RCAF passes 2 million dollar mark

[ManAboutTown]

I bet it would be pretty entertaining to bring back the tread when UL announced hiring Harris. That was an epic RP meltdown.


Congrats to Harris and all RCAF donors!

The thread would be irrelevant because the "meltdown" had nothing to do with Jim Harris. It had everything to do with the way a great contact was treated and people were lied to.

[duggie85]

Harris deserves tremendous credit, but he still has work to do. UL is still over $200K behind last years numbers, so that is going to be tuff in this economy.

Getting to 90% of last years number is already a win in my book.

[CajunT]

T,
How do we know Harris is responsible for these numbers? I want to give credit where it is due, but what's to say that this ship is on cruise control and farmer and Harris are on for the ride!

He has been invloved in a number of things, but I can't assure you he is responsible for all of it. A good bit was people renewing their parking passes for the minimal donation. I also know he has pushed a few initiatives with the RCAF Board, only to be shot down. I give them credit for writing checks, but they take their marching orders from Martin Hall.

[CajunT]

Getting to 90% of last years number is already a win in my book.

Yes, since 70% of those funds are earmarked for coaches salaries. Only $500K was transfered to athletics last year. With several auxiliary fees not being renewed, revenue will be hard to find unless the university makes serious changes in the marketing and branding recommendations from Alden.

[Boomer]

Yes, since 70% of those funds are earmarked for coaches salaries. Only $500K was transfered to athletics last year. With several auxiliary fees not being renewed, revenue will be hard to find unless the university makes serious changes in the marketing and branding recommendations from Alden.

---T, at one time you posted some things that the RCAF could not do if they were separate from the U

You mentioned that you hadn't realized this

can you post those again? As I recall, all schools are subject to these regardless of their type of format!!!

[Turbine]

T,
How do we know Harris is responsible for these numbers? ...

The economy.

jmo

[Crawfish]

Of course, with people getting laid off all over town, it is remarkable to even get close to the previous year's donations. Some of the people on here apparently do not realize how bad the oilfield has gotten. It may not ruin Lafayette's overall economy as it did in the 80s, but it certainly affects the discretionary spending of a lot of working folks. Even people who did not get laid off are facing cuts in benefits, bonuses, salaries and in some cases facing furloughs. So to raise that 2M is a truly remarkable accomplishment, and it is apparent that at least as a fundraiser, the Harris hire was a good one.

The economy.

jmo

[cajunhawk]

Does anyone have a link for audited 2015 RCAF numbers?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Is that even available without a FOI? This university should be in charge of classified national documents. Hilary could use them in her sieve of a campaign.

[fanof71]

$2,000,000 should be the starting point, not the end number. Guys, the economy is soft everywhere...UL has graduates all over the world, not just South Louisiana. Given the circumstances, yes, he's done a great job of keep RCAF's head above water. However, for a school the size of UL with the alumni base available to it, one would think after 3 years of fund raising the amount should be twice that. I don't get how anyone can be satisfied with the same static results.
There are ton's of universities out there who have fund raising arms that we should copy or at least model RCAF after. And many of those schools have losing football and other sports programs in out of the way locations that raise money that dwarf the 2 million. We can't keep accepting the status quo and expect to play with the big boys....

[duggie85]

$2,000,000 should be the starting point, not the end number. Guys, the economy is soft everywhere...UL has graduates all over the world, not just South Louisiana. Given the circumstances, yes, he's done a great job of keep RCAF's head above water. However, for a school the size of UL with the alumni base available to it, one would think after 3 years of fund raising the amount should be twice that. I don't get how anyone can be satisfied with the same static results.

We have NEVER had good student attendance. In any sport. What makes you think alumni will donate their hard earned money to athletics when they wouldn't even attend the games when they were free??

[moorecajun]

We have NEVER had good student attendance. In any sport. What makes you think alumni will donate their hard earned money to athletics when they wouldn't even attend the games when they were free??

Unfortunately you are correct. The majority of our alumni are not very loyal ... at all.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We have NEVER had good student attendance. In any sport. What makes you think alumni will donate their hard earned money to athletics when they wouldn't even attend the games when they were free??

The Lamers have less sports enthusiasm by a lot. Still they're giving to both athletics and academics. They've got hired fundraisers for that job. You can't get if you don't approach.

[fanof71]

Yes, since 70% of those funds are earmarked for coaches salaries. Only $500K was transfered to athletics last year. With several auxiliary fees not being renewed, revenue will be hard to find unless the university makes serious changes in the marketing and branding recommendations from Alden.

And yet we're told that aligning our athletic marketing with IMG isn't a great idea because UL won't be able to keep all of that money...I get that, but if IMG can increase revenues by increasing the number of game/event sponsors, then there is a benefit.
Look at the list of athletic sponsors that IMG has lined up for Marshall...
ABC Supply
Allied Waste
Amazon Customer Service
Atomic Distributing
BB&T
beIn Sports Network
Benefit Plans Services
Best Home Medical
Bojangles - Rutherford Group, LLC
Brickstreet Insurance
Buddy's All American BBQ
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Career services
CareSource - Ohlman Group
Catlettsburg Recreation Club
Central Van & Storage
Century 21
Community Trust Bank
Creative Kitchens
Daktronics, Inc
Dawson Thompson Oil
Domino's Pizza
Dr. Pepper
Dr. W. Shane Holmes
Dutch Miller Auto
E.P. Leach & Sons, Inc.
Elco Mechanical Contractors
Ephesus
Fat Patty's
First Sentry Bank
First State Bank
Follett - Marshall University Bookstore
Frontier Communications
Geico
Glen's Sporting Goods
Go Mart
Gutter Pro WV
Heiner's Bakery
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield-WV
Huntington Federal Savings Bank
Huntington Health and Rehab
Huntington Internal Medicine Group
Huntington National Bank
Huntington Pediatric Dentistry
Huntington YMCA
IBEW Local 317
Innovative Mattress Solutions
Intuit
Jenkins Fenstermaker PLLC
Jewel City Seafood
KFC - Tri State
Kitchen's by Woody's
Kindred Communications
Komax Business Systems
Leslie Equipment
Marco's Pizza
Marshall Artist Series
Marshall Health
Marshall University
Marshall Alumni Association
Marshall School of Pharmacy
Marshall University Orthopaedics
Marshall Urology
Midway Ford
MillerCoors
Nissan North America
Ohio Valley Bank
Panera Bread
Passage Midland Meadows
Peoples Bank
Peyton Law Firm
Planet Fitness
PEPSI COLA <
Bob Plymale for Senate
Premier Professionals Inc.
Pullin Fowler & Flanagan
R & R Tent Rentals
Raymond James
Recovery Sports Grill
The Results Companies
River City Subaru
Roosters
Scott Orthopedic Center, Inc.
ServPro
Signs Unlimited
Speedway LLC
St. Mary's Medical Center
State Farm
Strike Zone
Subway
Taste of Asia
Tri-State Building Trades
Tyler Mountain Spring Water
UPS
USI Insurance Services
United Bank
United Way River Cities
University Sports Publications
Victor's Cleaners & Launderers
Village on Sixth
WCHS
Wendy's - Schmidt Family Restaurants
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
WVA Business Products
West Virginia Divison of Rehab Services
West Virginia Federal Credit Union
West Virginia Highway Safety Program
West Virginia Lottery
West Virginia Tourism
WV State Pipe Trades Association

[Cajunrunner]

And yet we're told that aligning our athletic marketing with IMG isn't a great idea because UL won't be able to keep all of that money...I get that, but if IMG can increase revenues by increasing the number of game/event sponsors, then there is a benefit.
Look at the list of athletic sponsors that IMG has lined up for Marshall...
ABC Supply
Allied Waste
Amazon Customer Service
Atomic Distributing
BB&T
beIn Sports Network
Benefit Plans Services
Best Home Medical
Bojangles - Rutherford Group, LLC
Brickstreet Insurance
Buddy's All American BBQ
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Career services
CareSource - Ohlman Group
Catlettsburg Recreation Club
Central Van & Storage
Century 21
Community Trust Bank
Creative Kitchens
Daktronics, Inc
Dawson Thompson Oil
Domino's Pizza
Dr. Pepper
Dr. W. Shane Holmes
Dutch Miller Auto
E.P. Leach & Sons, Inc.
Elco Mechanical Contractors
Ephesus
Fat Patty's
First Sentry Bank
First State Bank
Follett - Marshall University Bookstore
Frontier Communications
Geico
Glen's Sporting Goods
Go Mart
Gutter Pro WV
Heiner's Bakery
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield-WV
Huntington Federal Savings Bank
Huntington Health and Rehab
Huntington Internal Medicine Group
Huntington National Bank
Huntington Pediatric Dentistry
Huntington YMCA
IBEW Local 317
Innovative Mattress Solutions
Intuit
Jenkins Fenstermaker PLLC
Jewel City Seafood
KFC - Tri State
Kitchen's by Woody's
Kindred Communications
Komax Business Systems
Leslie Equipment
Marco's Pizza
Marshall Artist Series
Marshall Health
Marshall University
Marshall Alumni Association
Marshall School of Pharmacy
Marshall University Orthopaedics
Marshall Urology
Midway Ford
MillerCoors
Nissan North America
Ohio Valley Bank
Panera Bread
Passage Midland Meadows
Peoples Bank
Peyton Law Firm
Planet Fitness
PEPSI COLA <
Bob Plymale for Senate
Premier Professionals Inc.
Pullin Fowler & Flanagan
R & R Tent Rentals
Raymond James
Recovery Sports Grill
The Results Companies
River City Subaru
Roosters
Scott Orthopedic Center, Inc.
ServPro
Signs Unlimited
Speedway LLC
St. Mary's Medical Center
State Farm
Strike Zone
Subway
Taste of Asia
Tri-State Building Trades
Tyler Mountain Spring Water
UPS
USI Insurance Services
United Bank
United Way River Cities
University Sports Publications
Victor's Cleaners & Launderers
Village on Sixth
WCHS
Wendy's - Schmidt Family Restaurants
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
WVA Business Products
West Virginia Divison of Rehab Services
West Virginia Federal Credit Union
West Virginia Highway Safety Program
West Virginia Lottery
West Virginia Tourism
WV State Pipe Trades Association

Won't work here. That's not how we operate. We must know our role and place in the community. We don't want athletics to run our university. We need to be able to control this beast.

We are comfortable.

[CajunT]

And yet we're told that aligning our athletic marketing with IMG isn't a great idea because UL won't be able to keep all of that money...I get that, but if IMG can increase revenues by increasing the number of game/event sponsors, then there is a benefit.
Look at the list of athletic sponsors that IMG has lined up for Marshall...
ABC Supply
Allied Waste
Amazon Customer Service
Atomic Distributing
BB&T
beIn Sports Network
Benefit Plans Services
Best Home Medical
Bojangles - Rutherford Group, LLC
Brickstreet Insurance
Buddy's All American BBQ
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Career services
CareSource - Ohlman Group
Catlettsburg Recreation Club
Central Van & Storage
Century 21
Community Trust Bank
Creative Kitchens
Daktronics, Inc
Dawson Thompson Oil
Domino's Pizza
Dr. Pepper
Dr. W. Shane Holmes
Dutch Miller Auto
E.P. Leach & Sons, Inc.
Elco Mechanical Contractors
Ephesus
Fat Patty's
First Sentry Bank
First State Bank
Follett - Marshall University Bookstore
Frontier Communications
Geico
Glen's Sporting Goods
Go Mart
Gutter Pro WV
Heiner's Bakery
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield-WV
Huntington Federal Savings Bank
Huntington Health and Rehab
Huntington Internal Medicine Group
Huntington National Bank
Huntington Pediatric Dentistry
Huntington YMCA
IBEW Local 317
Innovative Mattress Solutions
Intuit
Jenkins Fenstermaker PLLC
Jewel City Seafood
KFC - Tri State
Kitchen's by Woody's
Kindred Communications
Komax Business Systems
Leslie Equipment
Marco's Pizza
Marshall Artist Series
Marshall Health
Marshall University
Marshall Alumni Association
Marshall School of Pharmacy
Marshall University Orthopaedics
Marshall Urology
Midway Ford
MillerCoors
Nissan North America
Ohio Valley Bank
Panera Bread
Passage Midland Meadows
Peoples Bank
Peyton Law Firm
Planet Fitness
PEPSI COLA <
Bob Plymale for Senate
Premier Professionals Inc.
Pullin Fowler & Flanagan
R & R Tent Rentals
Raymond James
Recovery Sports Grill
The Results Companies
River City Subaru
Roosters
Scott Orthopedic Center, Inc.
ServPro
Signs Unlimited
Speedway LLC
St. Mary's Medical Center
State Farm
Strike Zone
Subway
Taste of Asia
Tri-State Building Trades
Tyler Mountain Spring Water
UPS
USI Insurance Services
United Bank
United Way River Cities
University Sports Publications
Victor's Cleaners & Launderers
Village on Sixth
WCHS
Wendy's - Schmidt Family Restaurants
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
WVA Business Products
West Virginia Divison of Rehab Services
West Virginia Federal Credit Union
West Virginia Highway Safety Program
West Virginia Lottery
West Virginia Tourism
WV State Pipe Trades Association

IMG does great work, but our guy Jones is with another marketing company that is currently working with Louisville. The are very similar, both are very good. You're singing to the choir here my friend. It's time to crap or get off the pot.

[CajunAmos]

We have NEVER had good student attendance. In any sport. What makes you think alumni will donate their hard earned money to athletics when they wouldn't even attend the games when they were free??

I recall it was pretty full student section in the later half of the 70's, but it may be the rum talking.

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

I recall it was pretty full student section in the later half of the 70's, but it may be the rum talking.

You are correct sir....it was quite a packed student section during the time you describe...

[VObserver]

And yet we're told that aligning our athletic marketing with IMG isn't a great idea because UL won't be able to keep all of that money...I get that, but if IMG can increase revenues by increasing the number of game/event sponsors, then there is a benefit.
Look at the list of athletic sponsors that IMG has lined up for Marshall...
ABC Supply
Allied Waste
Amazon Customer Service
Atomic Distributing
BB&T
beIn Sports Network
Benefit Plans Services
Best Home Medical
Bojangles - Rutherford Group, LLC
Brickstreet Insurance
Buddy's All American BBQ
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Career services
CareSource - Ohlman Group
Catlettsburg Recreation Club
Central Van & Storage
Century 21
Community Trust Bank
Creative Kitchens
Daktronics, Inc
Dawson Thompson Oil
Domino's Pizza
Dr. Pepper
Dr. W. Shane Holmes
Dutch Miller Auto
E.P. Leach & Sons, Inc.
Elco Mechanical Contractors
Ephesus
Fat Patty's
First Sentry Bank
First State Bank
Follett - Marshall University Bookstore
Frontier Communications
Geico
Glen's Sporting Goods
Go Mart
Gutter Pro WV
Heiner's Bakery
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield-WV
Huntington Federal Savings Bank
Huntington Health and Rehab
Huntington Internal Medicine Group
Huntington National Bank
Huntington Pediatric Dentistry
Huntington YMCA
IBEW Local 317
Innovative Mattress Solutions
Intuit
Jenkins Fenstermaker PLLC
Jewel City Seafood
KFC - Tri State
Kitchen's by Woody's
Kindred Communications
Komax Business Systems
Leslie Equipment
Marco's Pizza
Marshall Artist Series
Marshall Health
Marshall University
Marshall Alumni Association
Marshall School of Pharmacy
Marshall University Orthopaedics
Marshall Urology
Midway Ford
MillerCoors
Nissan North America
Ohio Valley Bank
Panera Bread
Passage Midland Meadows
Peoples Bank
Peyton Law Firm
Planet Fitness
PEPSI COLA <
Bob Plymale for Senate
Premier Professionals Inc.
Pullin Fowler & Flanagan
R & R Tent Rentals
Raymond James
Recovery Sports Grill
The Results Companies
River City Subaru
Roosters
Scott Orthopedic Center, Inc.
ServPro
Signs Unlimited
Speedway LLC
St. Mary's Medical Center
State Farm
Strike Zone
Subway
Taste of Asia
Tri-State Building Trades
Tyler Mountain Spring Water
UPS
USI Insurance Services
United Bank
United Way River Cities
University Sports Publications
Victor's Cleaners & Launderers
Village on Sixth
WCHS
Wendy's - Schmidt Family Restaurants
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
WVA Business Products
West Virginia Divison of Rehab Services
West Virginia Federal Credit Union
West Virginia Highway Safety Program
West Virginia Lottery
West Virginia Tourism
WV State Pipe Trades Association

God forbid that we do something like this. They might find donors who would push some of T Joe's mafia out of the inner circle. Or even worse, who might demand accountability and results for their investment in UL.

THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE!!!