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just got reminded that i promised to share what i learned from my "you can
influence the committee" mail. Here's a copy of the mail I sent.
This is not a scientific poll. The sample size is FAR too small. I
also talked to several folk at the event and have paraphrased what they
said as well
> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:40:28 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Charlie Shub <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [ name deleted ]
> Subject: schedule for frozen four
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
>
> [ name deleted ]
> This represents a survey of about 25 people at most.
>
> My message was.....
> yesterday, between the 2nd and 3rd periods, i went up to the
> NCAA committee suite. Anyhow, a member of the committee (not
> my neighbor, coach serratore) asked me about whether hockey-l
> folk would like a change to a saturday/monday format. I
> promised him that i would get some opinions. This e-mail is a
> request for some brief opinions (to me directly) on this
> issue. I'll sumarize and send you a copy of the e-mail.
> Opinions, as always, carry more weight when justified.
>
> change to saturday monday 4
> do not change 11
> change to friday sunday 5
> indifferent 2
>
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> reasons given
> sat-mon reduces conflict between tv and work
> sat-mon makes dead day sunday. if attending, less things to do than on friday
> sat-mon has players missing moday classes when schedule is already
> dovetaiuled to missing thursday-friday classes
> fri-sun less awful in screwing up work week
> tv revenue might be better on sat-mon
> do not change, we are not roundball
> i'd rather watch final live than semi-finals
> little to gain from change other than tuesday travel may be cheaper
> if within driving distance, i can work friday and still attend
> do friday sunday day before mens hoops
> easier to get off later in the week
> sunday "tourist day" a bad idea
>
> my observations
> if one is flying, one most likely misses 3 days of work
> wed-fri, thu-fri-mon, or fri-mon-tue
>
> having sunday as tourist day not nearly as good as friday
> (don't have to compete with locals for attractions, more
> attractions open, etc)
>
> there may be marginallly better air fare if a change is made
>
> i know nothing about impact on TV revenues
>
> the layoff between regionals and finals is long now. changing
> days either increases the layoff or (if you go 5 days earlier)
> decreases it to the point where the teams at the fri-sat
> regionals have an advantage over the sat-sun regionals
>
> despite the suggestion of one of my colleagues, a dovetail
> with hoops will not work unless we displace women's hoops as
> women's hoops now occupies the friday-sunday (or
> sunday-tuesday) around the men's hoops.
>
> the venue is sold out anyway, so the motivation can't be to
> bring more fans in.
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