What about a Rays Booster Club

I don’t live in the area, but this would be cool.

im pretty much in the same boat as rglass. we’d just have to ponder it when this year is done. but i thought about it on the way home as i had to sit and listen to the big dog on 680 talk about how the rays get no respect in the area and of course ron and ian hyping on this issue. Maybe dear leader can use his tangential connection to the team to make some suggestions.

I thought, for example, how cool it would be to hire some party buses to ship in college students from USF and UT on college nights. More watch parties in Tampa (not BFE like rich herrera does) for away games, maybe get some charity related stuff to plaster rays logos gear etc all over. theres lots of ideas. a bunch of people with a hundo could easily help finance several things and get the attention of the (D)RO.

I think I may need to head up the St. Pete chapter if the booster club.

I think this is a great idea, and more power to the people interested in doing it. With that said, you’d really need to consider how to structure this booster club since there are tax issues involved as well. I think that it’s a great idea, and the team should definitely have one, but the difficulty is in how you set it up and make it manageable.

A game with my DRB brethren would be awesome. As long as someone other than my lazy ass organized it.

Obviously i dont think a Rays Booster Club could be called “Rays Booster Club” because of the rays name and licensing issue. I might write the front office about this nebulous idea and ask them what names they think might fly that would get the point across.

asking what would be permissible name wise and to advise me of any licensing or other related issues.

I thought about it while sitting in traffic on the way to work. Organizing rides and busing in people would be a great thing for certain. Also i know its possible to get group discounts on tix so it might also be a way to save a few bux on the whole affair. Anyways lets see what their attorney says about name use and go from there.

Depending on how this is set up and built upon, I could be willing to pitch in some time and/or cash.

if you’re willing to put in some sweat equity, you have a say as to what you think we should do. Anyways lets see what comes back from the Ray’s attorney first. I’m hoping to get a response some time next week, knowing how attorneys operate. I might be apt to fire one off to the owners too to get their input.