"In 2000, UAlbany alumnus Bill Fuller Jr. wouldn't have considered writing a check to his alma mater's athletics department. He had no reason to.
"'Not at all. I felt it was a large community college and it really didn't bring people back to it, didn't hold on to alumni,' said Fuller, a 1984 graduate and president of R.C. Fuller Inc. in Locust Valley in Nassau County. 'It didn't really offer anything.'
"That's coming from a man who said he's committed about $50,000 in donations to the athletics department over the past several years. [...]
"A string of nationally noticed athletic achievements--what Fuller called 'tangible product'--has been a rising tide lifting the entire department. And the victories come at an opportune time: McElroy might need to raise as much as $10 million for a new stadium that's in the works."
Sichko, Adam. "UAlbany's athletic successes revive school spirit and spur donors." The Business Review. October 22, 2007. http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2007/10/22/focus1.html?page=all
UAlbany athletics: obscene amounts of dough. UAlbany administration: obscene amounts of d'oh!
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