Welcome New AD Marvin Lewis

[mkaufman1]

I gave honest feedback. At this point most of the folks in the AD who know me have already heard my thoughts and this survey was nothing more than beating a dead horse. However, I look forward to seeing the results and seeing the plan be executed over the coming years with communication on tangible results.

That last part is key to me. "This is what we are doing, this is where we are, this is how you can be part of it".

 

[EXpatriot13]

I gave honest feedback. At this point most of the folks in the AD who know me have already heard my thoughts and this survey was nothing more than beating a dead horse. However, I look forward to seeing the results and seeing the plan be executed over the coming years with communication on tangible results.

That last part is key to me. "This is what we are doing, this is where we are, this is how you can be part of it".

I find it refreshing that the new AD is trying to create an overarching strategic plan for athletics and is gathering feedback/input to help inform that process.

Have we had anything like that in recent memory? For too long it has seemed like athletics just gets in line behind the university, getting lost within their overall strategy and future planning, and leaving the dept to be reactive more often than not. Having a strategic plan built for athletics that they can use as a guide and form a connective tissue to what the university is doing is awesome.

I hope they share more details on the strategy once they've completed it.

 

[GSII]

Looks like they might be cutting some sports.

 

[EXpatriot13]

I'm by no means an expert on this topic, but saw there was a lot of buzz on social this past weekend as it relates to JMU's student fees and how much they allocate towards athletics, article below has more detail:

James Madison’s Record $53M in Student Fees Tops All Public Schools

James Madison's athletic student fee subsidies reached a record $53,3 million in fiscal 2023, by far the highest of any public school in the country.

www.sportico.com

Their current student fees are $5.6k per year with $2.3k of that allocated to athletics. I *think* their fees have to come down to be compliant with VA state law, not sure what that timeline is.

For context, Mason's student fees will be around $3.8k in 2025. For every dollar, 20 cents is allocated towards athletics. I don't want to see Mason raise student fees because the cost of college is absolutely insane, but is there room to grow that % allocation towards athletics? Seems low.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Let’s hope there’s a giant bag of cash sitting just outside the frame of this pic.

 

[GMU79]

Let’s hope there’s a giant bag of cash sitting just outside the frame of this pic.

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Anybody know who/what Costello is?
Abbott on the horizon?

 

[mkaufman1]

Anybody know who/what Costello is?
Abbott on the horizon?

About Donald G. Costello

The Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University was named in honor of Prince William County, Virginia entrepreneur and businessman Donald G. Costello. Learn more about him.

business.gmu.edu

Gave 50m to the School of Business.

 

[DRK331]

Back in November of 2023, Mason changed the name of their business school from "School of Business", to "Costello College of Business"

 

[gmujim92]

About Donald G. Costello

The Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University was named in honor of Prince William County, Virginia entrepreneur and businessman Donald G. Costello. Learn more about him.

business.gmu.edu

Gave 50m to the School of Business.

And 50 cents to the Patriot Collective lol

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

And 50 cents to the Patriot Collective lol

The money is clearly out there. Isn’t the key identifying individuals who want athletics to do well? Maybe we could do like a survey or approach these really successful alums on the GMU Wikipedia page and see how they feel about supporting Mason Athletics and specifically men’s basketball

 

[tblack33]

The money is clearly out there. Isn’t the key identifying individuals who want athletics to do well? Maybe we could do like a survey or approach these really successful alums on the GMU Wikipedia page and see how they feel about supporting Mason Athletics and specifically men’s basketball

Yeah you should start emailing them.

 

[GMU1983]

Huh?

 

[GMUgemini]

Gotta love the sarcastic “eat your own” conservative follow the herd mentality on here….

Once again. Brian is a member of the collective and has said on this site they are looking for business opportunities to expand their efforts. If you have some ideas, shoot him a message.