Dear Mr. Rick George - The students that have been showing up to the games have been great but we really need a full student section. When the student section is packed the place gets really loud and they are like a 6th man. As you saw yesterday, the student section for the Washington game was only about half full and we didn't have the energy we could have.
PROBLEM - Not enough students are showing up for the games and we desperately need them make the CEC the most difficult venue in college basketball for the opposing team. With Arizona and Arizona State coming to town next week and a 4th place or better finish (and a first round bye at the P12 tournament) on the line, the time to act is now.
SOLUTIONS - SHORT-TERM
We need students at the games (before it starts) in a little over a week. I am guessing the athletic department already sends emails, please give pizza to the first 2,000 (or how many seats plus a few hundred standing) to the final games. Thrown in t-shirts for the first 500 for the Arizona game.
LONG-TERM
Bring back the award system where students get burritos, t-shirts and other goodies for attending home games. Send 4 -10 students to the P12 Tournament as was done in the past. Hire some students to lead the student section in organized clean chants. (take his whistle, fun-da-men-tals, you can't do that, left-right left-right sit down, and airball) With the right leadership, a player from the opposing team who throws up an airball early in the game will be reminded of how elevation can impact his shot throughout the game. I hear that CU has a pretty good Business School. Tap into that talent and use some of the marketing students to come up with ways to draw the students in.
HOW YOU PAY FOR IT
SHORT-TERM
I know that funds are tight. For this year, I am counting on Coach Boyle stepping up and telling the students that he really needs them next week and he wants to buy them a meal to show how much he appreciates their support. Since he is in the top incomecar tax bracket, if he chooses to reduce his salary by the amount used, it will only cost him 50 cents on the dollar.
LONG-TERM
Have a check off box on the season ticket renewals where I and other CU fans can make an extra $10, 20, or $100 donation to pay for the above. I think you may be surprised to find that people are willing to chip in for a better atmosphere. Coach Boyle may still need to help out the first few years. As we win more games that should mean more revenue and it will become self funding.
Sincerely yours,
CU Basketball Fan
PROBLEM - Not enough students are showing up for the games and we desperately need them make the CEC the most difficult venue in college basketball for the opposing team. With Arizona and Arizona State coming to town next week and a 4th place or better finish (and a first round bye at the P12 tournament) on the line, the time to act is now.
SOLUTIONS - SHORT-TERM
We need students at the games (before it starts) in a little over a week. I am guessing the athletic department already sends emails, please give pizza to the first 2,000 (or how many seats plus a few hundred standing) to the final games. Thrown in t-shirts for the first 500 for the Arizona game.
LONG-TERM
Bring back the award system where students get burritos, t-shirts and other goodies for attending home games. Send 4 -10 students to the P12 Tournament as was done in the past. Hire some students to lead the student section in organized clean chants. (take his whistle, fun-da-men-tals, you can't do that, left-right left-right sit down, and airball) With the right leadership, a player from the opposing team who throws up an airball early in the game will be reminded of how elevation can impact his shot throughout the game. I hear that CU has a pretty good Business School. Tap into that talent and use some of the marketing students to come up with ways to draw the students in.
HOW YOU PAY FOR IT
SHORT-TERM
I know that funds are tight. For this year, I am counting on Coach Boyle stepping up and telling the students that he really needs them next week and he wants to buy them a meal to show how much he appreciates their support. Since he is in the top incomecar tax bracket, if he chooses to reduce his salary by the amount used, it will only cost him 50 cents on the dollar.
LONG-TERM
Have a check off box on the season ticket renewals where I and other CU fans can make an extra $10, 20, or $100 donation to pay for the above. I think you may be surprised to find that people are willing to chip in for a better atmosphere. Coach Boyle may still need to help out the first few years. As we win more games that should mean more revenue and it will become self funding.
Sincerely yours,
CU Basketball Fan
Coach B paying for it seems like a no brainer from a PR perspective as well as how he would personally benefit when the team won more games. An investment of $10,000 for the Arizon and ASU games would represent .0067 of his salary. Seems like a great investment.
