WBN Round Table: Did the Alumni Basketball Game Reinforce Stereotypes?

My opinion of this event hs changed as time has gone on. At first, I thought it was fantastic and a great way to get people to Lexington for part of a basketball/football double header.  That said, I don’t think it was very well organized.  Initially, I thought that it would be great that if when peple ordered tickets for the basketball game, there were given an option to “get a football ticket for $10″ and if people were football season ticket holders, they get something free to compensate.  Also, football could do the same thing.  Because the charity game is not a UKAA event, maybe that was not possible.  However, Calipari could have gotten a deal to get discounted football tickets on his own and find a way to cross promote.

I know that NBA camps open soon, so another date may not have been good.  But the fact that this is now tied in to Calipari’s fantasy camp kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.  It has turned into a Calipari commercial and I don’t think he has done enough to make it a basketball/football event.  Most tweets I have seen (I may have missed some) have been about ticket sales for the basketball stuff and not about football like he did initially.

Finally, I wonder if people in Lexington are tiring of basketball alumni games and charity events?  It is fantastic that Cal does this, but after last year’s “Dominican” events and “Villains game”, Kentucky fans may be tapped out.  I think it was a great idea, but clunky execution

My opinion of this event hs changed as time has gone on. At first, I thought it was fantastic and a great way to get people to Lexington for part of a basketball/football double header.  That said, I don’t think it was very well organized.  Initially, I thought that it would be great that if when peple ordered tickets for the basketball game, there were given an option to “get a football ticket for $10″ and if people were football season ticket holders, they get something free to compensate.  Also, football could do the same thing.  Because the charity game is not a UKAA event, maybe that was not possible.  However, Calipari could have gotten a deal to get discounted football tickets on his own and find a way to cross promote.

I know that NBA camps open soon, so another date may not have been good.  But the fact that this is now tied in to Calipari’s fantasy camp kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.  It has turned into a Calipari commercial and I don’t think he has done enough to make it a basketball/football event.  Most tweets I have seen (I may have missed some) have been about ticket sales for the basketball stuff and not about football like he did initially.

Finally, I wonder if people in Lexington are tiring of basketball alumni games and charity events?  It is fantastic that Cal does this, but after last year’s “Dominican” events and “Villains game”, Kentucky fans may be tapped out.  I think it was a great idea, but clunky execution