Please Educate Me
I was wondering if any other leagues will get the chance to do live broadcast on the Internet? I would definitely like the chance to see some other methods of play. I always use to try to get all the methods of play in one room so everybody could see for themselves the differences in styles of play.
Since we've discovered the luxury of Internet TV, how many different leagues have taken the time to broadcast games online, or is it too much of a hassle to do it? I always wanted to see the Mid-Ohio League, the Down South League, the New Orleans Leagues, the Philly League, the Dixie League, the Baltimore League, or Washington League, the Conneticut League, or any other league with a different ruleset to show us your games.
Something like this would be educational and fun. When this streaming video availability was discovered, the thought was to create a "All Sports Channel" where leagues from across the country would show games on TV. Some of us were willing to pay handsomely to be put on reality shows to show them in prime time. I tried to provide a more economical method but no takers?
There was once the debate about Rules 2000. It would have been great to see games on TV. You want to grow the hobby, right? This is one of the ways it is done! Believe it or not, this is our "mass media".
Maybe things that I do in the game may never be fully appreciated but this was one of those things I envisioned "WE" as doing. Maybe if someone else would have thought of it, it would have flown??? We set up coaches throughout the country like Rick Garrison, Ken Allen, Joe Greco, Morgan Scott, Greg Hardmon, and a few others who would be willing to stay up late hours trying to figure out a system so "WE" as a whole could have that vehicle. The only takers thus far have been Shootout-dominated games!!! Even I don't want that. I wanted to see "WE" have diversity in play! That was the idea.
You know, we can "whew and awe about all the great stadiums, gameboards, and any other accessories we've got" but where all the real innovators and creators who are willing to risk a little time and effort to take the game to the next level? Who inspires you? What inspires you? Who challenges you to do some greater than yourself? Maybe I am expecting too much? But I want to be educated!!!! Coaches who play under the Shootout (I venture) would love to be able to ask the questions of how things are done in other leagues. Then just maybe, when you write rules sets, it is not just in theory but more in principle. I am a man who comes from the scientific world. Theory is the "father" of ideas but practicums/practicality is the result of experimenting with those theories. Please educate me on the different methods of play. Let's see a "Allsports Miniature Football station" showing this!
Just an opinion who sees past the little toys into something much greater.
Reg
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