Athletics Fundraisers, Attendance Boosters...

[JesseMartin]

Hey, let's all try to do something totally positive that doesn't involve debating (much). I liked the ideas for getting HS kids to games for free, and wondered what other ideas we could come up with.

I already mentioned the art auction idea, which I think could go over well if done right. We raised a TON of money last week at Art Conspiracy, why not use our UNT artistic resources and networking to do the same? Some alums and friends of the University LOVE art, and LOVE donating, so why not do both?

Who else has some ideas to raise money, boost attendance, etc? Maybe if we get some really good ones, we could forward them and see what happens.

[good_ken]

Why not try some type of Corporate day. Lockheed Martin day might have the capacity to raise a record crowd. There are enough employees there to just about fill the stadium. Set up to sell tickets in group numbers or something through the business's community involvement folks.

[Green to the Bone]

1. We should start planning the sale of chunks of Fouts. People might pay $25 for a chunk of concrete or a square foot of playing field turf, mounted on an engraved plaque; maybe $100 for one of the reserved seats, again with an engraved plaque attached. We could auction off some of the signature items like signs, etc. The sale process could start when a new stadium is actually announced. For that matter, certain people might bid for the right to push the demolition button on Fouts. I'm only half kidding about that.

2. The web site of Central Austin State University's athletic program has a way to buy pictures, etc. autographed by Mack Brown and the players. They say they channel all requests through a central portal to reduce the workload and avoid NCAA problems re: demands on players. I'm not sure what kind of workload and time demand our requests would generate at this point, but do we have any type of autographed item sale system?

3. Not all of us can afford to fund a team meeting room or weight room or whatever. But some of us might get a thrill out of sponsoring, say, the opening kickoff game ball. I'm actually not kidding about this. Your donation of $100 (undiscounted retail MSRP of a Wilson NCAA game ball) isn't actually buying that particular ball, of course, but your sponsorship is listed in the program, and you get a certificate and a color photograph of "your" ball being kicked off or caught by our guy.

4. I thought about charging $1200 a year for a secret insider newsletter, but then I found out that's been done already.

Despite the joke, the first three actually are serious suggestions.

[Guest 97and03]

I know this is a couple years down the road, but I really do hope UNT does some type of "buy a brick" campaign for the new stadium. A thread a week or two (or three) had a great example of a walk-way to a new stadium that had the inscribed bricks that fans had bought. I think the Rangers stadium has something similar.

[AJR2010OX]

1. We should start planning the sale of chunks of Fouts. People might pay $25 for a chunk of concrete or a square foot of playing field turf, mounted on an engraved plaque; maybe $100 for one of the reserved seats, again with an engraved plaque attached. We could auction off some of the signature items like signs, etc. The sale process could start when a new stadium is actually announced. For that matter, certain people might bid for the right to push the demolition button on Fouts. I'm only half kidding about that.

2. The web site of Central Austin State University's athletic program has a way to buy pictures, etc. autographed by Mack Brown and the players. They say they channel all requests through a central portal to reduce the workload and avoid NCAA problems re: demands on players. I'm not sure what kind of workload and time demand our requests would generate at this point, but do we have any type of autographed item sale system?

3. Not all of us can afford to fund a team meeting room or weight room or whatever. But some of us might get a thrill out of sponsoring, say, the opening kickoff game ball. I'm actually not kidding about this. Your donation of $100 (undiscounted retail MSRP of a Wilson NCAA game ball) isn't actually buying that particular ball, of course, but your sponsorship is listed in the program, and you get a certificate and a color photograph of "your" ball being kicked off or caught by our guy.

4. I thought about charging $1200 a year for a secret insider newsletter, but then I found out that's been done already.

Despite the joke, the first three actually are serious suggestions.

what about you pay to "chunk a brick at fouts"?

[Quoner]

This thread will revolutionize fund raising.

-Kige Ramsey