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re: Why can’t we get cool incentives for donations?
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:16 am to CrawfishElvis
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:16 am to CrawfishElvis
I’d rather every cent go to the players than to a mug.
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Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:16 am to nwallb9
quote:you get something back from that. What do you get out of giving lsu players money?
How many people in Louisiana pay 10 bucks a month for netflix do you think?
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:17 am to jrodLSUke
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you follow Bayou Traditions or go to LSUsports.net, they have giveaway offers all the time. Prints, rings, meet and greets, etc.
They need to do it at scale and have better visibility and publicity, then
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:21 am to BilJ
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God looking back this was so cringy and lame. LSU thought they were out in front of this by putting an ad in Times Square, bringing some athletes out there, and shooting a video
To be fair, not many people saw the “collective” thing coming.
LSU just devoted resources to do NIL the right way before realizing pay for play was just going to be allowed.
But they definitely should be criticized for how slowly they didn’t turn the ship once UT and A@M showed the way
This post was edited on 12/6/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:26 am to CrawfishElvis
This is what I have been saying for days now. They have a product that people want, just put some skin in the game. I don't know what limitations are, but raffling off two suite tickets for baseball regional could pull in some serious money. Even some of the program issued gear that the public doesn't get would probably fetch some good money. Make it feel like people are getting something in tangible in return.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:26 am to CrawfishElvis
Your incentives is making the playoffs, hoss
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:28 am to Eighteen
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Have hot chicks walk around and solicit as a weekend side job on Gameday
Seriously. Give them a 2% commission or something. They (and the school) could make a FORTUNE.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:38 am to crewdepoo
A better football team?. The logical connection is not that hard to make. Football programs require donations from their fanbase to be successful. It used to be a facilities arms race. Now it’s paying players. Either we want to do everything possible to try to make the playoffs on a yearly basis. Or we are fine sitting back and hoping the stars align for us once or twice a decade to win a championship.
This post was edited on 12/6/24 at 9:43 am
Posted on 12/6/24 at 9:47 am to Dragula
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Your incentives is making the playoffs, hoss
That’s gambling your money. At least you can justify spending money if you get some kind of memorabilia
Posted on 12/6/24 at 10:08 am to CrawfishElvis
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At least you can justify spending money if you get some kind of memorabilia
And it flywheels itself because you see the mug or shirt or whatever and remember to do it against next year.
Plus, corporate or personal gifts are more fun. You can’t just say “here’s a present, I bought a yearly NIL donation for you”
But you can gift a $500 limited run Joe Burrow Heisman yeti and signed LSU helmet.
This is easy stuff
Posted on 12/6/24 at 10:38 am to Indefatigable
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The barrier LSU is dealing with isn’t lack of trinkets, it’s that our state population and thus fan base is working class and poor.
speak for yourself on this one.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 10:40 am to Indefatigable
Not sure how much you get around, there are plenty, and I mean plenty of well off LSU alums. They are everywhere. LSU does not sell 77,000 season tickets because everyone here is poor. Their problem has been outreach. TAF, which now acts as the middleman for Bayou Traditions, has done a terrible job with outreach.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 10:46 am to Eighteen
Is our administration that stupid??? Ray Charles, Helen Keller, and Stevie Wonder could all see CLEARLY that NIL was gonna quickly turn into just buying athletes.
And our brass couldn't figure that out??
And our brass couldn't figure that out??
Posted on 12/6/24 at 11:06 am to BilJ
If you look at who is getting or was getting the big NIL bucks it’s Livy and Angel in sports that frankly don’t matter. The only coach really using NIL well currently at LSU is JJ which isn’t a surprise he would be on top of the new system.
The videos were lame and it was all smoke and mirrors. The fact is Scott is the only person scared of the ncaa, bama and ole miss gave no shits about rules.
The videos were lame and it was all smoke and mirrors. The fact is Scott is the only person scared of the ncaa, bama and ole miss gave no shits about rules.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 11:09 am to CrawfishElvis
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Why can’t we get cool incentives for donations?
nope. help Jakeem Stewart get to his $2mill/year ransom demand even though he's only played 11 HS football games. All you get in return is the hope he stays on campus for more than one season.
but in all seriousness, you have yourself a good idea
Posted on 12/6/24 at 11:09 am to tigahlovah
Yes our admin was and it’s the LSU way. Hopefully we can dig ourselves out of the hole we were in.
It’s frankly a lame excuse for Scott to say I was doing it the right way. Well guess what Aggy, bama, ole miss and Ohio state weren’t. All but aggy are lapping us in results. Scott is extremely risk averse and just not great at reading the room.
It’s frankly a lame excuse for Scott to say I was doing it the right way. Well guess what Aggy, bama, ole miss and Ohio state weren’t. All but aggy are lapping us in results. Scott is extremely risk averse and just not great at reading the room.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 12:14 pm to CrawfishElvis
IMO, there needs to be levels you meet to receive certain “valuables”. Ideas:
>$100 - LSU Booster Polo
>$500 - Polo and signed poster from CBK
>$1000 - Polo, team signed poster
>$5000 - Polo, signed poster, sideline pass for 1 game
>$10,000 - Polo, LSU Booster windbreaker, team signed poster, (2) passes for 2 games
>$25,000 - LSU Polo & windbreaker, team signed poster, (2) sideline passes for 4 games
>$50,000 - LSU Polo/windbreaker, TSP, (2) season tickets, (2) sideline passes to 2 games
And so forth…..
>$100 - LSU Booster Polo
>$500 - Polo and signed poster from CBK
>$1000 - Polo, team signed poster
>$5000 - Polo, signed poster, sideline pass for 1 game
>$10,000 - Polo, LSU Booster windbreaker, team signed poster, (2) passes for 2 games
>$25,000 - LSU Polo & windbreaker, team signed poster, (2) sideline passes for 4 games
>$50,000 - LSU Polo/windbreaker, TSP, (2) season tickets, (2) sideline passes to 2 games
And so forth…..
Posted on 12/6/24 at 12:19 pm to CrawfishElvis
Not that I give a crap about it, but BT did send me some stuff for donating—an artist print that's still in the shipper and something else that slips my mind.
An overhaul of their apparel is needed. Like the OP says, people will donate if they get something tangible back. There are massive margins on clothing. The selection on BT right now could be better. It looks like a 20-year-old curated the collection. I'd happily spend a grand on Xmas gifts, but I don't even know if I could justify spending $100 on the crap they have on there.
An overhaul of their apparel is needed. Like the OP says, people will donate if they get something tangible back. There are massive margins on clothing. The selection on BT right now could be better. It looks like a 20-year-old curated the collection. I'd happily spend a grand on Xmas gifts, but I don't even know if I could justify spending $100 on the crap they have on there.
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:17 pm to BlackPot
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That's how donations work.
Right; but NIL at its root isn't a donation scheme. This would be directly in line with what it was supposed to be. If LSU can scheme up a t shirt, mug, yeti cup, or get some players to sign some mini helmets when they are being paid 6 figures + as an unproven freshmen, then that's an LSU leadership problem
Posted on 12/6/24 at 1:25 pm to CrawfishElvis
Because it’s all a grift
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