Hello, I'm writting to ask for help from the soccer fans of america. I know most you haven't heard of the college fresno State but we are a division 1 program located in california that plays in the prestigious Pacific 10. Im writting this thread because we are in jeporady of being cut once again by are university. The University eliminated our program last year but we fundraised enough to get the program back for a year. Now this whole year we have had to raise 2.5 million dollars and we are close to are to goal but we need help before the January 15th deadline. if you want to know more about us please reply and if you know how the school is just trying to get rid us reply also and i will gladly tell you the facts.if there is anybody who can donate or even give ideas to help us keep the program alive Please write back to this thread and i will give further information beacuse anything will help us. we want the beauitiful game to stay alive at our school. thank for your time
Over/Under on a Flannigan threadjack? ___ What sort of ideas have you already implemented? How much do you need to raise? Do you have Roman Abrhamovich's number?
reply we have raised 1.3 million and we need 2.5 million dollars. We have implemented are own valley soccer foundation which has been working very hard to keep us around. We also have had two youth tournaments and a jamboree and have cut many costs throughout the program. We need more ideas to keep us alive because we are running out of time before the deadline of january 15th. we may also hold a telethon. please help and i wish i had Abrahamovich's number
Re: reply Seriously, have you considered joining the PDL (the US fourth division?). BYU entered this year, and although they didn't win a lot of games, I think the season was deemed a success. It might be a good alternative if it looks like the program is going to get cut or if you're going to have to raise 2.5 million dollars every year. http://soccer.byu.edu/chhp/extramurals/soccer/newsnet.html Also http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/54133.html http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Feb/02262003/sports/33046.asp Also, a bigsoccer discussion: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35654
thank you yes, we have thought of a pdl team. but there is one already in fresno and thats the fresno fuego. we are just looking forward to saving the team. we hope that we will make it but its very tough to raise that much money.
Also why don't you demand they cancel american football program instead. With all their stupid equipment and 50,000 + retarded coaching staff.
Two phrases (probably spelt wrong) - ALUMNI MONEY and TV MONEY Despite the costs of a pointy ball program (higher maintaince for the field and equipment, insurance costs, etc) people have been known to travel hundreds of miles to support their alumni. Until soccer becomes the major sport here in the US, don't except any college to give it up. I don't know the details but if it's a good sized school and appears on the set, the university gets a cut of the ad revenue. Not to mention the prestige of having a nationally known team. Here in Pittsburgh for example a local bank bought the naming rights to the new baseball stadium for that reason only. The team stinks, and mightly so. But the bank thought it was "good business" to be associted with a losing ball club just for the name recognition whenever the Pirates play at home. Oh course PNC is more that just a local bank and I don't what to get into all that, but you see my point. Unless your talking about sueing the university to keep soccer and get rid of pointy ball?
your both right your both right but we need money and need it fast are alumni is working hard but we need outside donations /? but we need ideas
Dang I am spechless !!! 2.5 million dlrs a year!! Even if you have that money right now...How is that money spend ? Do you have some kind of spreadsheet avaliable for revew???..... Few semi professional team here in Houston Tx have been partially sponsor by selling comercial space on the jersey or on the shorts but I do not know if that work for college soccer, Corona inc, Bimbo inc, and Honda inc have been very forthcoming we have found that many foreign corporation are really interested on american soccer....
For a college soccer to become a mayor sport and bring people in, a different smarter approach need to be adopt, college soccer promotional efforts are close to none, very naive and amatheurish. In order to increase revenue at the gate more work need to be done in this department, it is totally perplexing that soccer organizations within a college enviroment have not been able to tap into a potential army of volunteer to look for ideas on promoting a soccer team.