southpaw
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Fair enough. I'm sure WDAZ had good intentions. But from an outsider's perspective, you have to admit this looks pretty "small time". It's kind of embarassing.
i'm not quite sure people realize the capabilities of wdaz and their staff. they are a small time station, no question about it. they don't have an unlimited budget, they don't have a huge staff of people to choose from to help out with games. they are in the bottom half of a tv market that is in the bottom half of all tv markets. they have done an amazing job all things considered with fssn and the other productions. don't expect fsn type stuff from them, because wdaz is nowhere near that good. they've done a great job and many times people expect them to do things that sometimes just aren't feasible for such a small station.
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The "Thanksgiving and family are more important than a football game" excuse given by some on this board is hogwash. WDAZ submitted a bid to air the game and would have aired the game had the NCAA replied sooner. Therefore, that argument is irrelevant. Let's not confuse the issues.
The relevant issues are : 1) why it took so long for the NCAA to grant permission (did WDAZ submit the proposal later than usual or was not diligent in following-up, or was the NCAA at fault?), and 2) given when WDAZ gothe notice (which isn't clear from the release) whether there was enough time to put together a road broadcast given the short notice by the NCAA. On those issues, I have no idea.
i'm not saying the thanksgiving and family are the reason why they weren't planning on doing the game. i'm saying that with the late notice, it becomes a lot harder because of thanksgiving and family. were this not a holiday weekend, i think they would be able to get the broadcast on, even with such short notice. however, because a decent amount of the production crew will be celebrating the holiday, it is much harder.
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that he was
and so far he has a goal and an assist.
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i've said it before, i'll say it again. putting these broadcasts together takes A LOT of work by A LOT of people. there are things more important that watching a sioux football game. i'm not happy it's not being aired, but i also am realistic about people wanting to spend time with their families instead of working their asses off.
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Wouldn't it be something like planning a last minute vacation? Throw your stuff in the car and hit the road.
I guess that I've come to the realization that if you want something bad enough, you can always make a way for it to work, no matter how much time/money you have.
Apparently someone doesn't want this bad enough.
i'm saying there are a lot of things that need to happen in order to make the "vacation" possible. you need a decent amount of people who know what they're doing to put together a broadcast, especially on the road. it's not a "grab stuff and go" type thing. there is a lot of planning that goes into putting the games together. it's not as simple as just hooking up a couple mics and a camera.
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I have to disagree. If being a part of the media is your career and you think that you should have a set schedule, not ever having a few variables, well then you are probably in the wrong profession.
nobody expects a perfect continuous schedule in tv. but you can't honestly expect people to be willing to drop any and all plans to be with family so you can watch a playoff football game. i'm all for getting to see as many games on tv as possible, but there are also more important things. a person's career is not their life. most of those who work in the business understand that at times they will have to go out of their way, but there are exceptions. this weekend, i'm willing to give them a pass.
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That's life in that type of career.
no, it's not.
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Pat Sweeney better address the situation on the sports tonight. He also better tell it like it is. If it's true that the ncaa is at fault..so be it. But don't give the NCAA a pardon. I would definitely prefer not to blame WDAZ if they aren't at fault. Just make it clear. Once again couldn't WDAZ have done a lot of things assuming they would have gotten the OK. Life is full of risks and WDAZ could of taken a fairly safe risk.
i agree. i mean it's not like it's a lot of work to setup advertising for a 3 hour broadcast. that easily could be done in two days, especially when one of them is a holiday. then of course, having a crew of 20 people be on alert in case they have to drive to omaha to put on the show. wdaz seriously needs to get their act together.
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I understand that it may not be feasible for UND to completely drop WDAZ, but I'd like to think there would be some ramification to DAZ breaking the precedent set years ago that road playoff football games are televised, period.
sometimes it's out of wdaz's control.
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So has anybody heard of what WDAZ's excuse is? I guarantee that if it was NDSU in the playoffs, whether dII or I-AA, WDAY/Forum Communications would have it on.
To the extent it's possible to find a new station to partner with for the FSSN, I think it's time to explore that possibility.
wdaz is the only station that employs a full time staff in grand forks. a majority of those who run fssn are wdaz employees and are easily able to make it all the games. while some people who work for stations in fargo do drive up and work during the games, most of them actually work for the ralph and not for fssn.
while it may be a good idea in theory to have a better station run fssn, i don't think people realize the amount of work that goes into airing these games. it's not an easy production and takes a decent amount of planning.
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there is still the possibility of a station in nebraska deciding to air the game and then having the fssn pick it up. however, that is very unlikely.
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EMAIL WDAZ AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS!!
Pat Sweeney: psweeney@wdaz.com
James Degelder: jdegelder@wdaz.com
If they should drop the ball on this, which would be very disappointing, any other station can pick up UND events if WDAZ elects not to. Let them know it is important.
KVLY
Scott Peters: scottp@kvlytv11.com
KX4
Rich Lodewyk: richl@kx4.com
kvly/kx4 won't be airing the game either. it takes more than just a couple days to throw a crew together to do a game, especially when it's in omaha. it doesn't help that it's a holiday weekend and a majority of the main production guys are going to be on vacation.
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dont quote me on it, but rumor has it the ncaa denied wdaz/wday's request to broadcast the game.
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Apparently, you failed to read this thread from page 1, otherwise I would have to ask "Are you stupid, or just retarded?".
why are you dodging the question? why don't you suit up and do better? come on, let's see it!
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the team should probably be headed in the direction of the nearest cliff. this is possibly the worst sweep in sioux history. i doubt we'll win more than two games the rest of the year. just look at what all is wrong with the team:
all three of our coaches are canadians, which means we'll never get any more us born players.
shuning steve johnson means all players in the ushl automatically hate UND.
we have two goalies who don't know how to play at all. luckily, our 3rd stringer walski is the second coming.
our "captain" chris porter is the worst offensive player on the team. he couldn't score even if briggs was in net.
joe finley is just a giant goon. he'll never learn how to pass or play defense. he should be cut.
the atmosphere in the ralph sucks, which means we won't have home-ice advantage ever again.
the students just swear all day, which hurts the players ears, so they can't concentrate.
the ncaa will make UND forfeit all of their games because of the nickname. (there go the 2 wins)
am i missing anything?
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what happens if walski comes back tonight and maybe puts up a shutout? a 3-goalie rotation?
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Southpaw.... why couldn't you have made this request last Thursday? I gave away my Samsung a650 Verizon phone to my buddy Thursday evening. If you would have contacted me then, I would've given it to you. Sorry.
thanks for the effort... had i known my phone was planning on breaking, i definitely would have let you know.
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just a suggestion, i had my phone break, i just went on ebay and bought a used verizon phone, that was of much better quality for about 25 dollars. you can program it right on their website. only takes about 5 days to have your phone if you buy one now.
unfortunately, i use my phone for work... so i kinda need to find a new one by monday. i don't really want to have to buy a new one, since i won't get a re-up discount til may.
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so kind of a wierd question... but my verizon phone broke tonight. i need a temporary new one. what are the odds that someone on here who lives in fargo has an old verizon phone and charger they don't use anymore that i could have?
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88 minutes til they drop the puck.
and now only 87 minutes. sweet, time is flying by.
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#1Hakfan, Why did you think that?
because there were people saying UND essentially shunned the ushl and usa hockey by hiring dane jackson.
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I feel that until the name is retired respectfully, we will continue to see this within the community.
i, and i'm sure many here, feel that even without the name, unfortunately these things will still continue. i don't think it's a nickname problem, but a society problem. it's unfortunate that racism exists, but i don't think it has to do with the Fighting Sioux nickname, as it does with attitudes in this area.
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he was up, then called down, then up the next day.
that has nothing to do with his play and everything to do with salary cap reasons. he will stay up at least until afinoghenov (sp?) returns. even then, he could still stay with the big club as they also demoted another player when drew got called up.
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This may be a rather dumb question, but, if the NCAA gets their way (which, I don't think they will), and UND has to change the nickname. . . . . how can they force the issue with REA? Is REA a seperate entity, or is it owned and run by the school? (If it is owned/run by the school, nevermind my argument here.) On the other hand, if it isn't, then why could it NOT be the RE Fighting Sioux Arena, with all the logos left intact? Would the NCAA tell UND that they can't play there?
i believe there is a clause in ralph's will that says the arena will be imploded.
TV for Omaha looks slim
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how many times has wdaz/fssn come through in the clutch when we want to see playoff games? they have provided sioux fans with the opportunity to see a ton of games. they have worked incredibly hard everytime to bring the games to the fans. why would it be any different this time? why, after years of bending backwards to get things done, do you think they suddenly would just "give up." pat is very dedicated to sioux sports, including sioux football. if he doesn't think it is possible to air the games on this short notice, it's not because he didn't put in every effort possible.