MSU Receives $10 Million Gift For Spartan Athletics

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Alumni Bob and Julie Skandalaris are providing a $10 million facilities gift that enhances the Spartan football, golf and basketball programs, while providing momentum for MSU's universitywide capital campaign.

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I'm guessing that their opinion on the state of the athletic dept has more weight than tRCMB.

I'm on pins and needles to see whether the BOT accepts the gift at their meeting tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed!

This is a generous gift by the Skandalaris family. They already have their name on a building, and a lot of donors would stop there. This kind of gift tends to get others to donate as well, and not just the major donors. It's the legions of Spartans that can give a few hundred or a few thousand that we need to mobilize now.

Rodeo Burger wrote:I'm on pins and needles to see whether the BOT accepts the gift at their meeting tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed!

This is a generous gift by the Skandalaris family. They already have their name on a building, and a lot of donors would stop there. This kind of gift tends to get others to donate as well, and not just the major donors. It's the legions of Spartans that can give a few hundred or a few thousand that we need to mobilize now.

The most awesome part (aside from the monumental amount the donation) was this:

At the request of the couple, the naming opportunities for the golf and updated football facilities remain open in their hope to honor and motivate other donors.

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They're hoping to motivate other donors just as you suggest. If somebody was on the fence to ante up a million or two, maybe the added bonus of getting their name on the new golf facility will get them off the fence.

What about the $25M Eli Broad donated today?

$25M Donate story

Snake Plissken wrote:What about the $25M Eli Broad donated today?

$25M Donate story

That wasn't for athletics.

NigelUno wrote:

That wasn't for athletics.

I'm aware of that but that's a lot of money donated in the last 36 hours

Snake Plissken wrote:What about the $25M Eli Broad donated today?

$25M Donate story

That Edythe ain't bad for 78, might be a good woman for TanFan to check out.