both. Revenue is much higher. Plough said that NDSU was paying their players (I believe) $10k as part of revenue sharing. That’s way out of our league, by roughly $1M

I agree, no rush. Stanford and UCLA not thriving going back East, UCLA has drama and confusion, and Cal is banking on their QB wunderkid.

“ We have a wealthy alumni base. The school just needs to get them something to be excited about. And it starts with Football.”
Plough has commented several times that Montana has 500 people donating $1,000 each. I’m not sure where our revenue numbers sit since Tim took over but surely its gone up. Success should generate excitement and hopefully revenue. Maybe the wine fund raising event in February will give us an idea of where we’re at.

If there is so much uncertainty why not just put it up for a vote. All those in favor of the Aggies moving up to the FBS level say so with a $1000 donation to the effort. In other words, put your money where your mouth is. Well you all know where this is probably going. I just don’t think it will fly to the tune of the Montana folks at least at this point. Economically the country is not going in the right direction now for a lot of discretionary spending. IMHO . Hope i could be wrong.

GDP 4.4% Q3, Q4 could be higher, Real Wages rising, but lots of uncertainty in our state, Iran, Ukraine, etc. We don't have the history of giving going back to Meyer and D2.

truthfully we don’t have to have 500 people give $1000, I am fine with just 100-200 giving $1000-$1,500 but what I want is 5,000-7,000 alumni giving $200-$300 a year which is much more! Going to FBS can accomplish this. Already many of my colleagues are more interested in UCD Athletics just because we are moving to Mountain West and playing schools they know and respect.

And we left our fellow UC brother campuses.

Improving but nothing to write home about. Anyone clamoring for a move to the FBS, even the MWC, should get a handle on basic economics. The post-Boise TV deal is going to get slashed this summer and was only 4m per school. Neither the City nor the alumni support UCD athletics. Some of this is a history of bad marketing decisions, laziness and really poor facilities planning but much is just an apathetic community culture. The AD is almost entirely funded by the central campus and student fees.

Montana and NDSU were in the 10-15k range last year for a large number of players and going higher this year with a smaller number. Sac spent even more but was all over the map with the money. Most of it went missing with Rashada.