Do Supporters of UF Have Enough Money for UF to Compete in the Transfer Portal?

We can use 500 mil on our stadium so I’d say we have cash if we decide to spend it.

 

Seems like you just answered your own question. Other fanbases are stepping up to the plate. Ours is pointing fingers. If you want more money to be spent, spend more money. If you don’t have money, fundraise. If you don’t want to do either, don’t complain about your returns.

 

Said it in other ways before ....If you are not in the Florida Collective as a contributing member then....

You don't know what is actually going on, so threads like this are just pointless.

Telling other people how they should spend their money is rude. If you don't have skin in the game it is not your business how it is spent.

 

Once again, you don't know what is going on, you are just guessing and it isn't your money, you have no business telling others how to spend their money.

 

I take the coach at his word. He said no bidding wars. However we know business is business so things change.

I do think we are being careful in order to preserve team harmony. And probably the majority of transfers don't make our list and of those who do we are very selective.

Long term stability and consistency are the stated goals.

 

Seems like our fanbase would rather have the school and boosters pay for buyouts rather than NIL.

 

If you want to buy players in hopes of winning more go for it. Championships are fun but not defining for me. I'm fine with however my alma mater wants to play it as long as players do their best on and off the field.

Right now it's a feces show and I'd rather not have it on our faces.

 

Not over the top

 

I think we’re about 1600 short.

 

If you’re living on a fixed income of $1600/mo, that seems like a really bad investment on your part. Seriously though, we seem to have a large, or at least very vocal, portion of our fanbase that donates $20 and then screams at the top of their lungs about every player we don’t land.

People can spend their money however they want, man. If they want their name on a door to the janitors closet in the volleyball facility, fine by me. If they want to contribute to firing every coach we hire and have enough swing to make those moves, have at it. If they want to buy players, I love it.

If people don’t like the way the money is being spent, then find another way to manage it. If you don’t like the administration’s priorities on how they raise money and what they raise it for, they can be ousted too. It will take more effort, time, and money than most are willing to invest, but changes can be made.

Sitting around complaining on forums isn’t really going to change anything in a positive way. It will just further add to the negative aura around our program.

 

The problem now is the same problem we have faced in various forms for decades. The states of Mississippi and Alabama (among others) have nothing else, nor do their universities. Football is what generates the inky source of pride for those states, everyone top to bottom is invested in their success. UF recently completed a fund raising drive where we raised nearly five billion dollars, but that was for academics. Louisiana recently had a capital drive for its universities and they assumed going in that nearly half the money raised would be donated to athletics, even while their library didn’t have a floor.
The relative values we compete against are crazy. If UF alums chose to be in a NIL bidding war we could outbid anyone outside of UT and TAMU. But it’s largely money that’s wasted just to win a few games. We aren’t that. Nor will we ever be,

 

Yea but If 50,000 fans donated $20 a month , could we voice our opinions then ?

 

You can do whatever you want, but your $20 investment doesn’t really entitle you to anything. You’re not the one generating the other 49,999 $20 donations. The ones that are, are investing your $20 how they see fit. $20 barely buys a fast food meal nowadays. You aren’t buying any decision making responsibilities with that kind of investment. If you want to actually be a part of the process, then step up and do it. If you want to give 20 bucks, then treat it like rounding up at the grocery store. I doubt any one here is on the march of dimes forum screaming about exactly how their pennies were spent. You donated the money and put it in someone else’s hands to manage. If you don’t like the way your money is being managed, don’t give them your money. Start your own management program.