BleedGopher
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per Pat:
The opinion here is that no significant sports entity has taken a greater hit when it comes to public interest than Gophers hockey.
Admittedly, I still judge this by the need the local dailies and TV outlets feel to cover a team or an event — a view that could be looked at as antiquated with the endless availability of specialty media on the Internet.
It has to be an indicator, though, that for roughly my first 40 years [1968-2008] as a Twin Cities sportswriter, the local dailies felt obliged to have beat reporters that were fully engaged with Gophers hockey during the season, and now both do the best they can to get a staff member to home games.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-hockey-has-lost-fun-and-fans/367127531/
Go Gophers!!
The opinion here is that no significant sports entity has taken a greater hit when it comes to public interest than Gophers hockey.
Admittedly, I still judge this by the need the local dailies and TV outlets feel to cover a team or an event — a view that could be looked at as antiquated with the endless availability of specialty media on the Internet.
It has to be an indicator, though, that for roughly my first 40 years [1968-2008] as a Twin Cities sportswriter, the local dailies felt obliged to have beat reporters that were fully engaged with Gophers hockey during the season, and now both do the best they can to get a staff member to home games.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-hockey-has-lost-fun-and-fans/367127531/
Go Gophers!!