> San Jose State University has a little problem with getting media attention
> for their teams. It's *very* apparent for the hockey team, [...]
>
> So, how do your universities get the media and the local fan base to pay
> attention?                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Promotion.  Publicize your team's schedule.
 
At the grass roots level, try the net.  I live near San Jose, own part
of a Sharks season ticket, and have never heard of the SJSU hockey
team.  I did, however, learn of the Stanford and Cal [Berkeley] teams
through a posting by the Stanford goalie on USENET [ba.something] and
hockey-l.  I invited two hockey virgins to the Stanford-Cal game and
they now both own part of the above mentioned season ticket.
 
[I'll bet there are more Bay Area hockey-l subscribers than the 3
people whose posts I've noticed.]
 
Get the fans and the media will follow.
 
Good luck,
 
Jeff Shimbo
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And to all you hockey-l members out there ...
 
since I haven't posted since fall ... here's my belated public thank
you to Wayne Smith and the members of hockey-l for providing the only
college hockey news readily available on the Left Coast and for hours
of entertainment.
 
Now will you guys lighten up on the ECAC and Ivy bashing?  :-)