Why did the FCS president not attend such and such event?

Randy Rowley, FCS president, is flattered that many of you want him to attend a specific event.  FCS events are the heart and soul of FCS and they, along with spending time with his wife, kids, grandkids, and mom are his top priorities.

Since 1991, when he became FCS president, he has attended almost 60% of FCS events.  For example, in 2019 he attended 44 out of 76 events.  With that many events, we have a few dates where more than one FCS event will occur at the same time.  Like you, it is impossible for him to be in two places at once.  Also, like most of you, he simply cannot afford to attend all of our more costly events, as his piggy bank only holds so much.  That means that he has to prioritize.

Furthermore, he attempts to take as many people as possible who are on his duck hunts and freshwater fishing trips.  If he has a duck hunt or bass fishing trip planned on the same date as another FCS event he will always attend the duck hunt or bass fishing trip because the only way that those events will happen is for him to be there (they can’t go in his boat without him).

From October through January he will be deer or duck hunting just about every weekend.  This means that there is no room for sporting clays shoots in his schedule for those months.  Hunting is his first love and he makes no apology for it.  So, if there is another event that is on the same day as a hunt guess which one will win.