Sports Friendship 'Fun" Raisers

Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.  Deepak Chopra

Proposal and Rational.   

The task of creating and nurturing sustaining fundraising activities is a vital part of many organizations and institutions. Here’s an opportunity to consider how thrilling sports competition can be engineered to embrace creativity and innovation, providing a new and exciting way in which time-honored sports can be enjoyed by co-workers, alumni, parishioners, students and their family members, club membership, et al, for the worthy purpose of meeting your development goals and objectives. 

Or perhaps your organization might very simply want to explore its promise 'just for the fun of it'. 

In a non-traditional format of competition, Sports Friendship ‘Fun” Raisers - provided to you in 'turnkey' fashion, ready for immediate use, with complete, easy to follow instructions - is a transformative way to add to a sport that respects individual accomplishment, honors team play and is widely accepted as a cultural monolith among sports enthusiasts, young and old. 

This proposal is submitted and supported by the John Anthony George Foundation (JAGF), 501c3.  Its founder, principal and its administrators propose this initiative in fulfillment of its charter to support deserving and/or underfunded youth education and sports activities and VFW relief initiatives, particularly in the city of Chicago. 

Objectives and Benefits.

·       To gather participants within their respective venues of play to once again benefit from the physical, emotional and social value acknowledged sports competition can provide.

·       To construct an activity that embraces the thrill of competition for its participants.

·       To engage enrolled recreation centers, park districts, schools, and the like, in one or more of the suggested and supported formats of competition, fostering inter-institutional coordination and collaboration. 

·       To honor the importance leisure and sports activity provides, especially as it relates to its role in ensuring healthy socialization among friends, students and associates and in fulfilling the expectations we have of these activities in service of our overall well-being.

·       Careful social-distancing and infection-avoidant behaviors and practices can be easily deployed throughout the course of competition where and when it is determined to be prudent or necessary.

    Competition Architecture

*Compete in one or more of the following levels and types of play:

1.  Elementary School; Just-for-the-fun-of-it; either gender, both and/or co-ed.  (No officials)

2.  Elementary School; Girls’ Competitive.

3.  Elementary School; Boys’ Competitive. 

4.  Post-Elementary School; up to & including age 21; Just-for-the-fun-of-it; either gender, both and/or co-ed. (No officials)

5.  Post-Elementary School; up to & including age 21; Girls’ Competitive.

6.  Post-Elementary School; up to & including age 21; Boys’ Competitive.

7.  Over 21; Just-for-the-fun-of-it; either gender, both and/or co-ed.   (No officials)

8.  Over 21; Women’s Competitive

9.  Over 21; Men’s Competitive

10.  Over 21; Competitive; either gender, both and/or co-ed.

Pickleball Friendship 'Fun' Raiser       

*    The format of competitive play will be determined by the number of teams entered. A maximum of 8 and a minimum of 4 teams is required for each level and type of play.

*       Typical competitive formats used: Single Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Crossovers … Two Pool Crossovers followed by a playoff round, among others.

*       1 day, minimum 4 match guarantee. 2 out of 3 games wins match. Rally scoring. First to 15 wins. No deuce. 

Shot Clock Shootout Friendship 'Fun' Raiser       

   

5 Competitive Shooting Skills Challenges Overview.                                                                             

1. Two-player tandem, shot alternating, 3 point or spot designated shooting challenge. Each team competes twice. Better score is recorded.  

2. Three player tandem, shot assigned, FT and 3 point or spot designated shooting challenge. Each team competes twice. Better time is recorded. 

3. Three player tandem, shot assigned, 3 point or spot designated shooting challenge. Each team competes twice. Better time is recorded. 

4. Three player tandem, FT (Swish), shooting challenge. Each team competes twice. Better score is recorded. 

5. Traditional, single shooter, shot assigned, 3 point or spot designated shooting challenge. Each team chooses 3 players to compete. Cumulative shots earned among 3 competitors is recorded.  

Hoop Dream Friendship 'Fun' Raiser      

   

·       The format of competitive play will be determined by the number of teams entered. A maximum of 8 and a minimum of 4 teams is required for each level and type of play.

·       Typical competitive formats used: Single Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Crossovers … Two Pool Crossovers followed by a playoff round, among others.

·       1 day, minimum 4 game guarantee. 2 - 16 minute running halves. Stop clock last 2 minutes of the game. OT: 1^st - 1 min; 2^nd - First to score. All bonus FTs are 1 and 1 at 7^th foul each half. 5^th foul individual player elimination.

Bump, Set and Spike Friendship 'Fun' Raiser

       

·       The format of competitive play will be determined by the number of teams entered. A maximum of 8 and a minimum of 4 teams is required for each level and type of play.

·       Typical competitive formats used: Single Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Round Robin followed by a playoff round … Two Pool Crossovers … Two Pool Crossovers followed by a playoff round, among others.

·       1 day, minimum 4 match guarantee. 2 out of 3 games wins match. Rally scoring. First to 21 wins. No deuce. 

Rent-a-Putt Friendship 'Fun' Raiser (see separate post on this website)

       

Organizational Scope.

Competition can be organized at the state, region, school conference and individual institution/entity level.

Expected Fiduciary Obligations of Participants.

While the JAGF cannot claim Shot Clock Shootouts as a concept or idea as a matter of intellectual property, those institutions, agencies, et al, choosing to deploy it in its given structure and detail, agree, in good faith and as reflects an ethical expression of compensatory use, to either (1) make a respectable ‘usual and customary’ donation to the JAGF a. one time only reflecting the value of its unlimited use over time or b. for each discreet event conducted or (2) offer ‘right of first refusal’ to the JAGF for the responsibility of assigning officials for any and all such events, now and in the future. All copyright restrictions will be lifted once elected fiduciary obligations are met by participating agencies, institutions, and the like.

Contact Info.

Peter Willert

Founder and Principal, John Anthony George Foundation, 501c3

Phone:  773-230-8817

Email:    1. breakout@ai-ltd.net     2. pwillertcwp@gmail.com