smusic 00 wrote:Has no one actually considered that if they keep their same donation that they might end up in better seats or, pardon my French, the same seats? If you decide to ΓÇÿquit’ or ΓÇÿwait it out’ you will 100% end up in worse seats when you decide you want back in because it’s the cool thing again. I’d actually be willing to bet any $1k donor who isn’t in ΓÇÿpremium’ seating that their situation either improves or remains the same.
If you are in the front row of 204 or in 103-105 and giving the minimum seat donation you are likely to be shuffled around. So we are talking about 50-60 account holders maximum. And they have all been given figures that indicate what it should take to keep those seats.
I would bet you are absolutely correct. Those that renew are highly likely to be happier with their seats, in the vast majority of instances.
smusic 00 wrote:Has no one actually considered that if they keep their same donation that they might end up in better seats or, pardon my French, the same seats? If you decide to ΓÇÿquit’ or ΓÇÿwait it out’ you will 100% end up in worse seats when you decide you want back in because it’s the cool thing again. I’d actually be willing to bet any $1k donor who isn’t in ΓÇÿpremium’ seating that their situation either improves or remains the same.
If you are in the front row of 204 or in 103-105 and giving the minimum seat donation you are likely to be shuffled around. So we are talking about 50-60 account holders maximum. And they have all been given figures that indicate what it should take to keep those seats.
I would bet you are absolutely correct. Those that renew are highly likely to be happier with their seats, in the vast majority of instances.
I imagine the original poster is correct as well.
I am still not going to play chicken to find out though.
Joshua Whittenburg @jmwhittenburg 7h 7 hours ago So encouraged to see donors increase their giving to the @MustangClub as a result of the Moody Coliseum Reseat. Thank you for your generous support! Two new, very generous commitments in the last 1/2 hour #PonyUp
Joshua Whittenburg @jmwhittenburg 7h 7 hours ago So encouraged to see donors increase their giving to the @MustangClub as a result of the Moody Coliseum Reseat. Thank you for your generous support! Two new, very generous commitments in the last 1/2 hour #PonyUp
Hurry! Phone lines will be closing at midnight! Keep those calls and dollars coming!
Mustang Club @SMUMustangClub Thank you Tom Huemiller (@Ponyczar91) who answered the call to #PonyUp! A new commitment to the Indoor Performance Center in response to the Moody Coliseum Reseat. Thank you Tom and the entire Huemiller family! #ShapingChampions
Nice to see new money for the IPF. But this tweet also explains how that $1 million-plus number can exist in connection to this re-seat. They're essentially counting a donation toward brick and mortar as a re-seat donation as well.
skyscraper wrote:Mustang Club @SMUMustangClub Thank you Tom Huemiller (@Ponyczar91) who answered the call to #PonyUp! A new commitment to the Indoor Performance Center in response to the Moody Coliseum Reseat. Thank you Tom and the entire Huemiller family! #ShapingChampions
Nice to see new money for the IPF. But this tweet also explains how that $1 million-plus number can exist in connection to this re-seat. They're essentially counting a donation toward brick and mortar as a re-seat donation as well.
Yeah, the new structure to giving is good in that it gives credit to donors for all athletics-related giving, but it makes the comparison numbers pretty meaningless as a measure of the re-seat's success.
I'll be interested to see how it all plays out over the next 5-10 years.
Yes, not complaining at all about the new structure for giving. It makes more sense. But agree -- a year-to-year comparison for Moody-related donations is impossible now. The only true metric is going to be butts in seats, something we won't see until November.
skyscraper wrote:Nice to see new money for the IPF. But this tweet also explains how that $1 million-plus number can exist in connection to this re-seat. They're essentially counting a donation toward brick and mortar as a re-seat donation as well.
Somehow I don't think they will have to make the same donation next year to be able to keep their basketball seats like most others will.