McNeil Gift

As many of you know, we have been treated VERY well by the folks at McNeil. Unlike most schools in town that try to keep people off their fields (particularly a bunch of older guys who play a very physical game that can really tear up the turf), the coaches at McNeil have been very hospitable towards us. Not only do they let us play there but when the rent the fields out to organizations, they tell those organizations about us and try to get them to accommodate our game. This relationship is very valuable and so at the end of last year, we thought we should do something to let them know how much we appreciate them and the arrangement.

*Rick* has a sports art business and does great work so we had him put together a beautiful framed print in the McNeil colors that has an arm grabbing a helmet in a "rally cry" posture:





















In any case, a few months ago, I went down to the school to deliver the gift. It was during summer football and when I went out to the field in a tie and slacks, some of the players thought I might be a college scout which was obviously amusing. In any case, after about 30 minutes of walking around the school (it's REALLY big), I finally found the Athletic Director/Head Coach and gave him the piece and thanked him for all his support of us. He was really thrilled with it, exclaiming 3 or 4 times "That's totally awesome!" and best of all, telling us that "we're great and we take care of the fields." I'm really glad we did it and think we should do something similar next year.