Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
Bulldog Club is a little less than that $10 per month. For many that's an either/or. The fans carrying the weight isn't going to happen. It's not happening anywhere. It's about boosters and business. The smallest fan base argumenet is exactly why we as fans cannot and will not carry the weight of the NIL money. We'd be so far behind everyone if our fan base was our primary support. We're only behind in football. The $10 people put up is going to specific sports. Says a lot about our fans and we've got to get the big money for football somewhere else.
I'm not saying not to contribute. I'm saying if that's our business model, we're screwed.
We're also screwed if our business model is only business and big boosters. That's why we're so far behind in football now (you're right, we are much better off in basketball and baseball and that does say something).

Honestly, we need it all. We're a small fanbase so we need the businesses, big boosters, and fans. If we targeted common people and asked them to give 10-20-50-100 dollars a month, they would. And it would generate millions.

And If somebody only has $10 a month to give, that needs to be encouraged to go to BI, not bulldog club. We're about to get an influx of millions from the new TV deal that will easily cover a 2 million dollar loss that the bulldog club would take by steering 2 million away from it and to BI. As our coaches have said, we need players, not new facilities.