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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4277497, member: 27"]
Quick update...

Things are going well collecting money so far.  Close to 70% of the money pledged for the cause has been received to date.  What an extraordinary response from so many.  Thanks to all who have contributed to date!

If you pledged and haven't sent your donation in yet, now would be a good time to do so.

If you pay electronically, please avoid the option to pay for a service and opt for the option to pay family or a friend.  That option gets the whole amount you pledged transferred.  If you use the other option, the site takes a cut of your money and the athlete will miss out on some money.

The Marks had a meeting with Rachel Duffy on merchandising and she provided names of some companies vetted by her that we can use to create custom merchandise tied to the athlete we pick.  That went well.  The plan is to set aside some of the money raised to pay for athlete related merchandise.  We plan to split the profits with the athlete 50-50 and use the money left over to pay guest athletes from other sports to visit the tailgate,  perhaps buy more merchandise, etc.

We have been working closely with Deputy Director of Athletics Dr Andrew Goodrich on this initiative.  He has let John Wildhack and Dino Babers know what is going on and they are both extremely supportive of what we are doing.

Overall, things are going really well.  The response has been great.  Thanks again to everyone for making this possible.

We are all looking forward to picking an athlete and giving them a nice reward for all that they have done for the football program and the fans.  That will be a great day.
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