[NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA

[Keith Hoard]

Yeah, you bet $2500 each time to take off. . .

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Anthony Abdullah <aabdu at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> The coverage we received is great news. I know that I am preaching to the
> quoir here when I say, It is up to all of us to be ambassadors of the sport
> / hobby. On that note, I can't imagine that competing in RC is any less of a
> sport than Poker, and that is on ESPN all the time.
>
> *Mark Hunt <flyintexan at att.net>* wrote:
>
> Sweet.   It may be early, but we should all consider mentioning that we
> will be hosting the World Championships in 2011.  The world will be
> watching...if they have to, it will be via the internet.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Tony <tony at radiosouthrc.com>
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> *Sent:* Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:40 PM
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA
>
>  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
> www.radiosouthrc.com
>  ------------------------------
>  *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
>
> 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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Keith Hoard
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