RE: new schedule is out

[ALACOMBE]

Time out Dave, I thought Shoemaker was a politician since the Shoe is
a publicly funded arena?  His name went on there since he was the one
that secured the funding...

Another question for you, what the hell is up with your picture in the
BSD?  I have been meaning to bust your chops on that one.  Springer
got a mod pic last year, what is up with your blurry pic?  Trying to
remain anonymous ;-)

Brian is gone so I have to start taking on his duties of keeping you
in line ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Malaska [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 7:09 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] new schedule is out
>
>
> On 10/3/03 4:48 PM, "Shinkle, Randy" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > It already has a name:  Ed Jucker Court.
> >
> > What Coach Jucker helped give to UC was worth way more than $10 million.
> >
> > Randy '78
> Amen, brother. Just getting into this late, but I like all the names,
> especially Myrl and Fifth Third, because they put up dough that helps
> continue the UC tradition of athletics. At first glance, I wanted
> to bemoan
> the age of corporate naming, but these companies are getting a
> small return
> on the huge investments they put into the Bearcats.
>
> Now, not all naming is good. "Cinergy Field?" Like they have to advertise?
> Do folks have a choice? Not like we can opt for Brand X Power.
> And then the
> public utility passes along the price to customers, just like
> their downtown
> train display at Christmas.
>
> Shoemaker was a private individual who put his money where his mouth was.
> His place in UC tradition is sealed already, and we should all be thankful
> to him because I believe the Shoe started the Bearcats national rep. You
> think Huggs is able to recruit the guys he has playing at US Bank? Nope.
>
> And the court, the sacred battlefield, is named for Jucker.
> Because you just
> can't put a price on some things.
>
> Anyway. You all covered some of these points already, but I felt like
> getting up on the soapbox for a few minutes. It's creaking, so
> I'll get off
> now.