Are there any other university athletic departments operating like this? It sounds rather novel.

What is my ROI on this stock?

This is really nothing more than another way to generate donations. I’m sure haters will absolutely jump all over this as asinine and stupid and greedy and whatever else they will use to shoot holes in this. But, this isn’t a ‘real’ stock. It won’t be listed. It won’t be traded daily. There aren’t any dividends, other than seeing facilities upgrades. Which is enough for me.

I look at it this way. I went to my first game at 3 years in 1977. I graduated some 20 years later. I already feel like I have partial “ownership” of this program. Now, I can donate another hundred bucks (which is far less than my usual annual gift to the university) and get a cool certificate for my wall.

Count me in.

And they have been doing this in Green Bay with great success for awhile. you don’t get dividend or any return, no perks as far as seating goes but you do get to cast votes on decisions on the athletic depts. future. Its all about pride, and $100 comes and goes and plus i would love that certificate and to know i chipped into expanding bronco stadium

Just to say that I own a piece of Billy Winn.

If you look at some football teams in Europe, they have been very succesfull at building and expanding almost every aspect of their team by giving their fan’s a voice, and a sense of ownership of the club. The peole that “own shares” get to vote on a new GM every 4 years. I can’t wait to get my shairs.

probably depends on how drunk I am when the website opens up…I’m hoping for just 1, though…but, we’ll find out Friday morning!

What stops AQ alumni coming in to buy up the stocks, then screw up everything. Or worse yet, Idaho fans buying up all the stock.

Is this what the press conference was for?

This seems like a great idea to me. Green Bay Packer’s fan are known for their fiery loyalty, team pride, and foam-rubber cheese hats. Green Bay is the smallest market in the NFL, yet one of the most storied and enduring teams. I applaud the effort to give the fans of Boise State that chance to be involved. We complain about facilities, now we can do something about it. Besides, Boise State seems like about the best investment you can get right now. Sure beats a .5% interest on a CD.

I don’t think it this sounds like ‘greediness’ on the part of Boise State, but more like a long-term plan for improving the over-all athletic program. Let’s think about it; relying on winning the Fiesta Bowl and getting into BCS bowls as the main revenue to bring serious amounts of mony into the program, then Boise State as a school will only progress based upon the success/failure of the football program. This sounds to me like a way to continually pour money into all the programs year after year regardless of how well the football program does. Anything earned at bowl games is just extra then.

More money means more scholarships and better facilities which means we’ll attract more and better athletes. This can only mean goodness for the future of Boise State.

Does this mean the athletic department can no longer receive state funding?

but let’s call a spade a spade. does anyone think this is anything more than a fund drive? that’s all it is; a cute gimmick. let me ask a question. let’s say i bought some shares of this ‘stock’ and a year or two later lost my job and needed to raise some cash. would i be able to sell my shares for what i bought them for? i guessing not. i’m pretty certain that i wouldn’t be able to sell the certificate for more than about 50 cents at a garage sale. it’s not an investment. it’s a donation.
i love the broncos and don’t mind contributing but i would appreciate a little honesty from the program. this is simply a scheme to raise funds. it’s a novel idea but to call it a non-profit corporation rubs me the wrong way. to me, to sell shares implies that there is some value or equity attached to each share. this isn’t the case here. any improvements made to buildings or facilities would belong to the university not to a ‘corporation’. not only is there no return on investment there’s no value to the ‘stock’. who came up with this idea? bernie madoff?
that said, i’ll pony up a hundred bucks so i can frame and display my one share of boise state broncos inc. and pretend i’m in with the high finance crowd. i might even be able to scratch up a couple of dollars to buy a cheap cigar to smoke to complete my fantasy as i sit in my den and watch the broncos play at home because i can’t afford to go to the game.

Why the hell would any real BSU fan not buy stock?? Put your money where your mouth is!! I am buying 3 shares…because I believe in supporting the program. The only way that our stadium can expand is by alumni and fan donations. Phil Knight footed a huge portion of the cost to build expand Autzen Stadium; where the hell is our sugar daddy(nudge…nudge…Simplot fam). I love the idea of a couple hundred thousand fans doing the same thing?

We need to close the the South Endzone!! The stadium looks like it is half finished. With the success the Broncos have had this past decade, it is a complete joke that we have a 33,500 seating capacity…in a valley with a population of 600,000!

Mark me down for one! Love it

This is clearly just a gimmick cash grab by the athletic department. I am not sure that is a bad thing. Fund raising has dried up and the announcement has ignited fans that normally wouldn’t donate to think about forking over $100.00 for a certificate.

The “stock” has no dividends and does not appreciate in value. I question if it has any resale value since the announcement said if they sell the 200,000 shares, they will make more available. It is not an investment, it is a donation.

The thing that has me excited is, why move forward with this gimmick now? The teams performing, the economy is recovering, why does the university need funds for facitilites in a rush? My guess is that MWC expansion is on the horizon but a requirement would be an expanded stadium.

If they were to say, pay $100 and we go to the MWC I would hand it over in a second. Otherwise, I am skeptical that the department has to result to some deception in order to raise the funds needed. Skepticism and deception aside, I still may log on and buy a share.

But also a good way to weed out, or at least expose the fair-weather, band wagoneers.