(05-13-2021 10:53 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-13-2021 09:03 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  This is QUITE LITERALLY who we are, and we don't market it (at least not much nor effectively... I'm a fan and I haven't seen it. The odds that a casual potential fan has is close to zero). Makes NO sense.

Never have. Didn't as a member of the SWC. Didn't as a member of the WAC. Don't as a member of CUSA.

Marketing and revenue generation are two things the athletic department has never concerned itself with on any sort of appropriate scale, at least not during any association I have had with the university (which goes back to 1965).

And the university as a whole has never really engaged with the City of Houston. The opportunity was there for decades, but UH may have snatched it from us now.

There's still a niche for Rice in this market. We've got to reach the 'academics' in Houston who still appreciate the true student-athlete. It could mean 1,500 more fans at each football game if it were done correctly, given the product is great. No one supports a loser.