As I suspected/feared, since my alma mater got trounced two weeks ago, the pretty good crowd we had dwindled for this game last (Saturday) night, though not by as much as I thought. We actually had a decent turnout for a team that already will fail to reach the lofty expectations we traditionally have for it.
It didn't start out that way. First of all I was afraid no one else was going to show up. Then one did, then another. Then a couple came in, and they were new, which is great. So I was more than overjoyed with five. But then two other people, someone I know and her friend, came in the first quarter. And so all seven us -- wow, seven!!! -- were in downtown Minneapolis to watch our team lose yet again.
And so I was faced with a question. As president, I need to find ways to raise money for our scholarship fund. One way to do this is to conduct a raffle at our watch parties. But I have been reluctant to do it in the past if there wasn't enough people. But I faced an internal crossroads last night: Is seven people enough to pull off a raffle?
In the end, I decided against it. I didn't want to freak out the new couple by hitting them up for money the first time I saw them. But I did it two weeks ago with at least a couple people. Maybe I hesitated because the two who sauntered in in the first quarter didn't seem to be the raffle ticket-buying type, so why bother. But did I really know?
Or maybe I should just face facts: I was afraid to hustle money for the fund because I didn't know whether I would lose face. I didn't want to think of a money-grubber, and so I abdicated on one of the main functions of my job.
Or maybe I did the right thing because otherwise I would be too pushy? Dammit, I don't know.
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