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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 23, 2005 13:56:58 GMT -5
Isn't it like that in Japan? Big companies establish their own teams. Ringers...er....employees play for them AND get a job/car/housing? How great is that!!
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Post by P10lurker on Sept 23, 2005 16:50:08 GMT -5
No-holds barred (mixed martial arts), or otherwise known as Ultimate Fighting, has made a revival. It was underground for a loooong time and then it was in the fringes (tournaments were held in foreign countries and here in the USA in Indian Reservations). Now, it's becoming more mainstream. Royce Gracie...now there was a guy... I always liked the purity of it. It's my vice. But I hate boxing. Too bad US Pro Volleyball can't make such a big surge like that. How about making pro-volleyball a scantly clad contact sport with scary intimidating pseudonyms for the players…no net calls, kicking, scratching and biting across the net would be encouraged…bright lights, loud music…maybe live bands…lots of beer…
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 23, 2005 19:56:23 GMT -5
The europeans/Puerto Rico leagues have so much less to compete against than we have in the states. We have multiple pro sports as well as college sports. Look at the college programs who draw big crowds, Lincoln, Honolulu, Gainesville, Madison, State College etc.. What they all have in common is they aren't competing against multiple sports, major entertainment etc... Look at how UCLA and USC draw, and they are in an area that has great volleyball and great teams.
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Post by huskervbfan on Sept 23, 2005 20:47:12 GMT -5
I think that's the secret. Have a 10 cent beer night. I recall that really packed them in for baseball one night. Of course the riots were a bit of an inconvenience but it sure brought in the fans drinkers.
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 23, 2005 20:51:40 GMT -5
That was the Cleveland Indians! Wasn't that hilarious?
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Post by VolleyFans.com on Oct 6, 2005 9:42:05 GMT -5
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Post by fabulous on Oct 6, 2005 10:05:18 GMT -5
i for one would be against it - that would probably mean high school players opting to play volleyball in college and go pro - and if it folded within lets say in a 2 year span - those 18-20 y.o. players wont be able to go back to college and play for schools like nebraska or hawaii for instance
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Post by chipNdink on Oct 6, 2005 12:35:21 GMT -5
i for one would be against it - that would probably mean high school players opting to play volleyball in college and go pro - and if it folded within lets say in a 2 year span - those 18-20 y.o. players wont be able to go back to college and play for schools like nebraska or hawaii for instance So what? How would that be different from any other sport?
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 6, 2005 12:50:38 GMT -5
I would be against pro volleyball unless they had a team in the San Jose Bay Area (NOT San Francisco...it's too far a drive north for me, and NOT East Bay because I don't even want to cross the Bay), San Luis Obispo area, or the Honolulu area: the 3 places I frequent the most.
And there has to be at least 16 or so teams. Not this 8-team crap and everyone plays everyone 10 times!!
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Post by pineapple on Oct 6, 2005 13:26:12 GMT -5
So the 5-hour plane ride is worth it, huh? Same way I feel about the trip to San Francisco.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 6, 2005 13:31:15 GMT -5
So the 5-hour plane ride is worth it, huh? Same way I feel about the trip to San Francisco. I wouldn't take the plane just for the vb match. I check in on my house in Hawaii Kai about twice a year, for about 2 weeks each: in late August/early September, and January.
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Post by pineapple on Oct 6, 2005 13:42:43 GMT -5
Who waters the plants meantime? Ahhh, no plants. I check out the tenderloin area in SF.
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Post by chancelucky on Oct 6, 2005 13:54:02 GMT -5
A little back on topic... I'd like to see pro volleyball in the US. Women's beach appears to be doing well now. A lot of people say it's bikinis, but I think the bigger thing is that after the gold medal, May and Walsh got marketed well.
The indoor team needs to do well at the Olympics and follow up by finding players who have the charisma to generate human interest type stories, etc. I honestly don't feel it needs to be built around looks. In some ways, I think the Jenny Finch thing in softball didn't work to the benefit of the sport, though it did make Jenny Finch a household name.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 6, 2005 13:59:52 GMT -5
In some ways, I think the Jenny Finch thing in softball didn't work to the benefit of the sport, though it did make Jenny Finch a household name. Who's Jenny Finch? (Honestly...I've never heard of her.)
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Post by pineapple on Oct 6, 2005 14:28:38 GMT -5
. A lot of people say it's bikinis, but I think the bigger thing is that after the gold medal, May and Walsh got marketed well. So you're saying that these two should be credited for the fans the other players are drawing? But wasn't the sport already drawing before these two came into the scene? As for bikinis, I'd stop for a while looking then continue on to the beach. I've passed the age.
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