Yeah that's it.

Would the little contribution camera colors be the same? Chrome green and gold would be cool.

Lynnp550 said:

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It doesn't appear that anyone is questioning "Why the men and not the women;" it's more "Why not both?"

The men's program rose from the ashes of a terrible scandal to win a National Championship. The women hardly had what one could call a program when Kim Mulkey showed up. The next year they won the Big 12 title; a scant 5 years later they were National Champions, with a couple of repeats every 7 years, and ended with our coach in the HOF. I cannot even begin to imagine the amazing stories along that road.

When Central Texas' own L. C. McKamie (School Superintendent in Abbott then Gatesville, great friend and mentor of Willie Nelson btw) initiated the first women's high school basketball team in our state, did he even dare to dream of such glory? That history should preface any documentary about WBB in Texas..but I digress.

So the snarky comment about how I should elicit contributions for a Lady Bears documentary begs the question: Who paid for the men's? Because just maybe I will take you up on your suggestion, snarky tho' it was.

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I paid for the men's doc. As did many other posters here. Any poster with a camera icon next to their user name contributed with the color of icon indicating level of donation. Baylor is not funding this doc at all. It's completely crowd/private funded.

BUbearinARK said:

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Would the little contribution camera colors be the same? Chrome green and gold would be cool.

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nah they would be shades of blue......

Ashley Hodge said:

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Lynnp550 said:

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It doesn't appear that anyone is questioning "Why the men and not the women;" it's more "Why not both?"

The men's program rose from the ashes of a terrible scandal to win a National Championship. The women hardly had what one could call a program when Kim Mulkey showed up. The next year they won the Big 12 title; a scant 5 years later they were National Champions, with a couple of repeats every 7 years, and ended with our coach in the HOF. I cannot even begin to imagine the amazing stories along that road.

When Central Texas' own L. C. McKamie (School Superintendent in Abbott then Gatesville, great friend and mentor of Willie Nelson btw) initiated the first women's high school basketball team in our state, did he even dare to dream of such glory? That history should preface any documentary about WBB in Texas..but I digress.

So the snarky comment about how I should elicit contributions for a Lady Bears documentary begs the question: Who paid for the men's? Because just maybe I will take you up on your suggestion, snarky tho' it was.

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Chris Scott, the director of this documentary, has mentioned doing a documentary on Mulkey and even Art Briles during this process. We will have to see how this one goes.

The Briles documentary would probably have the biggest audience given the interest in college football. 17 million tuned in to Baylor vs Gonzaga's championship game versus 3.5 million for Baylor vs Notre Dame in 2019. So some of it is potential audience as to priority.

We think all Baylor fans, college basketball fans and those who identify with Scott Drew's Christian faith (that's really the big audience) are the big viewership groups here but like Edmond Bear said also the intensity of the scandal in 2003 and then 18 years later the pinnacle is a great feel good story.

Mulkey's story would be interesting also, but perhaps less appeal now that she's gone. Sicem365 is only now in a position to even consider projects like this and the MBB documentary was all about timing, the right partnership (Chris Charles Scott) and the story all matching up.

Jim Turner talked about Mulkey quite a bit when interviewed for this MBB documentary, so she will have a role in this story.

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CKM's story will come at the end of her career at LSU.

To be blunt: It's all about demand. If someone thinks there is a large enough audience to make it profitable, then they will dish out the bucks to make it happen. It's easy for us to say someone should do it. It's quite another for someone to put their own money where their mouth is. How many of us are willing to put thousands of dollars into making it happen?

The reality is there may not be enough of an audience to justify it. If it were going to happen, 2 years ago would have been the obvious time: when they won their 3rd natty with lots of drama (Lauren Cox, for example) & Mulkey getting into the HoF.

This is no different than people complaining about WNBA players not getting paid as much as men. It's a business & it's about ratings. More people watch NBA than WNBA. It's that simple.