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This is a Tech Hockey forum. I will kindly ask you to stop the #NMUSucks talk before we contact the Houghton PD to and ask for the Mildcat removal treatment.
This is a Tech Hockey forum. I will kindly ask you to stop the #NMUSucks talk before we contact the Houghton PD to and ask for the Mildcat removal treatment.
Well, there's a certain poster who thinks he "owns" the NMU thread and seems to ruin it for everyone else
What's sad is that I think there has been better discussion of NMU in these MTU threads then there has been in the NMU threads.
They started wearing the new CCM set last season (2018-19). The CCM is more of a "square/traditional" cut and lighter weight than the Reebok Edge version. The main difference is that the stripes on the CCM jerseys are integral to the body fabric, not a bunch of pieces of each color all sewn together. The team cut the nameplates off the original set and reattached them to the CCM set. They also removed all the neck laces, I'm assuming to reuse those as well. Kind of penny pinching to the Nth degree in my opinion, but that's their choice. I can't believe the man-hours they spent to do that work was less expensive than just putting new nameplates on the jerseys. What is a new nameplate? $10-$15ea? What is a new neck lace? $1ea? I've hear there are Tech alumni out there who will write checks to prevent this sort of work, but for some reason they rarely seem interested in such offers.
Below is an example of the new jersey before names, numbers and neck laces were added as well as the photo the team posted on Twitter the day they started cutting off all the nameplates.
<center><img width=500 src="https://www.johnsonsjerseys.net/hockey/mtu/mtu00_20a_f.jpg"> <img width=500 src="https://www.johnsonsjerseys.net/hockey/mtu/mtu00_20a_b.jpg"><br><img width=500 src="https://www.johnsonsjerseys.net/hockey/mtu/mtu00_18a_removal.jpg"></center>
Unless the government has eased restrictions to allow all fans to attend I don't think games will be played. If the owners are going to have to pay players and facility staffing, they are going to want full stadiums. If they don't think they will have reasonable attendance, I think they would rather not play the games at all to avoid piling up financial losses.
I had not thought of that aspect. However those TV dollars are fixed based on previously signed contracts and they are only a small portion of the revenue a game generates. The fans in the stands are a big part of the revenue. Maybe they could make it up with increase advertising rates as I'm sure that is all negotiated. I do agree the leagues (especially the NFL with much fewer games) would have huge TV ratings at this point if we're all stuck at home. However if the order is still to stay in place, how is the NFL going to deem themselves "essential"? If the NFL teams are playing why can't Billy's little corner bar or the local pizza shop be open?
1 million have caught the virus. That sounds like a lot. There are 7.58 billion people in the world. Thus far, only 0.013% of the population has been exposed to COVID19. Now consider that the world population is increasing at 1% annually.... We are actually reducing the overall-infected population percentage each day! (Relax, this is just some dark humor)