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... Your logic is still faulty to a point though. Having 2 clubs on campus actually does allow for higher caliber and quantity of events. Look at it this way:
OneLove is currently spending about 80% of its budget on snowboarding events. Mostly because they know that there is a skiing club on campus. This means that the remaining 20% is going directly towards skiers.
Now, just hypothetically speaking we will assume that OneLove has membership somewhere close to 900 members (based on ASUU estimates). We can also assume that OneLove's membership is comprised of approximately 65% snowboarders (585) and 35% skiers (315).
On the other hand we will assume that Utah Freeskier Society has membership topping out around 700 members (based on ASUU reporting). In this case we can assume that 95% (665) of the members are skiers and 5% are snowboarders (35). Their budget is entirely spent on skiing events.
Now, this does not mean that there are 1600 total club members. Somewhere close to 40% (126) of the skiers that join OneLove are also joining Utah Freeskier Society. This means that there are potentially 1474 skiers/snowboarders that are readily available to join a club if only a single club existed.
For now we will pretend that both clubs cost $10 to join (although we both know that OneLove just raised their fee’s to $15). We will assume this, solely because that is a pricing issue and doesn’t effect the outcome in the long run (since this is a comparison of the clubs with or without joining together, and is not in fact a comparison of the benefits of each club against each other).
We know that t-shirts cost around $5 each to print. So each club in this scenario is making a $5 profit on each member that joins. When I say profit, I mean money that can go directly towards the club budget. This budget is what is used to buy SWAG for movie premiers as well as venue rentals and video licensing.
Now, lets take a look at the numbers.
Currently, OneLove is bringing in (with $10 fee) about $4500/year to be added to their budget. If you add the approximated $500 ASUU budget that is $5000/year.
Utah Freeskier Society is bringing in (with $10 fee) about $3500/year to be added to their budget. If you add the approximated $500 ASUU annual budget, that is $4000/year.
With OneLove spending 80% of their monies on snowboarding movie premiers and swag, they are allocating about $4000 towards snowboarding and $1000 towards skiing. Utah Freeskier Society would be allocating $4000 towards skiing. (Again, do not get mad here, this is not a comparison of how the clubs are spending their funds, just keep following and you will see where I am going).
This means that in total, Skiing is getting around $5000 of student’s money while Snowboarding is getting around $4000. A fairly equal share, most likely weighted towards skiing.
Now, if we were to combine both clubs, what would happen. This is the reason I used the same $10 analysis above. Because this is the comparison that really matters:
If there were to be a single club on campus, we have already established that there is some crossover between clubs. It has been verified in this very thread. So, with 1474 club members, the new combined club would bring in about $7370. If you add the money from ASUU (which would not increase) you would get $7870. The new club would presumably spend 50% of the funds on skiing and 50% on snowboarding. Which means that Skiing would get $3935 and Snowboarding would get $3935 (actually less than what either is getting with two clubs existing on campus)
Lastly, there is a 3rd scenario here. Keeping the clubs separate entities, but having 1 be a ski club and 1 be a snowboard club. Using the same numbers as before. 854 skiers ready to join a club, 620 snowboarders ready to join a club. If both clubs charged equal fees and both clubs spent 100% of their budgets on their own respective sports, Utah Freeskier Society would bring in $4270 + $500 ASUU ($4770) and Utah Snowboard Club would bring in $3100 + $500 ASUU ($3600). Skiing would receive about as much money as it is getting now, and snowboarding would also be fairly close to what it is getting right now with the existence of Utah Freeskier Society and OneLove.
So, based solely in theory (which is a basis of logic), having Utah Snowboard Club convert its name to OneLove has not really affected anything. Both sports are still maintaining the same market share that they had in the past. Both sports are still having roughly the same budget spent on them as they did in the past. However, combining the clubs into a single entity would decrease the number of ski movie premiers that are held on campus and it would decrease the amount of money skiing is currently getting.
One last point. Having a larger club would not mean more pull with sponsors. The brands that skiers really care about (Armada, 4Frnt, ON3P, Saga, Surface, Causwell, etc.) don’t care if there is a club of 1450 members (if a large portion of them are snowboarders) since none of those brands market towards snowboarders. They would rather have their energies go towards a club that they know is receiving their message in a positive light.
Market = The arena of competitive or commercial dealings
There is competition and it is commerical dealings because we are dealing with an exhange of money for goods or services etc. In short, commerce is present.
Stop going out of your way to look like an idiot / troll / annoy people
