ugbaz t1_ixzlq2i wrote on November 27, 2022 at 5:08 PM

This was done well into the 80's. I remember our teachers playing Donkey Ball for a charity event in our high school's gym in rural Nebraska circa 1986.

ochoomas t1_ixzydso wrote on November 27, 2022 at 6:33 PM

Yup, did it in high school in the 70s, students against the teachers. Students had a big advantage because the organization that provided the donkeys had a policy of feeding the teachers’ mounts right before the game, so their side spent a lot of game time cleaning up, but the typing teacher was semi-pro b-ball player on the side and she could sink a shot from anywhere on the court.

keith714 t1_iy00g1q wrote on November 27, 2022 at 6:47 PM

My school was doing this into the early 2000’s.

namek0 t1_iy1f58o wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:36 AM

Same

Spirited-Collar-7960 t1_iy1l22m wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:23 AM

I saw one in rural Michigan in probably about 2010.

Ashirogi8112008 t1_iy01j7s wrote on November 27, 2022 at 6:54 PM

My rural elementary school and high school used to (and may still) do this up until I graduated in 2018, One year we had to cancel and just have a teacher's game of basketball because the donkeys got stuck on the wrong side of a malfunctioning railroad crossing

FlightoftheBeeMovie t1_iy19n9k wrote on November 27, 2022 at 11:54 PM

My town still does this.

AsilverGoose t1_iy1j5s8 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:07 AM

My high school hosted donkey basketball in the mid-late 2010s, always a great time!! We had so much fun!

seamusmcfly88 t1_iy2cmv5 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:17 AM

My town still does this