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

May 12, 2020
7:18:42pm

ABCoug All-American

the operating expenses, (about 1.5 million per year) and rally enough other donors to make up other expenses, the answer - thanks but no thanks. Money wasnt the driver, at least that's what I remember.

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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.

AZcougLawyer

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.

Turnpike Lane

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...

Traveling Coug

5/13/20 7:48am

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

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