Amen.
 
They even tried to anticipate criticism such as yours by throwing in a quote
from Krog - something about "the team is what matters most to me."
Whatever.  It was obviously a blantant attempt to showcase Krog for western
Hobey voters who might not get to see him play.  Now we can bemoan the fact
that Hobey voters don't have the ability to see all the players, and that
certainly is unfortunate.  However, UNH (or HE, or whoever put on that
commercial) is trying to take advantage of that unfortunate situation by
giving "their guy" a boost with the voters.  What a Krog....  er, crock!
 
Guess the brainwashing worked!
 
Robb
 
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Deron Treadwell
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 12:02 PM
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> Subject: Hobey Campaign Commercials?
>
>
> How do college hockey fans feel about "campaign-style" commericals to
> promote players who might be considered for the Hobey Baker?
>
> I've been privleged to be able to watch all three Fox Sports New
> England games of the week and for the last two weeks FSNE has featured
> a commercial (which has only played once each game from what I can
> tell) which promotes New Hampshire forward Jason Krog's
> accomplishments.  The commercial details Krog's on-ice and off-ice
> accomplishments and then at the very end features Krog skating toward
> the camera, as "Hobey Baker Candidate" is printed on the screen.
>
> If someone knows for sure the motivation for this commercial (i.e.
> someone at UNH had to fund this), I'd be real interested in hearing
> more about it.  Maybe this wasn't the intended message, but I can't
> think of another one.  The commercial focuses all on Krog as the
> individual, not UNH as a program or a school.  Krog certainly has some
> impressive accomplishments on and off the ice.  Call me a purist, but I
> for one hope that schools do not follow this lead and start flooding
> college hockey broadcasts with more self-promotional material.
>
> -dt
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