anyone have experience with the boosters of the your kids team in college? tailgate etiquette? anything one should be wary of as a players parent?
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Come on, no advise here?
You should definitely bring some classy broads whit U...
Oh, and make sure you've got ESPN's latest mobile app loaded, so that everyone will see that you're the type of guy who stays "in the know" on all the latest scores and highlights.
Make sure you've got the latest U swag. Check to see if your kid's school has updated their logo or mascot. Nothing more embarrassing than doing your best rendition of a tomahawk chop when the University has already settled the class-action lawsuit and moved on to a cute and harmless marine animal that could never be considered a Protected Class.
Make sure you're caught up on tuition payments.
Book a flight on American Airlines, so that you can get the latest copy of "Sky Mall". They've got the latest and most sophisticated executive gadgets that will make you the envy of all the other parents. When you show up at a college tailgate party with a folding fabric lawn-chair that supports European 220V electrical outlets, people will know you're big-money right away.
Bring a flask, filled with Kool-aid. Don't get drunk for real.
Have an older kid who's already in the Minor's, who's about to break in to the Show. That way you can pull off the Yoda thing, and act like you're so over the current experience. If you don't have an older kid in the Minor's, then act like you're older kid was on his way, then got injured. Have an older kid.
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Texas Crude, from our experience it's nothing like high school. At 2B's JUCO, you could choose whether or not you wanted to contribute to the "Dugout Club" and at what level. No pressure at all to contribute, but if you do, you write your check, and that's it. There were no booster kinds of activities. They had a "Parents Weekend" in the fall with a couple of double-headers over the weekend, a bbq on Saturday night. Besides that, there was very little face-to-face interaction between coaches and parents. It was refreshing, actually. I don't know how it will be this year in D2, but I don't think it'll be too different.
Originally Posted by wraggArm:
You should definitely bring some classy broads whit U...
Oh, and make sure you've got ESPN's latest mobile app loaded, so that everyone will see that you're the type of guy who stays "in the know" on all the latest scores and highlights.
Make sure you've got the latest U swag. Check to see if your kid's school has updated their logo or mascot. Nothing more embarrassing than doing your best rendition of a tomahawk chop when the University has already settled the class-action lawsuit and moved on to a cute and harmless marine animal that could never be considered a Protected Class.
Make sure you're caught up on tuition payments.
Book a flight on American Airlines, so that you can get the latest copy of "Sky Mall". They've got the latest and most sophisticated executive gadgets that will make you the envy of all the other parents. When you show up at a college tailgate party with a folding fabric lawn-chair that supports European 220V electrical outlets, people will know you're big-money right away.
Bring a flask, filled with Kool-aid. Don't get drunk for real.
Have an older kid who's already in the Minor's, who's about to break in to the Show. That way you can pull off the Yoda thing, and act like you're so over the current experience. If you don't have an older kid in the Minor's, then act like you're older kid was on his way, then got injured. Have an older kid.
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LMAO funny stuff wraggarm
Originally Posted by Texas Crude:
anyone have experience with the boosters of the your kids team in college? tailgate etiquette? anything one should be wary of as a players parent?
Tailgate before a college baseball game? (or football?) Legit question.
I thought the Milwaukee Brewers were the only ones that tailgated before baseball games! (and boy, do they tailgate!)
I have great tailgates for college football, and lots of people tailgate before both Arizona State and Virginia Tech baseball games, but I never attended or did one of my own because I prefer watching batting practice and infield.