(Presumably by Nick K.)

https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/cal-womens-basketball-announces-its

Well it would help if Cal Athletics made an effort to actually promote the team and its success.

Waiting for Cal Athletics to act is becoming (already is) tiresome. They've had plenty of time to jump on the Cal WBB bandwagon - 14 games worth!

What if we, as Cal WBB fans, took it upon ourselves to promote this very much deserving team? We could request assistance from the Golden Way director and members as well as the Cal Alumni Association.

1. Make a direct appeal to Cal students. The Daily Cal. Fund ads for the online edition and perhaps the print edition as well. Since students get in free, there would be no special ticket offers necessary. Just encourage them to show up particularly student groups. The student group with the largest turnout for that particular game would get some type of prize. Or they'd get points for each game they attend and the point totals at the end of the season would determine a prize for that group. You get the idea.

2. Reach out to Cal Alumni groups in the Bay Area and Beyond. There are 7 alumni clubs in the greater Bay Area and another 3 (Sacramento, Monterey Peninsula, San Joaquin County) relatively close. The Cal Alumni Association could help with these efforts.

Thoughts?

all good ideas ... regarding school haas rock event ... one of best games all season and I heard players love it ... but from talking to various people in the athletic dept it's tough to get schools to attend as it's a big logistical effort ... we can help by donating tickets. I've donated a bus/driver rental a couple years, but the game was so early this year that I missed it

I've also donated tickets to a few youth players, taken some to games, and tried to organize/fund a youth league to play at halftime, but found out you can't donate tickets to a team or have players above a certain age (I don't remember the cutoff, but it was very low) due to NCAA rules ... it's considered a recruiting violation!

I've always advocated that college sports is the best value activity for families anywhere ... the ticket prices are so low, it's a family friendly atmosphere, and it introduces kids to college and gets them on campus early

it's how I first started thinking of going to college!

I also was communicating to someone in the women's program about helping to promote Cal WBB on social media, but that fizzled. I want to try to reopen that communication but have been too busy. I have tried to promote/support MBB and WBB on twitter, but it hasn't received much attention

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— hoopdreams 🐻💙💛 (@hoopdreams1000) November 3, 2024

I do my best to share links, game results, interviews, news stories etc on social media (Bluesky, Threads, FB, Instagram), Boneyard, Reddit (the Chronicle story I shared on Jayda's shoes got 9.6k views on Reddit), some in Rebkell etc.I used to bring kids to games when I coached youth sports but no longer in that mix.

I'm also a paid user of Bearinsider and so have started posting on the premium boards (like the KNBR interview), even though most there seem interested in men's sports. Any of us who are paid subscribers should make a routine of posting on the Haas Pavilion board to get the word out. I think many Cal fans are interested in cheering for a winning team but actually have NO CLUE that the women's team is doing as well as it is...even though BI posts game stories every time. Increasing the actual talk on threads can only help.

I've reached out to the team folks too mentioning an interest in helping promote, but I think they're busy with the season itself....

Doing more promotions with school age kids, elementary thru middle school, would be good...although the night weekday games aren't going to see a lot of attendance from that group, any weekend game should be a no-brainer....

I think reaching out to alumni groups makes sense....