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- Mon May 23, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: AFL
- Topic: Six AFL China nicknames are announced.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7507
Sports Team Ownership Rule Number One: Demographics are no guarantor that people will pay to attend games. Does anyone remember when MLB, which has far more resources and marketing capabilities, tried growing baseball in mainland China by using the Beijing Olympics as a springboard for a new league?...
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:55 pm
- Forum: WNBA
- Topic: WNBA star Elena Delle Donne calls for lowering rims in womens basketball to showcase
- Replies: 1
- Views: 48014
I nearly fell off my chair when I read that. One of the reasons there are people (men included) who like the WNBA and women's basketball in general is because it's less about throwing down dunks and more about fundamentals and ball movement. Lowering the rim in WNBA games from 10 to 8 feet would be ...
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:48 pm
- Forum: D-League
- Topic: Bakersfield to relocate to Prescott Valley, AZ
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12402
- Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:56 am
- Forum: MLS
- Topic: Seattle Sounders FC (MLS team name)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9383
Clarification on selection of Sounders name
The reason Seattle's MLS team is going to be called the Sounders is simple: The fans want it. The owners held a "Name the Team" contest featuring multiple choices fans were allowed to vote on precisely because owners did NOT want to call the team the Sounders. However, such a huge number o...
- Mon May 21, 2007 2:51 pm
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Team Problems !
- Replies: 27
- Views: 14513
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:51 am
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Any thoughts on IBL?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28665
Pounder pretty much got it right. Lewis County IS midway between Seattle and Portland on the western side, about halfway between Mount Rainier and Mount Saint Helens on the eastern side. Largest county in land size in Washington west of the Cascades, very rural and conservative. There are about 70,0...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:57 pm
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Any thoughts on IBL?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28665
Okay, if we're talking marketing as opposed to media relations, you make some valid points. However, the Raptors are doing next to nothing in the marketing aspect, either. They DID have some kids' camp where (I think) 35 kids turned out before the season started, but that's pretty much it. No advert...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:15 pm
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Any thoughts on IBL?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28665
So then people go to a game even if they don't know whether there's going to BE a game or not? That's faith bordering on religion. My experience is that people are not going to make plans to go to any event if they don't know about it. What does it tell you when no sportswriter shows up to cover the...
- Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:01 am
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Any thoughts on IBL?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28665
More on the Lewis County situation
The Raptors played a home game Friday night against some team called the "Oregon All-Stars." I have no idea who they are, but then, most people here have no idea who won because the Centralia Chronicle had nothing on the game Saturday (no Sunday publication)...no recap, no boxscore, no res...
- Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:53 pm
- Forum: IBL
- Topic: Any thoughts on IBL?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28665
the Lewis County (WA) Raptors had about 100 people at their opening night game at Centralia College, then another 100 or so the following night at Morton High School. I don't expect it to get any better. As someone who has worked in both sports PR and the media for over 20 years, I can say with some...