Donkey Basketball

Donkey basketball is a variation of the original. In this version, players sit on donkeys to play the game.

Donkey basketball is popular in the southern United States. Played for the fun of it, donkey basketball game is used as fundraisers. The largest company specializing in donkey basketball fundraisers offer 40% of ticket sales for your charity. They add an additional 10% if your ticket sales exceed a certain amount. Buckeye Donkey Basketball is a small company that is situated in Ohio and is touted as the number one family entertainment in America since 1934. Their season runs from October to May. They should provide a referee and a ball, well cared for and clean donkeys, health certificates for the livestock, game organization information that is easy to understand, and shoes that will not mark the floor. For more information, use your favourite search engine to search for their website.

However, there are groups that believe the donkeys are being abused or mistreated in this hilarity. While the owners deny this claim, animal rights groups tout that the animals are whipped and beaten into playing the game. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) strongly believe that the donkeys are mistreated in order for the players to ride them and the owners to use them for the game. There currently is no evidence to support their claims. In addition, donkey basketball is, and always will be, a charity event. The money raised goes to great causes.

Other than donkey basketball, wheelchair basketball is also growing in popularity. Wheelchair basketball is a difficult sport, requiring extreme balance and the love of the game. Players must have tremendous upper physical strength and endurance. Wheelchair basketball has entered the Olympic arena in the Paralympics Games. What is unique about wheelchair basketball is that it maintains most of the major rules of regular basketball, including the height of the basket – it is not lowered to accommodate the players. Wheelchair basketball was first played between WWII veterans in 1946 in the United States. Since then, it has bloomed into popularity and is now governed by the International Wheelchair Basketball Association.

Donkey basketball and wheelchair basketball are, in fact, more popular in some areas of the world than regular basketball. Both have been used for charity functions, and wheelchair basketball is popular among not only the physically disabled people, but also among the able bodied. Both play the game, and able bodied players use wheelchairs and adhere to the rules of wheelchair basketball.