The website should bring the visibility to athletes and programs that is necessary for the athletes to advance to higher levels of competition and for the programs to be funded. Not surprisingly, the US Department of Education's Educational Resources Information Center found that the single most important factor in determining the success of university fund raising efforts is the visibility of the school. They also found that the single highest contributing factor to school visibility is the success of its athletic teams. We look forward to working with you as we roll out this ambitious initiative. We are targeting varsity basketball as our test platform.
Basketball touches a large number of schools and has the advantage of very high visibility.
As we develop the programs and web pages for basketball we will also be developing the model for the other sports. By spring we expect to have a fully functioning website in place that will begin to provide the support we need to accomplish our goals.