I think it would be cool to have a charity exhibition in TDECU. It can’t be that hard to put up a temporary court for a game outside. I know MSU and UNC played one on a aircraft carrier. Would be a great atmosphere. What do y’all think?
did you just compare TDECU to an aircraft carrier?
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Was just pointing out they played outside.
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temporary bleaches at Root Square Park in Downtown Houston
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I’m thinking 75% empty tdecu might not be a great atmosphere.
Maybe at nasa surrounded by rockets or something
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A better idea is an annual weekend challenge series in December at Toyota Center when the Rockets are away similar to the UT/LSU and UH/A&M games last year.
I’m sure Tilman can pull this off if we can get some sponsorship.
Each Big 12 team would play 2 SEC teams on a Friday and Sunday and alternate every other year.
UH/Tech/Baylor/TCU vs UT/A&M/LSU/Arkansas
I would love for UH to play UT/Arkansas one year and then play A&M/LSU the next year.
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I’ve thought of something similar before like a blacktop challenge or whatever.
we need to tag all Houston public basketball courts with UH propaganda
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It’s a terrible idea. I’ve attended UH basketball games played in football or multi-purpose stadiums including the Astrodome, the Kingdome, the Superdome, and NRG Stadium. From an attendee’s perspective, they have all sucked. It is like putting a small rectangular in a giant circle. - Yes, there are lots of seats available, but 80% of them are bad in terms of watching a basketball game.
One more thing. Are you aware that our athletic department needs more money? Lots of it! When we play a charity game, the money goes to charity. - Did I mention that this is a terrible idea?
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A charity game is a bad idea?
We need millions. The charity game probably didn’t bring in tons of money
But, its a nice gesture. All schools do exhibition games for charity
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UH has done plenty of games that aided charities. But the charitable goal of those was to encourage awareness or promote personal donations. An example of that is the annual Coaches vs. Cancer game. Yet that is about the coaches (not their university employers) doing something that is charitable in nature. Here is what Coaches vs. Cancer is actually about:
“The Coaches vs. Cancer program is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Since 1993, this initiative has leveraged the personal experiences, community leadership, and professional excellence of coaches nationwide to increase cancer awareness and promote healthy living through year-round awareness efforts, fundraising activities, and advocacy programs.”
Other times in the past UH basketball has been used to promote a toy drive for underprivileged kids (Toys for Tots) or to encourage fans’ personal financial donations to charity (the Christmas Kettle Classic games back in the Guy Lewis era). But, to my knowledge as a UH basketball 50+ year season ticket holder, UH never before donated the entire proceeds of a game to any charitable cause.
And as a one-off I’m not opposed to the hurricane relief exhibition game against the Aggies that was just played (and I attended). Moreover, I am a very charitable person, donating to lots of different causes. However, creating and staging events, even when it is a basketball game, in support of some charitable institution is not what the University of Houston should be doing. Why? Because the University of Houston itself is a charitable institution. And that is why most of the money that I pay UH for basketball (and football) tickets every year is specifically classified by UH as a donation and I am also frequently requested to donate money to other parts of UH.
I appreciate creative thinking and altruism but let me be blunt: UH athletics needs money; and playing games for the stated purpose of donating the gate receipts to charity is (to put it nicely) counterproductive.
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