>Did I hear (second hand) the trivia question right tonight?
>
>Was it:  What ice arena is the worst to broadcast from in the
>         WCHA?  (probably not the exact verbage)
>Answer:  Dane County Coliseum
 
yes, you DID hear correctly.   That was the question.
 
 
>My sister who was tracking the game for me while I bowled (poorly
>to say the least), told me this was the question.  Although I am not
>in the broadcasting profession, I find this a tasteless question.
>Why waste bandwidth with a subjective question?  I'm surprised at
>Frank M.!  Even though I am a Badger fan in the Twin Cities, I have
>always enjoyed his coverage of hockey and thought he was one of the
>most objective announcers around.
>
>Since Frank is a subscriber to the list, I would like to hear not
>only his rationale for airing the question,
 
Although Frank can answer that, I don't believe Frank knew what the
question was going to be.  He sounded fairly "shocked" that that was the
question and even made a comment about "I guess I did too much complainging
last night"  or something like that.
 
 
>but also why the DCC was selected as the worst ice arena.
 
he made several comments throughout both nights (most on Friday night)
about it and the lack of sight lines basically.  It's hard to call
play-by-play if you can't see everything. 8)
 
>Furthermore, I am curious if he has seen the UW's new ice arena layout and
>if it is improved over
>the DCC's for broadcasting quality.
 
One has to wonder, don't they?  Being that it's being built now, it might
be.  But the bigger question is, how will the arena be since it's going to
be a multi-purpose arena (I believe that's what was said Friday evening on
MSC) and Hockey is the 3rd sport inline to use it.  The question arises
about the ice quality and what will that be like and how many games will be
pushed to afternoon's because of basketball.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brett
 
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