I was told by our athletic director "we are a business and there is only
a certain number of entertainment dollars in Syracuse and we're after
every one of them."
 
Since we now have a radio and TV deal and the newspapers and with a
partnership with the Crunch (AHL) looking to get alot of support, we are
now a 'competitor.'
 
Larry Haag, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY wrote:
>
> >Outside of the proposal, I asked our athletic director if there was any
> >way in which the athletic department would support the hockey team as an
> >'experiment' to show what a Division-I team could do, especially with
> >the basis already there. I was told that we would not get any support
> >from them since, with our radio and TV deal along with our merchandising
> >through CCM (which we recieve no money from), we were a competitor to
> >them.
>
> How are you in competition with the athletic department?  Sounds like
> bureaucratic hogwash!
 
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