I thought it was just a BYU thing. I remember a couple months ago

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May 12, 2020
6:03:39pm

_Dakoko 3rd String

I thought it was just a BYU thing. I remember a couple months ago

during the “football players getting kicked off the practice facility for intramural soccer” fiasco everyone on the board was expressing their displeasures about the athletic department. The lack of direct donations to specific sports was one of them.

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If I was a bajillionaire and told BYU that I wanted to donate a new state of

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 5:36pm

Would you have it built with a 6' space between every seat?

HighHorse

5/12/20 5:38pm

Option to do so yes. Spare no expense.

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 5:40pm

Hide that in a 500 page document of all your donations to the

Y05

5/12/20 5:42pm

Don’t think they would accept. At least not in the way your thinking.

_Dakoko

5/12/20 5:48pm

Does Title IX force your hand that way on donations?

Cougarclaw

5/12/20 5:50pm

I thought it was just a BYU thing. I remember a couple months ago

_Dakoko

5/12/20 6:03pm

They wouldn't accept it. They don't want to appear to spend too much on sports.

vagabonder

5/12/20 5:50pm

They would accept to the extent it could be framed as a church building.

5/12/20 7:40pm

That’s what I was thinking. Make a retractable roof to house major events.

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 8:33pm

No. There was a very wealthy person who wanted to pretty much fund a whole

LyleLanley

5/12/20 5:50pm

That kills me, because that money went to Utah instead. I wonder why I am a fan

idacoug

5/12/20 10:39pm

You stated "no strings attached" and immediately followed with your strings 🙂

BYUFam1

5/12/20 6:39pm

What did I miss? What were the strings?

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 6:59pm

Ahh. That it had to be state of the art. Yes that string is attached.

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 7:06pm

RE: What did I miss? What were the strings?

BYUFam1

5/12/20 7:10pm

I just meant the gift would be the nicest in the world. Totally theirs.

Robert Baratheon

5/12/20 9:35pm

No, I already tried it.

tony

5/12/20 6:57pm

I assume they may respond...

(Private)

5/12/20 7:12pm

You left off the dance team

deljdc

5/13/20 9:11am

Honestly might be better off offering money to BIG XII schools with conditions

(Private)

5/12/20 7:13pm

Start a wrestling program instead - more important to P5 membership

HawkeyeCoug

5/12/20 7:18pm

One of my lifetime big goals is to help BYU get wrestling back. I know

4mack

5/12/20 9:28pm

Get men’s and women’s then. Only way.

5/12/20 10:35pm

When BYUH sports were falling apart a major donor thought they could cover

ABCoug

5/12/20 7:18pm

Need to include a maintenance and upkeep endowment.

StalwartBraveTrue

5/13/20 12:08am

If you want to help BYU...

5/13/20 7:48am

No, they'd want to spread that donation around to cover all sports including ...

icecougar

5/13/20 12:46pm

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