Dave in Green Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 The Bowling Green men's basketball program is expected to announce Wednesday that it has received a donation representing the largest in school history and MAC basketball history, multiple sources told CBSSports.com. The donation will be used to increase the program's recruiting budget, grow compensation packages for coaches and enhance student support on academic and conditioning fronts, one source said. The money will also help the school secure an undetermined number of buy games previously unavailable. CBS Sports Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 $8 million donation. That will definitely help them in many ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupitertoo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. Yeah i'm not too worried. The new "Stroh Center" doesn't even impress me, and i'm sure it wont impress recruits either. UA needs to stop playing around with this rinky dink MAC schools and go bigtime. Let's woo a big donor ourselves and get a real arena built on campus or lets really renovate the JAR into something special so we can begin our domination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottditzen Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. Yeah i'm not too worried. The new "Stroh Center" doesn't even impress me, and i'm sure it wont impress recruits either. UA needs to stop playing around with this rinky dink MAC schools and go bigtime. Let's woo a big donor ourselves and get a real arena built on campus or lets really renovate the JAR into something special so we can begin our domination. Or we could build downtown..... But seriously, I have virtually no desire to hit up the JAR. I'll probably just wait around for the MAC Tourny at Quicken Loans Arena. At least there the games actually count for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. The original CBS Sports story said the donation was "the largest in school history and MAC basketball history." In the basketball scheme of things, I wouldn't say "that's not much." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupitertoo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. The original CBS Sports story said the donation was "the largest in school history and MAC basketball history." In the basketball scheme of things, I wouldn't say "that's not much." Don't know how they justify that claim. As an example, one donor provided $8 million in 1968 to fund OU's Convocation Center, which is almost exclusively a basketball facility. I have a feeling there have been single donors who have provided more money in multiple gifts to one sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. The original CBS Sports story said the donation was "the largest in school history and MAC basketball history." In the basketball scheme of things, I wouldn't say "that's not much." $8 million? @ UA, that might have given the guy Lot 9 parking privileges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. The original CBS Sports story said the donation was "the largest in school history and MAC basketball history." In the basketball scheme of things, I wouldn't say "that's not much." $8 million? @ UA, that might have given the guy Lot 9 parking privileges. Now you know how I scored 2 lot 9 passes last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Full amount is $10 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 For six decades, Findlay native William Frack has followed the Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team. Now, he is taking steps to strengthen the program for generations to come with a series of irrevocable trusts that have a combined value of more than $10 million. Frack’s endowment will be the largest, single private gift in BGSU’s history. It is also the largest one-time gift ever designated to a Mid-American Conference basketball program. So the question is whether or not any MAC school has ever received a one-time gift of more than $10 million for the exclusive use of its basketball program? BGSU News Release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. LeBron doesn't donate money personally. Doesn't matter what the cause. Look at his bike-a-thon's, the school technology support, heck look at what he's done for UA Basketball already. All other people's money. Usually Nike. Those of you who are still out there holding your breathe waiting for LeBron to make a multi-million dollar donation for a new arena might want to call an ambulance. It isn't happening, and I can't exactly see Nike riding in on a white horse to donate that kind of money either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hey, good for BG. Instead of watching the conference sink further and further someone has stepped up and is trying to elevate his teams performance. I hope that this gift helps BG to become a much better program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZip0510 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What exactly has LeBron done for UA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpsjugglerdude Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What exactly has LeBron done for UA? He made an "Akron shoe"...AND he allows our team to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hey LeBron. You gonna let some no-name show you up like that? Let's cut a deal. You get us $10 mil for the basketball program and you can cut all ties with UA and the city afterwards if you want. This isn't as big as you might think. InfoCision (I'm sure) put up more for naming rights to your football stadium and the Stiles family probably put up $5 million to name the fieldhouse. The most interesting fact is that $8 million is the largest gift ever to BGSU. That's not much in the broad scheme of things. Yeah i'm not too worried. The new "Stroh Center" doesn't even impress me, and i'm sure it wont impress recruits either. UA needs to stop playing around with this rinky dink MAC schools and go bigtime. Let's woo a big donor ourselves and get a real arena built on campus or lets really renovate the JAR into something special so we can begin our domination. The Stroh Center has a max capacity of 5,000. That speaks volumes as to where BG feels their program is going. The JAR is becoming one of worst facilities in the MAC. No big news there. But in spite of that I would not build a new facility until we regularly fill what we got. Over the KD years we have done a piss poor job of building attendance. Hell, the students don't even turn out and our on campus student population has increased significantly over the last few years. Our lack of attendance tells us that the university and local fan does not care for Zip BBall. Let's get off LeBron. It sounds like a bunch of whining babies wanting someone else to do things for them. Let him go his own way, whatever that is, and let's build something great with the folks who care for Zip sports. Use soccer as a model. Porter got his first big break when Ampai signed on. KD Has his own version with Zeke. Coach 'em up and play an exciting brand of ball and others will want to join in. When they get rolling, the crowds build and the facilities follow. The Info has surely taught us that no facility can carry a lackluster program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Well stated '72. The athletic dept should also lower their pricing. I've been to a lot of Mac and Horizon venues and spent much less to be down in the good seats. At YSU, the last time we went, I think we spent about $25 for two to sit in the 2nd row. $30 a pop to sit down low at the JAR is a little much for people to afford in these times. Simple economics, low demand > lower the price = Fill the lower bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 The lower bowl is generally sold out for the entire season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickzips Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 The lower bowl is generally sold out for the entire season. Sold out vs. butts-in-seats are two different things. While it's nice for the University to have those seats sold out every game it looks bad for the program when a third to half of them are sitting empty for the vast majority of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hip Zip Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 The lower bowl is generally sold out for the entire season. Generally perhaps, but that isn't so this year. My buddy wanted to get around the donation and has bought two lowers for 6 or 7 games this season. Another friend from Columbus also needed two for OU and had no problems at all about 4 days till gameday. He did however strike out against Can't. I will agree that it looks deceiving down there because many season holders only show up a handful of times a season. It's a shame that they won't just give the tickets to somebody that would love to be there but can't afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCK1 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 BG's arena will seat 4,400 per their press release. In terms of the $10 million endowment, they won't get anything until the donor dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Roo Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 The lower bowl is generally sold out for the entire season. Sold out vs. butts-in-seats are two different things. While it's nice for the University to have those seats sold out every game it looks bad for the program when a third to half of them are sitting empty for the vast majority of the games. Good point Quick. I agree with all you stated. We should reserve the right that any seats in the lower bowl that aren't filled after 10 minutes into the game can be sold by the university to someone else. That way we get the lower bowl filled, bring more pressure to the palying area, project better on TV and give a vitality to the JAR that is sadly lacking. One other thing, all seats in the lower bowl should carry with them a season's supply of blue-gray hair dye and free use of difibulators. Maybe that with get those folks to cheer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 The lower bowl is generally sold out for the entire season. Sold out vs. butts-in-seats are two different things. While it's nice for the University to have those seats sold out every game it looks bad for the program when a third to half of them are sitting empty for the vast majority of the games. Good point Quick. I agree with all you stated. We should reserve the right that any seats in the lower bowl that aren't filled after 10 minutes into the game can be sold by the university to someone else. That way we get the lower bowl filled, bring more pressure to the palying area, project better on TV and give a vitality to the JAR that is sadly lacking. One other thing, all seats in the lower bowl should carry with them a season's supply of blue-gray hair dye and free use of difibulators. Maybe that with get those folks to cheer. Do either of you guys have seats in the lower bowl? Maybe you could step up and buy a couple, then you could give them to whoever you want if you don't use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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