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WVU athletics spent about $106M last fiscal year with just under half...
going to football and basketball. The things that have been publicly released and underway are donor/alumni engagement. I can say firsthand that the calls/letters have increased significantly in the last 12 months. Fortunately we have a few big hitters in Ken Kendrick and Pat McAfee. So private donations are certainly a large portion. The other biggest thing has been a reallocation of seating and required donations for both main sports but primarily basketball. The next big thing on the horizon is corporate partnerships via naming rights. You are going to start seeing it on everything. Most recently the basketball arena changed it's name from the WVU Coliseum to the Hope Coliseum where the school receives $2M annually over 10 years from Hope Natural Gas. I feel certain they'll be many more changes as we fight the futile battle against the blue bloods.
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Greeting Hokies...serious question...
-- Peaceful_Mountaineer
Oct 30, 2025 at 01:22 PM ET
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10/30/25 01:22 PM ET
Great question...One we'd ALL like to know the answer to. Likely they'll ->
-- HOKIERIT
Oct 30, 2025 at 07:51 PM ET
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10/30/25 07:51 PM ET
they're increasing the price of the smoked turkey legs to
-- squarerootofone
Oct 30, 2025 at 05:31 PM ET
squarerootofone
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10/30/25 05:31 PM ET
Texas Roadhouse Fundraisers.
-- GCHokieof91
Oct 30, 2025 at 03:48 PM ET
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10/30/25 03:48 PM ET
A team is taking about $2.5M or so to Vegas and betting on green.**
-- reestuart
Oct 30, 2025 at 02:33 PM ET
reestuart
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10/30/25 02:33 PM ET
They need to go hit that casino that Clark Griswold went to..
-- Peaceful_Mountaineer
Oct 30, 2025 at 04:15 PM ET
Peaceful_Mountaineer
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10/30/25 04:15 PM ET
As long as the hook up with Nick Papagiorgio, they are golden.**
-- reestuart
Oct 30, 2025 at 04:18 PM ET
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10/30/25 04:18 PM ET
question for you -> what's wvu doing to raise funds to compete in Big 12?**
-- furnulator
Oct 30, 2025 at 02:25 PM ET
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10/30/25 02:25 PM ET
WVU athletics spent about $106M last fiscal year with just under half...
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-- Peaceful_Mountaineer
Oct 30, 2025 at 04:28 PM ET
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10/30/25 04:28 PM ET
Good luck. We will both (all) need it!**
-- HOKIERIT
Oct 30, 2025 at 07:53 PM ET
HOKIERIT
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10/30/25 07:53 PM ET
Given the cost of a college education has been outpacing inflation
-- Casey
Oct 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM ET
Casey
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10/30/25 11:21 PM ET
We could also sell subscriptions to Grok and take commissions.
-- likehokies
Oct 30, 2025 at 02:53 PM ET
likehokies
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10/30/25 02:53 PM ET
Powerball tickets..lots of Powerball tickets**
-- capitals1
Oct 30, 2025 at 02:19 PM ET
capitals1
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10/30/25 02:19 PM ET
It's more of a loose framework
-- HokieAl
Oct 30, 2025 at 01:31 PM ET
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10/30/25 01:31 PM ET
Yeah. My belief is that the "projection"
-- GobblerCE
Oct 30, 2025 at 02:25 PM ET
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10/30/25 02:25 PM ET
Weatherman indicated its supposed to rain money. Big if true. **
-- IV_Hokie12
Oct 30, 2025 at 01:24 PM ET
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10/30/25 01:24 PM ET