[NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA

Archie Stafford astafford at swtexas.net
Mon Aug 11 09:49:38 AKDT 2008


The coverage is excellent.  Great to see it getting out there.  Definitely
more a sport than poker.

 

However, that being said, can you imagine anything more painful than
watching a pattern contest on TV.   A couple of minutes of coverage and
interviews would be great, but actually watching the flying on TV would
really be tough.  You have no reference points and you would rarely see the
ground.  Unfortunately crashes and risk is what will draw people to watch
it.  No one would watch the Red Bull airraces if they made them stay at
10,000 feet.   The XFC, and things like that would definitely be a much
stronger television draw than pattern.  

 

Arch

 

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From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Anthony
Abdullah
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 8:29 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FW: ESPN2 and the AMA

 

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.

 

 

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From: Tony <mailto: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 <http://www.radiosouthrc.com/> 


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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 

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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