12/18/02: Donovan, Arena and Rochester

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by jmeissen0, Dec 18, 2002.

  1. Sachin

    Sachin New Member

    Jan 14, 2000
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Re: Re: Re: Re: 12/18/02: Donovan, Arena and Rochester


    Is the compose key next to the any key?

    :confused:

    Sachin
     
  2. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nah, the Burn will be back in the Cotton Bowl this year. This whole tango with Southlake is just to squeeze a better deal out of the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department.
     
  3. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Artificial turf in Rochester?

    Soccertown USA, my hairy white butt.
     
  4. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Giants Stadium looks horrible now. Did you see any of that last Sunday?

    Alphonse:"Somone's building a soccer-specific stadium! That's great! This is the best thing ever!"

    Gaston:"They're putting grasstroturf in it!"

    Alphonse: "Oh, that sucks. That's the worst thing ever. Forget what I said before."

    Cue the "Evils of Grasstroturf" discussion, 250 posts or fewer, please. ;)
     
  5. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078
    how many posts in there should be over 1000 words?
     
  6. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    None, hopefully.

    Your honor, we'll just stipulate that Grasstrotuf sucks and move on to the really important stuff, like how radical feminists are killing the USMNT.
     
  7. Sachin

    Sachin New Member

    Jan 14, 2000
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    There were nearly 500 separate newspapers that ran the Arena and Donovan stories, according to a friend of mine who tracks such things for a PR firm.

    Not all of them will be on the Web. You have to pay extra to be able to post an AP story online.

    Baby steps, people.. baby steps.

    Sachin
     
  8. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078

    and i can tell you that a crap load of them were posted online... i sifted through tons of newspaper stories that were ap or another form of wire story

    and don't forget mcbride (that was in a ton as well)

    hell, the tons of wire pickups are a big reason why i often miss stories...
     
  9. kebzach

    kebzach Member

    Dec 30, 2000
    Greenfield, WI
    Foxboro seems to get a lot of credit for it's turf, and that's nice and all, but shouldn't Denver get credit as well, especially if you're working on the theory that "new stadium, improved drainage and technology" theory?
     
  10. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    East Coast Media Bias™
     
  11. Revolt

    Revolt Member+

    Jun 16, 1999
    Davis, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. kpaulson

    kpaulson New Member

    Jun 16, 2000
    Washington DC
    I did a Lexis search by month a year a couple of years back-- I don't remember the exact numbers, but I can tell you that 500 wire stories in one day for Bruce Arena is ALOT more than we used to get. But it might be a one-time blip-- what I basically found in the search was that coverage had been basically stagnant. On the other hand, I think MLS has made some progress since a couple of years ago.... Anyone have free Lexis?
     
  13. drew_VT_6

    drew_VT_6 Member

    Feb 22, 2000
    Orange County, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078

    i hope you guys are laying into them like all hell
     
  15. MAE'S MULLET

    MAE'S MULLET New Member

    Dec 6, 2001
    Washington DC
    I had to send Rochester an email. Here is their reply:

    harles,

    Thanks you for you suggestions. First of all let me state that we have not
    committed to using artificial turf at PaeTec Park. We will however look
    into a more state-of-the-art Field Turf which is much better and even a
    similar surface to grass. With the weather and the number of events here in
    Rochester we would not be doing our homework if we didn't at least consider
    it. In addition the type of turf that we would consider (Field Turf) has
    been approved by FIFA. We wouldn't install a surface that would preclude us
    from ultimately reaching our ultimate goals.

    Thanks again for your support.

    Eric Trendel
    Director of Media/Community Relations
    Rochester Raging Rhinos
     
  16. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078
    what's the address that you used?
     

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