Christopher Hart
Basketball, is a creative and brilliant invention by the infamous physical education teacher by the name of James Naismith. The game is simply the greatest sport ever next to football but you know we all have opinions. To me basketball is everything in the world, growing up day by day practicing and working on my craft has all gone to waste. Moving to Texarkana kind of limited my resources to the game of basketball due to not having available gyms and or AAU basketball teams closer. Coming from Houston we had it all. We had coaches coming to the games, where here it was more centered towards football and baseball which I feel is unfair. So my question is why isn’t basketball more promoted here and why don’t we have gyms available to the public or even college students? Not like the basketball courts and gyms we already have, I mean something new with hardwood and or should Texas A&M Texarkana bring on a basketball team to bring more students to the campus.
Having a team here would really bring a lot more attention to the school I feel. Having more people attend the school from different places in the world and having their families support would be crazy. I honestly think by starting a a team here, there would be better vibes to the school. Don’t get me wrong, its great right now, but no excitement. Basketball brings excitement and electricity to the crowd whether it’s the home team or away team they’re both going to give their all. Somebody is going to put on a show. With having basketball games the school would generate more money in the school funds having a nice gym would be a small investment leading to something great. There would be local kids moving to the school, trying out for the team but main focus is going to be school. Hmm, give some thought it seems to belike a great idea.
Even with the rec I believe that everyone loves to play basketball and we should bring one to the rec and see how many people end up playing basketball in a daily. School of course is the main focus, but having a family and unity amongst a basketball team is like no other. It would bring some swagger to the school. Not only bringing swagger, but it would make the school more diverse amongst their peers causing even more people to come. Generating more funds for the school once again with a small investment and all the land we have I believe the idea would be gold. It would also open up the field to possibly bring more majors to the school if it had growth in population.
If a team formed here I would definitely tryout for the team because all I know is basketball and that’s what I love. My major is mass communications because I want to make it to the NBA Not only using my skills but by having a brain and knowing the knowledge of the game off the court hopefully becoming an assistant or sports analyst. I will always pursue my dreams one way or another because basketball has been really good to me and I owe it that much. Now what we have right now is a very nice state of the art, and yes I love it, but man basketball brings character in so many ways. The excitement will keep more kids in schools and less kids out of these Texarkana streets due to the high crime rate that we do have due to the population of Texarkana.
Growing up, I didn’t try hard enough when I moved to Texarkana. It was like I lost my love. Like my heart was taken. Being used to having multiple access to many different basketball gyms at any time of the night was unbelievable. I truly miss the golden days. Basketball also brings more expansion maybe causing growth making A&M Texarkana Similar in size to A&M Commerce in a couple of years. This should be brought to the dean’s attention that having a team here would bring more funds and excitement to even his life because the whole school would be a little different. Just throwing my two cents in there on how it would be great.
Majority of the students at the school would workout more If a new rec was brought to display. A basketball court weight area and eventually a basketball team man that would be absolutely great. Sooner or later it will happen and the school will gain a huge benefit and a new cultural spirit around the school. Hopefully bringing this to the attention of my professor and my fellow classmates will help spread the word around about having a state of the art gym in the school. So with all the knowledge we have on basketball don’t you think it would be a huge success. Shouldn’t the love of something be brought to life. Basketball is not just a sport it is a dream to many many people all around the world.
With basketball being so important around the world and in so many peoples, lives we should give the town of Texarkana just a little bit of excitement so that they can stay on their feet. Always anticipating some type of basketball game being able to see their children and or friends of the family and other team play would be nice. Having the community come out to support can only mean one thing good reputation having even adults enrolling in school because they’re seeing a change in the community, and its only going to go up from there. Giving that some time and thought we need to expand our mind and funds to help out with this cause. Hopefully we can bring aboard a basketball team and or even other sport teams as the school grows.