Drawing liberally from Terry Tuschen Jr., I sent the following message
to CNN. Will be curious to see this weekend's Headline News.
FXM
Dear CNN:
I noticed some college hockey scores running on your ticker (CNN
Headline News) last week. But the scores weren't there last weekend.
Just as a point of information, college hockey is the second or third
largest revenue producer for the NCAA. There are literally hundreds of
thousands, if not millions, of college hockey fans. Every weekend, from
October through mid-April, college hockey games are played throughout
the country. There are three divisions of play within the NCAA and
numerous schools that participate in the American Collegiate Hockey
Association. More importantly, the sport is NOT a regional sport.
College hockey is played, at various levels, throughout the country
including California, Texas, Arizona, all of the south, and at all of
the service academies.
I realize, of course, it is impossible for you to display all of the
college hockey scores. Just as it is impossible to display all of the
NCAA college basketball game scores. On the other hand, it does not
seem unreasonable to request, on behalf of both college hockey fans
and the respective college and university students, that the scores
for colleges participating in the four NCAA Division One conferences
to be shown. This would include Hockey East schools (many of which are
Big East schools in basketball), the ECAC Division One schools, of
which there are 12 (including six Ivy League schools), the Central
Collegiate Hockey Association (many of which are Big Ten basketball
schools) and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association which also has
several Big Ten schools. There are several independent schools
including the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and the Air Force
Academy which also participate at the division one level. All in all
there are a total of approximately 45 schools and of course all of
them do not all play at the same time. At most there may be 15 to 20
scores posted from different time zones. These scores are easily
obtainable from a variety of sources and can be shown under the
heading of "NCAA Hockey".
As a college hockey fan, I really enjoyed seeing those recent scores.
I realize you don't have the time to go into the games themselves on
your broadcasts, but it sure is nice to see them on the Sports Ticker.
I can't always listen to the games, so having another source for
scores is great.
Please put them back on. College Hockey is a wonderful game, and it
could really use the exposure.
Thank you,
Francis X. Mallgrave
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