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To: Susan G who wrote (11347)	8/19/1999 1:35:00 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

Great place to advertise. You wouldn't, however, want to advertise on CBS where the pathetic Seahawks play most of their games. In addition when you have a coach / GM, like Mike Holmgren who sticks his finger in the face of fans and shouts obscenities as he did in Green Bay it's not the greatest spin / role model to endorse such a quality company as gnet. Holmgren was a proven winner until he treated what most people would admit are the most dedicated fans in the NFL (Packer Fans) like trash. In fact, fans in GB are so dedicated that if you were to put in your name for season tickets today you could count on getting them filled in the year 8000. That is a fact...now those are real fans!

To: Susan G who wrote (11347)	8/19/1999 2:24:00 AM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

It is a great idea to advertise with the sports team, but basketball is probably a better place to look. (And not only because it's more in keeping with the sports history of the GNET executive suite). Vulcan outfits are doing it already. As PatrickMark pointed out the other day on the PA thread, the first pre-season game of the Seahawks was primarily sponsored by one of Allen's companies, Mercata. Several members of the team did ads for the them. It was a tight tie-in. But that kind of thing can happen only during the pre-season for football because, unlike baseball and basketball, football is tightly controlled by the league during the regular season. Football teams control their TV contracts only for the pre-season games. The Seahawks won't even control advertising in their stadium until Allen's (taxpayer financed) stadium opens in three years. Until then, the King County controls advertising in the Kingdome this year, and the UDub controls ads in Husky stadium for the next two years. Basketball's an entirely different matter. The Blazers, like all teams, set their own TV contracts for most games and (I assume) own the company that produces the games. They also own their own stadium, The Rose Garden, and control its advertising. Oh, and it's kind of fun seeing that Packer fans have developed such animus toward the blue 'n' green. Heh heh. Packers have always been my second-least favorite NFC team. Cowboys are at the bottom. But there was never much reason for it other than those dreadful uniforms they wear and the obnoxious things on the heads of their fat fans. Now, there's starting to be a reason. (If only the team wasn't so far from being good and actually had a chance of beating them this year. Oh well...)