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A poster on the Bootleg expressed one view:  that the numero uno  thing one should look for in an Athletic Director is...ability to bring in donations and raise money.    That might be.  I don't know.  Does money follow athletic success or does money cause athletic success?    Stanford convinced John Arrillaga to fund a whole new stadium during a period of football decline, but maybe JA is just an outlier data point,  a guy so besotted by Stanford athletics that he is a compulsive supporter.  But,  giving to athletics has increased (as has earned revenue)  ever since Harbaugh set foot on campus.    And JA's funding a stadium aside,  it can be argued that the new Pac-12 and its TV contract  is more significant than shifts in alumni giving over the last few years.    And I certainly don't know who/what type of of athletic dept. leader is a slam-dunk to be a success.

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A poster on the Bootleg expressed one view:  that the numero uno  thing one should look for in an Athletic Director is...ability to bring in donations and raise money.    That might be.  I don't know.  Does money follow athletic success or does money cause athletic success?    Stanford convinced John Arrillaga to fund a whole new stadium during a period of football decline, but maybe JA is just an outlier data point,  a guy so besotted by Stanford athletics that he is a compulsive supporter.  But,  giving to athletics has increased (as has earned revenue)  ever since Harbaugh set foot on campus.    And JA's funding a stadium aside,  it can be argued that the new Pac-12 and its TV contract  is more significant than shifts in alumni giving over the last few years.    And I certainly don't know who/what type of of athletic dept. leader is a slam-dunk to be a success.