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Date: | Wed, 8 Dec 1999 08:58:50 -0500 |
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>Should I somehow get the ability to hear your show, and the
>conversation
>moves away from real sports to a discussion of an "entertainment" show,
>I'll listen carefully to learn if you make the point that there is a
>clear
>distinction between the two. TV wrestling is NOT a sport. Should Maine
>field an NCAA wrestling team, THAT would be a sport. Personally, I
>believe most people realize that it's not a "sport". The organizations
>even admit that (I've heard they sometimes release the outcomes of the
>matches on the internet before they happen). We never try to convince
>people it is a sport, but since most of our listeners are in college,
>they are old enough to understand, or figure it out by watching. I
>agree that tv wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling are not the same, and
>one is real competition and one is not.
>However, as I know you attend games both at Alfond and away as a Maine
>hockey broadcaster, I can ask you this question: Have Maine students
>adopted a "suck" cheer yet ? Are there any other venues the team have
>visited where they do NOT use that type of cheer at some time during a
>game
>? As one other student mentioed, I have heard a "BU Suck" cheer for
>years, but other than that, nothing at Maine. I have heard it at
>opposing arenas, however. That doesn't mean they use it all the time,
>though. And just because I didn't hear it one time doesn't mean they
>never use it (maybe they just didn't want to use it that day). What
>I'm trying to say is that I believe Maine is one of the few schools
>who, on the whole, have good fans (I can think of some people who try
>to prove me wrong night in and night out)...
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