Scholarship table
I especially feel bad for class of 2020 seniors. They were headed for a pretty solid job market, very low unemployment. That all changed on a dime, and now their job prospects are close to zero.
These are all great points.Had MU's season continued with two more losses, season ticket accounts would have taken a hit .. that factor is likely smaller now, with the big asterisk of COVID.But also .. doesn't MU ask for renewals in May? That'll be just weeks from peak COVID and unemployment is gonna be double digits, massive recession in the works. Could be a huge huge reduction as people think about what's necessary in their lives.
*Fundraising continues to be a problem. Announcing the business building campaign, then having the dean die in an accident, then having COVID happen was absolutely horrific luck. I don't mean to make light of either tragedy, but if Marquette knew then what it knows now, that building would not have been announced. But also Lovell isn't really connecting with a number of donors.
They're going to have to market the heck out of the returning notes same series along with a Wisconsin home game
Our last few years with season tickets, we were splitting with another couple, so would only get lucky with the UW tickets once every 4 years. -- Now that we switched to the mini-plan .. we get UW tickets every time.So .. UW tickets are not a huge selling point any more for the full season.
That is exactly right. They have done the projections for next year. And they are, in a word, ugly.I wouldn't doubt that they hope the NCAA drops the minimum number of sports.
Many D1 athletic departments are flush with income, but they spend every single cent of it. They are like drunken sailors. Very little long-term planning or endowment development at most schools.