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Message: [QUOTE="Scooch, post: 851832, member: 628"] The raging success of the #CuseTixForKids campaign has got me to thinking... how can SU's fundraising for athletics be so bad, relative to our peer set? Keeley's going to raise $44K in less than 4 days. The cause is great, and its exactly the kind of grass roots, small donation approach that the Internet is built to facilitate. Hell, this site raised $50K for the IPF! Meanwhile I read here that the overall IPF fundraising has stalled, and that the Melo Center still isn't fully funded. It seems to be a Herculean task to get money for athletics facilities, aside from the very generous big time boosters. Is the problem our administration? Are they really THAT bad? When a blogger can raise $11K/day it sure seems that way, but I don't know. Or is it something about the SU fanbase? Are we good with "charity" but don't appreciate the realities of the college sports arms race? Just seems so strange to me. [/QUOTE]