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These old school donors are all dying and we have done a piss poor job of cultivating their replacements. The guy who used to be in charge of that aspect of the operation was more interested in pretending he was some sort of a general manager than actually doing his job.
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You make a very good point--the people that are the backbone of Pitt fundraising for athletics are aging. I am always amazed at how many really old people are around me at games and events. AD Barnes has to make it priority one to bring in new blood and expand the donor base. It is going to take time to overcome the alienation that took place during the prior AD's administration. Whether Barnes can be successful at that, will largely factor into whether his tenure will be successful or not. Hail to Pitt!
Law good to see you posting again. I agree I have a lot of "seniors" around me at games and I don't mean in the student section. Barnes will have to get creative to get young blood to the games. By the way the 4 in our group average 63 years old.
Well, one thing the University can do is start using legacy as a deciding factor for admission. (And I'm not implying taking a legacy who doesn't meet the numbers requirement.) I know a number of Pitt grads who have walked away after their kids were rejected. Some of the kids I get, but there are a great # of applicants who for the most part have equal academic resumes. Right now, legacy is almost shunned in the Admissions Dept. They need to follow the UVA model.
Spot on and had a few less Intelligent Posters here laugh when I posted years ago how many Pitt Alumni that are and were Wealthy Former Pitt Players, Coaches, Golden Panthers, and Corporate Executives were no longer leaving money to Pitt Athletics in their Wills & Estates due to Pederson's poor job at Pitt.
The same one that attacks Pitt Posters for not having great Fan support and claims to have a Master's Degree from NC State and defended Steve Pederson for years????
Steve could not build a Top 25 Program at Pitt or maintain a Top 25 Program at Nebraska his Alma Mater and is hated there for trashing Traditions at both Programs.
One reason why it is my opinion, Chancellor Gallagher made him go public on the media and explain why the Pitt Script was returning in 2014, and then announced before the Pitt Basketball Game at 7PM that Pederson was no longer A.D. to a loud, long and clapping of hands from Alumni-Student-Fan Base Roar of Voices Applause.
Now that Gallagher-Narduzzi-Barnes are rebuilding the damage done by Pederson's Poor Performance in that area, still can't admit to eat some crow, and some other posters have reminded him of his gloom and doom blame on Fans and not Pederson?
The good news he is South of Oakland and JFK puts it so much better.....?
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Exactly, and damn smart of you to know about it, and why I follow UVA with a close friend that is a Professor there and tells me what they are doing. We just talked yesterday about that as we watched the UVA-PITT Game together.
Almost 10 years ago, an older guy (Alum) who I attend games with sometimes who has given yearly for at least 50 years, his granddaughter a Pitt grad was put on a "wait' list for the school of law. Meanwhile she was accepted at Seton Hall School of Law (which was ranked higher at the time) and although she really wasn't all that excited about going to school in Newark, N.J. graduated from there and now lives in New York State. She has little connection to Pitt these days and needless to say neither does her money. I really have no idea how it all works but it really made no sense to me.
That's a good point. I also think that Pitt may try too hard to get out of state students. It's much easier for them to get large scholarships than in state students.
Without knowing the specifics, it is very hard to say about a specific decision. However, Seton Hall has never been ranked higher than Pitt Law in the past 20+ years, if ever. But even ranking is not a basis to draw many conclusions about any particular admit. In-state, out-of-state, LSAT, grade average, under grad institution attended, course of study, diversity, timing of application, and many other things go into a decision to admit. No doubt not admitting a legacy has major negative implications--on both the alum and the student. But that said, Pitt's numbers and overall scores keep going up...so they must be doing something right. All things being equal, of course, give the nod to the legacy. However, based upon my experience, things are rarely equal. Hail to Pitt!
It looks like 2008? which would be about right
2008
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_school_rankings__2000_present
If that's what I am looking at.
2008
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/law_school_rankings__2000_present
If that's what I am looking at.
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