesson on Libertarianism. 
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I’m not giving a dime.  And yes, if people want to give theirs away, whatever.  I just think it’s a joke. As that is my right to call those people suckers.  I love this country!

 
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