*** Husker FB Misc Topic bullsh#t Thread ***

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Slow yer Roll said:
Do you understand how the world works?
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I’m just curious what type of “returns” you would expect as a donor? Yes, if I were a big donor, I would be frustrated with the lack of winning over the past 20 years. But, that’s the risk you take in donating to a college athletic program. The big donors do get perks from the athletic department in terms of tickets, sky boxes, Champions Club passes/tailgate spots, etc. Honestly, if I were a big donor, I would struggle giving big $ to a NIL fund just to pay the players. I think players should be compensated for their NIL, but these NIL funds are outside the original intent of the program. I do think the success of NU’s NIL funds have been getting a big quantity of mid-sized donations. But even then, I personally would struggle making that donation every year. 

 
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ColoradoHusk said:
I’m just curious what type of “returns” you would expect as a donor? Yes, if I were a big donor, I would be frustrated with the lack of winning over the past 20 years. But, that’s the risk you take in donating to a college athletic program. The big donors do get perks from the athletic department in terms of tickets, sky boxes, Champions Club passes/tailgate spots, etc. Honestly, if I were a big donor, I would struggle giving big $ to a NIL fund just to pay the players. I think players should be compensated for their NIL, but these NIL funds are outside the original intent of the program. 
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And if that happened I think in today's society Nebraska wouldn't be able to attract a Arik Gilbert type of player.  That 5 star talent you need for your program to compete to win games to elevate the program where it hasn't been in years and yes I do think that Arik Gilbert contributes to the team this year.

 
Huskerfollower4life said:
And if that happened I think in today's society Nebraska wouldn't be able to attract a Arik Gilbert type of player.  That 5 star talent you need for your program to compete to win games to elevate the program where it hasn't been in years and yes I do think that Arik Gilbert contributes to the team this year.
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I understand NIL is part of college football right now, and now it’s important for NU. I think it has some good aspects to it, but I think it has negative aspects to it. I am just saying I would have a hard time donating a lot of $ to a NIL fund. Of course, it’s not even an issue for me, and if I had millions or billions of $ to able to be a “big donor” maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal to make the annual donation.   However, wealthy people don’t get wealthy by throwing away their money. If these donors were giving their money away without improvement in the product, I could see those donors think about stopping their donations. 

 
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ColoradoHusk said:
I understand NIL is part of college football right now, and now it’s important for NU. I think it has some good aspects to it, but I think it has negative aspects to it. I am just saying I would have a hard time donating a lot of $ to a NIL fund. Of course, it’s not even an issue for me, and if I had millions or billions of $ to able to be a “big donor” maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal to make the annual donation.   However, wealthy people don’t get wealthy by throwing away their money. If these donors were giving their money away without improvement in the product, I could see those donors think about stopping their donations. 
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Which is totally understandable but it definitely would be hard to compete to get kids to come to your school or not leave and join another team that is willing to pay that's all.  When I think of Nebraska I think of the Dallas Cowboys.  The owner Jerry Jones is willing to spend on the stadium and players and Nebraska donors are like the owner willing to spend but in the end both have failed.  But point is both are willing to spend to achieve the goal of winning.

 
Huskerfollower4life said:
Which is totally understandable but it definitely would be hard to compete to get kids to come to your school or not leave and join another team that is willing to pay that's all.  When I think of Nebraska I think of the Dallas Cowboys.  The owner Jerry Jones is willing to spend on the stadium and players and Nebraska donors are like the owner willing to spend but in the end both have failed.  But point is both are willing to spend to achieve the goal of winning.
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But Jerry Jones makes $ operating the Dallas Cowboys every year and sees the worth of the Cowboys increase every year. Jerry’s initial $150 million investment is now worth an estimated $8 billion.  Meanwhile the Cowboys haven’t been to the NFC championship in 27 seasons.  You say his goal is to win, as a Cowboys fan myself, he has failed miserably for nearly 3 decades.

You may treat big NU donors as “owners” but they don’t get a return on investment, other than what’s been stated in previous posts. They are making a donation, while Jerry Jones is running a business. Jerry Jones is a very successful businessman, but he’s a terrible sports owner when it comes to winning. 

 
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ColoradoHusk said:
But Jerry Jones makes $ operating the Dallas Cowboys every year and sees the worth of the Cowboys increase every year. Jerry’s initial $150 million investment is now worth an estimated $8 billion.  Meanwhile the Cowboys haven’t been to the NFC championship in 27 seasons.  You say his goal is to win, as a Cowboys fan myself, he has failed miserably for nearly 3 decades.

You may treat big NU donors as “owners” but they don’t get a return on investment, other than what’s been stated in previous posts. They are making a donation, while Jerry Jones is running a business. Jerry Jones is a very successful businessman, but he’s a terrible sports owner when it comes to winning. 
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That's true.  The only real investment for any donor to get a return is if the program wins and also gets exposure from that.  My whole point in all of this is that I understand that if Nebraska wasn't winning and you donated to the University that's understandable to stop.  Nebraska couldn't compete with other universities if that were to happen if they were to have say a Haasan Reddick player on the team.  Not highly recruited but when developed teams realized what type of player he is and could offer him more stability.  Not saying that's every situation but feel like in today's college football coaches have to re-recruit players which never was the case before.  If Nebraska donor's stopped donating then Nebraska would be further down the rabbit hole and it be alot harder to climb out if ever.

 
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