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Message: [QUOTE="kcsu, post: 467830, member: 528"] Bees i couldnt agree more but i want to make a point. At one time in my life i ran a large global company. We had operations as far away as the Island Nation of Mauritius. We began to land major contracts with some new companies that were just getting started and i was having a hard time financing the operations to handle the business because nobody really new about Travelocity, Orbitz, Eharmony and many other emerging on-line companies. In short i couldnt get financing yet i knew that if we made the investment it would come back in spades down the road. Well what did we do we pulled the trigger went upstream against corporate convenance told the Board to change our charter and enable us to invest and after much BS they caved, we invested and about 3 years later it all came back bigger than anything we had ever expected. Our BOT is at that point. Sure everyone else gets it done with contributions but for whatever reason we have not. So the BOT is faced with a decision. Stick to the old way and risk all of the gains that have been made or show some leadership and pull the trigger on what amounts to a rounding error for the school. Lets say that we didnt have a single dollar in contributions. Who cares we are talking about 20-30 million. Im sure the University can down stroke this for 10% put a sunset clause on the deal 25-30 years out and pay interest only at 5-6%. We are talking 3m down and at worst 1.5m a year in interest. For the love of God i have no idea why they dont get this and stop with the ----- BS about the fans stepping up and contributing. Make the investment and it will come back in spades. Dont make the investment now wait another year or so until more money is raised and end up costing yourself all of the gains of the last four years. If the BOT doesnt pull the trigger on this and soon they should all be thrown out on their stupid asses as they will have proven to all of us that they either dont get it or dont care both of which should be reason to clean house. Sorry for the rant but if i hear one more God damn BS story about how this is on the fans and donors im going to puke. [/QUOTE]

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