Luciano bailey
I think Mike hit it on the head sports orginizations of all kinds similar to
other entertainers have a staff publicist to dot the eyes and cross the
TTTT's so there horses get press. With the expanse of photo journalists in
the sport they also should submit shots for stories.
>From: "Michael O'Hair"
>To:
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mt. Hood media coverage
>Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:02:53 -0700
>
>
>Let's go through this, point by point....
>
>1) Bike racing is cool. So is hurling. And so is field hockey. Lacrosse
>is growing on the west coast by leaps and bounds. We have an Olympic gold
>medalist in saber in the Portland area. Cool has little to do with what
>you
>see on TV.
>
>2) What "other sports?" Baseball, football, basketball, soccer? The ones
>you see on TV? The ones that have multi-million dollar budgets?
>
>3) There may be "hundreds of OBRA members" but that hardly represents a
>"market segment" that the bean counters can put on a pie chart.
>
>4) There "hundreds of OBRA members," right? How many have called or
>written the Oregonian or any of the local TV stations and asked for more
>coverage?
>
>Reality time: cycling is an elitist sport in America. It doesn't sell air
>time or column inches unless there is a drug scandal or someone dies or an
>American wins the Tour d' France. Get used to it. I, for one, would not
>want to see it get popularized in the mass media sense.
>
>The real problem, as I see it, is that once Joe or Debbie Six-Pack get any
>kind of negative view of bike racing,( "... Honest to god, I had to wait
>five minutes for a bunch of wimps on bicycles to go by before I could go
>through the intersection. "), it hardens into long term memory.
>
>If you want to see more cycling in the media, ask the media to show it.
>Just be sure to tell them how much beer they'll sell when they do. Need I
>add the ;> emoticon?
>
>End of message. Now get back on your bike and go ride.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "matt blakeley-smith"
>To:
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:47 PM
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Mt. Hood media coverage
>
>
> >I should have written my original post more clearly.
> > I realize there is no paid OBRA staffer to do all of the odds and ends.
> > I'm amazed and grateful for all of the behind the scenes work that does
> > get done by the organization.
> > My thought process was something like this:
> > 1. bike racing is so cool.
> > 2. Why doesn't it get the coverage like other sports in the paper?
> > 3. There are hundreds of OBRA riders.
> > 4. Surely there is someone out there who could help us get the word out
> > about this amazing sport we all enjoy.
> >
> >
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