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Posted by NinerNation
on 8/12/2025, 6:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Thanks No Cal on Other Board, NIL MBB Article"
The academic side of course can and should be front and center. But in today's world that for a university to be running as strong as can be that we need a better fundraising team as most if not all universities do.
We lack in this endeavour for many years as departments on campus have to fight to get every dollar they can. I have met a few on campus that help in raising money from donors as that is what any organization has to do to stay in business, capitalism or not.
Let the professors teach and the administrators raise the money.
Win-win for both. 
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Not going to happen. Wrong mindset and wrong people, the academic public sector versus the private sector capitalist. Previous Message
True that a college is not a business but in today's world of NIL and raising money for everything from athletics to repairs and new buildings that we need to start thinking like one. Previous Message
We are not a business. Previous Message
From the article:
"nudging the university to start thinking like a business rather than a bureaucracy." Previous Message
They did have NIL money last year, but I was told that it was not that much (around $50,000 in total). Previous Message
I wonder if the new president will want his/her own AD? If that happens, there could be a lot of change coming soon. I am surprised that LB was the only BW program without NIL last year. Previous Message
https://lbbusinessjournal.com/news/education/name-image-likeness-long-beach-state-basketball-chris-acker/
It's something, sounds organized and promising.
Still no new president named, the search continues.
Sometimes though, the best organization comes from an unexpected source not tied to the structured bureaucracy in place.