Positive vs Negative Financial Reinforcement

[Aquila_Viridis]

Based upon all the recent postings I have had a personal revelation.I'm sure that most of you already have figured this out,but I  have just come to realize that our athletic department needs  the "gang of 17" as well as fans who may be a season ticket holder,Meangreenclub member, or  just attend an occasional  sporting event. It is essential to have big donors who give us funds for projects that we would not be able to accomplish otherwise. Equally it is absolutely necessary that  we have  fan support and broad giving at a lesser level.It is like a country club. While it is  nice to get the big initiation fee up front,  if you don't have the monthly dues cash flow the club will fail. I am not going to get into a debate as to which faction should have the greater influence regarding the retention of our current athletic director.The bottom line is that UNT needs all of us, and I hope that after the smoke clears we can go forward and support our new football coach regardless of who hires him.

Here in west Tennessee, some people support the University of Tennessee who have no other connection than they live in Tennessee, and it is six hours away. Now they are down but we would happily trade places with that program. The broad support you describe would only come from people who live in the North Texas region deciding they should care about the University of North Texas. I have not seen much evidence of outreach from the university to capitalize on that connection. There are a lot more North Texans than there are Tennesseans. This is the basis for nearly all of my frustration with the university.