University Billiards Club In Need Of Help

galipeau

galipeau

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Hello AZer's,

My name is Ian and I have been an active participant in the pool club at my university for the past few years. I'm about to graduate in a few days and I wanted to help out my club. Here's the rundown on our situation: last year there was a miscommunication between the student government and our club's president. Consequently, our club is in debt several hundred dollars (for expenses such as table time and tournaments). Our president is a great guy and has done much to start paying back what the club owes. The bottom line is that we still need to raise more for the rest of the payments.

Here are a few of my ideas:
-Hold a fundraiser for local restaurant, collect a portion of sales brought in.
-Hold a tournament at a local pool hall, offer prizes for 1st and 2nd, then keep what left over from the entry fees that hasn't been used to pay for table time/prizes, etc.
-Raffle off a cue. (I am unsure of who to contact for the raffle, or if AZ would allow it.)

I'm writing this post in the hopes that some of the more experienced members out there might offer some advice. Please feel free to point out the flaws and benefits of these ideas or suggest your own.

Any help or advice is appreciated!

Thanks, Ian
 
Your school can't forgive the expense for table time, seeing that table time uses no resources other than a miniscule depreciation of the cloth and house cues?

If this is the manner in which the school is being conducted, then no assistance should be given to it.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Props to Mike Feiman from pooldawg.com for helping out too.
 
It sounds like the club plays (and pays) at an offsite location.

Maybe talk with the pool hall owner about arranging an additional tournament that the players pay to play. This way the obligation and restitution is on the players: where it should be.
 
So lets see....you need money and have a club that shoots pool. Gamble for it. LOL.
 
ChrisBanks said:
Your school can't forgive the expense for table time, seeing that table time uses no resources other than a miniscule depreciation of the cloth and house cues?

If this is the manner in which the school is being conducted, then no assistance should be given to it.
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That's the school's position...not the club. Why refuse to help the club?




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Just to address a few things. We play on campus in a games room. The rates are reasonable at the on campus pool room: 5 dollars an hour flat charge, regardless of the number of players. Keep in mind that club members all pay dues to join the club. Regardless of the fairness of the games room policy, it was a contract that our club entered into, and therefore we owe what was agreed upon. Even though it's a school owned pool room, they don't cut us any deals on table time. They do offer free tournaments with prizes for first place (lol, gift card for the games room).
 
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galipeau said:
Just to address a few things. We play on campus in a games room. The rates are reasonable at the on campus pool room: 5 dollars an hour flat charge, regardless of the number of players. Keep in mind that club members all pay dues to join the club. Regardless of the fairness of the games room policy, it was a contract that our club entered into, and therefore we owe what was agreed upon. Even though it's a school owned pool room, they don't cut us any deals on table time. They do offer free tournaments with prizes for first place (lol, gift card for the games room).
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Where are you located?
 
DoubleD said:
If the club is getting no support from the school, it is not a club.


Unless you are competing in ACUI, there is no reason to be a member of a billiards club.
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Not to be argumentative, as I do agree there are some points to address in this matter....but I do disagree on these two points.

Certainly it can be a club in every respect without university support.

In addition, competing in ACUI has nothing to do with whether or not it is a club or if one would have legitimate reasons to belong to it.

Although there are many questions unanswered the OP merely asked for suggestions to raise money, apparently in hopes of leaving his club in better shape than it is at the moment.

Unless one feels this is a veiled attempt to collect donations of cash from members here then I fail to understand why people are so critical of what he has posted on this matter.


Again, I do understand that there are many unanswered questions in the matter....but he only asked for advice about raising money.




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I don't know if schools should have recreational facilities or not. It seems like that is not the purpose of a school. Somehow I doubt that Plato's Academy had a pool room!
 
ChrisBanks said:
I don't know if schools should have recreational facilities or not. It seems like that is not the purpose of a school. Somehow I doubt that Plato's Academy had a pool room!
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Well it's not like everyone is in class or studying 24/7. It's good to have a place to chill, kill time between classes, and blow off some steam. Also, when I was in school it provided me with a job and friends. To the OP I definitely don't think you should disband the club. One fundraising suggestion is that you could throw a party and charge people at the door. You could supply them beverages in exchange for their money...assuming everyone is of legal age of course:wink:
 
StraightPoolIU said:
Well it's not like everyone is in class or studying 24/7. It's good to have a place to chill, kill time between classes, and blow off some steam. Also, when I was in school it provided me with a job and friends. To the OP I definitely don't think you should disband the club. One fundraising suggestion is that you could throw a party and charge people at the door. You could supply them beverages in exchange for their money...assuming everyone is of legal age of course:wink:
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If you want to enter the billiard hall, you do so in order to become a master at the game. Otherwise, you are not wanted!
 
ChrisBanks said:
I don't know if schools should have recreational facilities or not. It seems like that is not the purpose of a school. Somehow I doubt that Plato's Academy had a pool room!
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I have a serious issue with such things myself. Academics are seriously lacking in our schools while there is great emphasis on other things.

A club is, I think, just fine. When it is raised to the level of something like football for example, which rapes our academic institutions, then I have serious issues.

Recreation is fine...but when it becomes the primary occupation to the detriment of all else then there is a serious failure.

I only ever knew one "student athlete" that I had any regard for. He played football at my high school which had a highly regarded team for decades, he lived down the road from me, and I knew him well. When he went to university they awarded him a full football scholarship. He turned it down because his family could afford to send him to university. He still played. He was courted by the pros but was adamant that he would not play pro because he was going to go to medical school after graduation. He did go to medical school, became a doctor, trained as a pediatrician, got married, had a couple kids, then died of brain cancer.




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Appears as if the universities are becoming very sucessful at teaching the new business plan that is very popular today. Go in debt and rely on others to bail you out.

Your club president should have a successful career in politics as he proved that he has learned that lesson well. :smile:
 
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50-50 raffle

An easy way to raise money is to hold a 50-50 raffle. 70% to 1st place 30% second place of all money raised. Post daily how much money as been collected as the pot grows more and more people will pay. Charge just $5 per raffle ticket. If you have a pot of $2k people will bet like crazy to win $700 on a $5 bet. All members of the club have to sell tickets. If the pot is 2k then the club gets back $1,000 and your problem is solved.
 
DoubleD said:
As for ACUI, my understanding is that the university has to enter their players into the regional and national competitions.
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I believe that any eligible student can enter to qualify for the ACUI national tournament, regardless of whether or not their school has a billiards club and sponsors them.
 
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