Do or have you donated money or time to your favorite College/University?

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Drew Swinney Esq, Feb 1, 2023.

?

Do or have you donated money to a your favorite school?

  1. I have donated to the Athletic Dept

    54 vote(s)
    45.0%
  2. I have donated to Academics (general fund, department funds, etc)

    42 vote(s)
    35.0%
  3. I have donated to a special/philanthropic program or non-sports extracurricular fund.

    22 vote(s)
    18.3%
  4. No

    46 vote(s)
    38.3%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Drew Swinney Esq

    Drew Swinney Esq Successful Attorney in Atlanta
    Donor
    Clemson TigersAtlanta BravesCarolina PanthersGrateful DeadUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    Athletics, Academics, or something else. Don’t care how much, or if it is recurring, one time, etc.

    If you have donated to some special program or non-sports extracurricular, or given your time to a cause, what is it?
     
  2. Shawn Hunter

    Shawn Hunter Vote Corey Matthews for Congress
    Donor
    Kentucky WildcatsBoston CelticsNew England PatriotsUniversity of LynchburgAEW

    What little I could afford to donate to Kentucky wouldn't accomplish shit. Lynchburg College, my alma mater aka University of Lynchburg, never would interview me for several jobs I applied for there so fuck em.
     
  3. ned's head

    ned's head Well-Known Member
    Donor

    I've donated tiny sums to the college of business, but not in a long time
     
    Bruce Bowen and Drew Swinney Esq like this.
  4. EdmondDantes

    EdmondDantes Both winner in league and apparently at life, haha
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Nebraska CornhuskersDenver NuggetsBig 8 ConferenceNebraska Cornhuskers alt

    still paying off my 4 years of tuition, so I'm good for a bit.
     
  5. Drew Swinney Esq

    Drew Swinney Esq Successful Attorney in Atlanta
    Donor
    Clemson TigersAtlanta BravesCarolina PanthersGrateful DeadUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    I was in the collegiate version of IPTAY. It was cheap and a way to get priority student tickets, but I never thought about donating to athletics as an adult. I say I wouldn’t even with fuck you money, but that’s probably a lie.

    Used to give to the performing arts center, which would get you early/preferred seating for events but stopped that when I moved further away. Just started back giving to one of the arts programs directly.
     
    TC and BudKilmer like this.
  6. War Grundle

    War Grundle Nole Mercy
    Donor
    Florida State SeminolesTampa Bay Rays

    Booster, alumni association, baseball club, college of communication.
     
  7. MLS

    MLS Well-Known Member
    Tampa Bay BuccaneersMississippi Rebels

    Yale Cancer Center and Ole Miss athletics every year

    I used to donate time to UCLA medical center but current schedule makes that impossible now
     
  8. laxjoe

    laxjoe Well-Known Member
    Donor
    San Diego State AztecsSan Diego Padres

    Yes. Have worked here for 11 years and my wife works in the wider development team, so I don’t really have a choice :laugh: (but would, regardless)
     
  9. Roy

    Roy Well-Known Member
    Donor
    South Carolina Gamecocks

    I donate to the university but not specifically to football bc all they do is piss me off
     
  10. devine

    devine hi, i am user devine
    Donor
    West Virginia MountaineersChicago BullsPhoenix SunsPittsburgh PenguinsManchester CityPittsburgh PiratesSan Diego PadresBarAndGrillCoors Light

    I donate 3 hours of my day 12 times a year to watch the worst product of football you will ever see. I’ll buy season tickets when Neal and Gordon gee are gone, that comes with a required donation

    i gave $50 to the baseball program once
     
  11. Taques

    Taques sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    The Real Movement

    not a fucking dime and that’s never going to change for dental school at least

    maybe if tech writes a formal apology for hiring kliff kingsbury i will consider donating to the biology dept
     
  12. poor paul

    poor paul Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Wrexham AFC

    yes to boosters and academics, and have volunteered time to help out in my grad program.
     
    BudKilmer likes this.
  13. Lawnole23

    Lawnole23 FSU Seminoles 2020 National Champions
    Donor TMB OG
    Florida State SeminolesTampa Bay RaysTampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay Lightning

    Boosters and Alumni Association at FSU.
     
    prerecordedlive and War Grundle like this.
  14. blind dog

    blind dog wps
    Donor
    Arkansas RazorbacksGreen Bay PackersWu-tangCoors Light

    I donate money to our athletic department so I can have season tickets and can have pretend friends like bertwing pretend to like me bc of these tickets
     
    bigred77, sc_chant, bertwing and 4 others like this.
  15. Bruce Bowen

    Bruce Bowen Well-Known Member
    Donor

    Maybe I will when I pay my loans off
     
  16. BigReff73

    BigReff73 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    North Carolina State Wolfpack

    I donate to my college because a lot of the good I have in my life is directly connected to my time in college (wife, friends, job)

    I donate to the football program because I’m a terrible investor I guess.
     
    Troy Barnes, Hatfield and sc_chant like this.
  17. Homo Erectus

    Homo Erectus The important thing is, you think I'm attractive
    Donor

    I used to donate sperm, but quit after a slight misunderstanding with the campus police.
     
    #17 Homo Erectus, Feb 1, 2023
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2023
  18. Mix

    Mix I own a Fuddruckers with Scottie Pippen
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    UCF KnightsPittsburgh PenguinsOrlando CityPittsburgh Steelers

    They charge me a lot of rent and it goes to athletics so sort of.
     
    TC, poor paul and Lyrtch like this.
  19. texasraider

    texasraider thanks
    Donor
    Texas RangersKansas City ChiefsDallas Mavericks altTexas Tech Red Raiders alt

    I indirectly donate to get my suite tickets out of a group of us that share a suite.

    I bought a brick thing for the new basketball facility

    I’ve randomly given $20 here or there when they make students call asking for money just to make the students feel like they’re not in prison for nothing
     
    sc_chant and wes tegg like this.
  20. jokewood

    jokewood Biff Poggi superfan
    Donor

    College: "Hi. We're billionaires. Can we have some of your money?"
    Me: (immediately hangs up phone)
     
  21. 20/20/20/20

    20/20/20/20 running thru the house with a pickle in my mouth
    Donor TMB OG
    Nebraska CornhuskersCharlotte HornetsCleveland BrownsDetroit TigersNebraska Cornhuskers alt

    I donate 50% of my income to the NIL collective.
     
  22. wes tegg

    wes tegg I'm a Guy's guy, guys.
    Staff Donor
    Atlanta BravesDenver BroncosChicago BlackhawksBirmingham LegionMississippi Rebels

    I’m primarily NIL-ing now.
     
    Hatfield, sc_chant, poor paul and 4 others like this.
  23. Corch

    Corch My son got the Denver Nuggets jeans
    Donor
    Ohio State BuckeyesDenver NuggetsCleveland CavaliersCleveland Indians

    Yes to the University General Scholarship fund, to the AD, and to the non-Brian Schottenstein NIL collective.
     
  24. Eathan Edwards

    Eathan Edwards Well-Known Member
    Donor
    New Orleans PelicansNew Orleans SaintsMississippi Rebels

    Yea we're full Grove Collective now for Ole Miss donations.

    MLS donates to Yale, UT (Anderson), Vandy, USC, and UCLA I believe for cancer research.
     
    Oranjello and wes tegg like this.
  25. Oranjello

    Oranjello Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Green Bay PackersNew Orleans SaintsGrateful DeadMississippi Rebels

    Yes. Annually to my undergrad accounting school and to each of the two law schools I attended.

    Probably should redirect some of that to Ole Miss NIL
     
    Hatfield likes this.
  26. MLS

    MLS Well-Known Member
    Tampa Bay BuccaneersMississippi Rebels

    That's all of them but I was debating hard on giving money to Northwestern this year also

    I told you when you signed up for this that I was going to give away 20% of rev/year so don't act surprised
     
    Eathan Edwards and wes tegg like this.
  27. Name P. Redacted

    Name P. Redacted I have no money and I'm also gay
    Donor
    Kansas State WildcatsSeattle Kraken

    Kstate ain’t getting another dollar for free from me
     
    40wwttamgib likes this.
  28. MLS

    MLS Well-Known Member
    Tampa Bay BuccaneersMississippi Rebels

    House off the square requiring proof of NIL donations for entry this season, just sayin
     
    Oranjello likes this.
  29. Oranjello

    Oranjello Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Green Bay PackersNew Orleans SaintsGrateful DeadMississippi Rebels

    Sounds like it should come with a Library card
     
  30. kennypowers

    kennypowers Big shit like a dinosaur did it
    Donor TMB OG
    UCF KnightsAtlanta BravesJacksonville Jaguars

    No, I moved several states away for grad school right after graduating and then eventually across the country, I don’t feel super connected to the university. My primary connection being through football and the fuckery of the ncaa the past decade has probably made it worse.
     
  31. MLS

    MLS Well-Known Member
    Tampa Bay BuccaneersMississippi Rebels

    Tried to buy it outright, ownership cares more about having it than the sale price
     
  32. LSUTigers1986

    LSUTigers1986 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    LSU TigersWashington NationalsWashington Football Team

    As a Cotton bowl and Citrus bowl winner I know my money is no good at my schools.

    But I give a little bit to both business schools every year but if either calls me one more damn time I’m done. Actually, I give more to TMB because I learn more here than those two institutions combined.
     
  33. Tiger Tiger Woods Y'all

    Tiger Tiger Woods Y'all Putting big balls in little holes, circa 1995
    Donor
    Clemson TigersGolden State WarriorsPGA

    I made a gift to the business school when it was being rebuilt at Clemson and I am a Riggs donor for IPTAY.
     
  34. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersLos Angeles DodgersBuffalo BillsBuffalo Sabres

    Lol hell no
     
  35. Gaknight

    Gaknight Well-Known Member
    Donor TMB OG
    UCF KnightsAtlanta HawksAtlanta FalconsAtlanta United

    My university is on borrowed time thanks to Ron Desantis and I prefer not to burn money.
     
  36. Fran Tarkenton

    Fran Tarkenton Hilton Honors VIP
    Donor
    Wake Forest Demon DeaconsGeorgia Bulldogs

    my in law has been going there for treatment and they have done a fantastic job. Had been wanting her to go to md anderson or mayo or something i was more familiar with, went up to YCC last year and couldnt have been more impressed with the doctor and facility and hotel, etc.

    good on you for donating to these hospitals. The research and studies are really starting to break through.
     
    steamengine, Eathan Edwards and MLS like this.
  37. Butthead

    Butthead narmas, narmas

  38. bertwing

    bertwing check out the nametag grandma
    Staff Donor
    Arkansas RazorbacksNew Orleans SaintsTiger WoodsBarAndGrill

    100% accurate
     
    blind dog likes this.
  39. Wicked

    Wicked Next One's Comin' Faster
    Donor
    Iowa HawkeyesChicago Blackhawks

    This nightmare of an athletic department responsible for isn't getting keeping the ferentz gang isn't getting a penny from me. I have, however, donated to the U of I childrens hospital.
     
  40. Pasta88

    Pasta88 Canes, Bruins, Raps, Jays and Sunderland.
    Donor
    Miami HurricanesToronto Blue JaysToronto RaptorsBoston BruinsSunderland

    I don’t think I’ve hung up the phone faster than when my university called me asking for donations like a week after graduation.
     
  41. Boom TittyMilk

    Boom TittyMilk User Formerly known as Big R
    Donor TMB OG
    Auburn TigersAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta United

    Last time Auburn called me for a donation it was during a CWS game couple years ago and we were losing like 8-0.

    i did not donate that day
     
    blind dog likes this.
  42. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    Hundred dollar handshakes. Whatever helps the progrum
     
  43. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    I feel like they probably have enough of my money
     
  44. PJP3

    PJP3 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Colorado BuffaloesOakland RaidersFulhamLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    Made my first donation ever to the AD right after we hired Prime. First competent move in 20 years earned it.
     
    Fran Tarkenton and Hatfield like this.
  45. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    But did you contribute to the demanding of more?
     
  46. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    I kind of demanded more but if I'm honest I didn't try real hard.
     
  47. Fancy

    Fancy thanks, i hate it
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Oregon DucksSeattle MarinersSeattle SeahawksSeattle SupersonicsSeattle Kraken

    Donate a couple times to the general scholarship fund. Haven’t in a while though
     
  48. NineteenNine

    NineteenNine Divers are, in fact, wankers. It's science.
    Donor
    ArsenalTiger WoodsSneakersDallas Mavericks altTexas Tech Red Raiders alt

    Naw. They can fuck off. I see what they charge for tuition nowadays.
     
  49. skiedfrillet

    skiedfrillet It's not a lie if you believe it.
    Donor
    Clemson Tigers

    I think I gave $100 like 3 years after graduating but haven’t since.