[NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA

[Tony]

Please see AMA President's note below and contact DANA at ESPN!!

 

Tony Stillman, President

Radio South, Inc.

139 Altama Connector, Box 322

Brunswick, GA  31525

1-800-962-7802

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From: AMA President [mailto:webmaster at modelaircraft.org] 
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:34 PM
To: Tony Stillman
Subject: ESPN2 and the AMA

 

Dear AMA Members:

As many of you know yesterday, August 6, 2008 we took a big step forward in
promoting model aviation and the Academy of Model Aeronautics. 

A little over seven months ago when I became AMA president, I said that I
wanted to get model aviation on ESPN - and yesterday we accomplished that
objective! While this was a relatively short clip, and our ultimate goal
still is to get feature coverage of an aeromodeling event, we now have our
"foot in the door".

ESPN's daily show, "ESPN First Take," featured footage (provided by AMA
member Fred Midgett who is President of High Planes Productions) of the 2008
XFC and AMA All-Star Andrew Jesky flying his helicopter. ESPN First Take,
formerly Cold Pizza, is aired Monday-Friday from 10 AM-Noon ET on ESPN2. 

During the segment, host Dana Jacobson mentioned that she doesn't think of
model flying as a sport although she thought it was "very cool". While many
of us view modeling as our hobby, there are just as many of us that describe
today's aeromodeling activities as sport. Let's contact Dana, thank her for
featuring model flying on her show, let her know that competing in
championships such as the XFC is indeed a sport, and that we, as AMA
members, would love to see more model flying on ESPN. 

You can contact Dana at: espnfirsttake at espn.com
<mailto:espnfirsttake at espn.com%20>  

If enough of us contact ESPN, perhaps we can continue to see model flying on
national T.V.

Sincerely,

Dave Mathewson
AMA President

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