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McMurry Gift

OrediggerPoke said:
Wyo2dal said:
OrediggerPoke said:
Wyo2dal said:
OrediggerPoke said:
Wyo2dal said:
I really wish the good ole boys would go after corporate sponsors for a change, The donation is great but UW is leaving so much money out there they could get and they just can't seem to get the big picture.

Do you honestly think that ANY energy companies are looking to make major gifts right now?

Two major coal companies have filed for bankruptcy protection this year. The stock price of most coal companies is down close to 90% over the past 5 years. Almost every upstream oil and gas company is losing money right now with no end in sight as to the downturn in prices...The next few years could be REALLY tough on the Wyoming economy, JUST SAYING.

The McMurrys' gift is huge! Thankfully they had the foresight to sell a lot of assets when natural gas prices were much higher and before the discovery of the vast Marcellus' deposits.

Energy companies aren't the only corporations they could and should be going after.

I can think of very few companies to consider that are not energy or railroad companies.

I can think of hundreds of companies, Hell look at Boise they have a brand name on everything they build because they got out and get money from companies and they get big money for it.

I think it's great that McMurry donated but I dislike the fact the University hasn't gone looking for real money the way every other university has started selling themselves.

Please share the names of these non-energy non-railroad companies that are willing to make large gifts to the University of Wyoming athletic department given our small market and small reach....I still can't think of any...Union Wireless perhaps but they are already a smaller donor

PS - Boise State has brand recognition and a sizeable market

These aren't large gifts they are naming rights, the market size has nothing to do with the University reaching out to corporations. All college have started selling Field, Court, Stadium and Areas names to companies because that is where the money is.

Boise State will receive $9,081,250 from Albertsons deal, or 72.65 percent of the revenue, according to documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday afternoon. Albertsons will pay $12.5 million over the next 15 years for the naming rights to Bronco Stadium.

College is a business world and UW does shitty business.

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Besides them and the Rochelle's who are the other major contributors to UW, I know about Maury Brown in Bball, does the Jerry Buss family contribute anymore?
 
stymeman said:
Besides them and the Rochelle's who are the other major contributors to UW, I know about Maury Brown in Bball, does the Jerry Buss family contribute anymore?

Don't think so on Buss at least not any large amount. Also don't believe there are any others just like 3-4 total major contributors.
 
Boise State will receive $9,081,250 from Albertsons deal, or 72.65 percent of the revenue, according to documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday afternoon. Albertsons will pay $12.5 million over the next 15 years for the naming rights to Bronco Stadium.

Hell, Wyoming got $10m just for naming ours "Jonah Field"...and not over 15 years.
 
SnowyRange said:
Boise State will receive $9,081,250 from Albertsons deal, or 72.65 percent of the revenue, according to documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday afternoon. Albertsons will pay $12.5 million over the next 15 years for the naming rights to Bronco Stadium.

Hell, Wyoming got $10m just for naming ours "Jonah Field"...and not over 15 years.

What?
 
SnowyRange said:
Boise State will receive $9,081,250 from Albertsons deal, or 72.65 percent of the revenue, according to documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday afternoon. Albertsons will pay $12.5 million over the next 15 years for the naming rights to Bronco Stadium.

Hell, Wyoming got $10m just for naming ours "Jonah Field"...and not over 15 years.

Ya 10 Million for a permanent name that is a fail on the University. These are the things that a lot of people have been complaining about for a long time. We don't seek out anything we just blindly take something and don't think about the long haul.

In 45 years Boise will have made 27 million+ if Albertsons continues to sponsor it. While Wyoming will still have 10 Million.......

Unless someone has a contract that the Field is going to have that name for only X amount of years but I'm not aware that such contract exists.
 

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