tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953051.post5794864638951915497..comments2023-10-16T08:47:34.125-05:00Comments on All You Need to Know: A PUCKIN' SHAMEContact me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/18355579495316555436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953051.post-75355910461057686622007-11-16T10:05:00.000-06:002007-11-16T10:05:00.000-06:00Don't misunderstand me, friend. I'm not saying the...Don't misunderstand me, friend. I'm not saying the ice girls aren't an attractive bunch. What I'm saying is they don't add value to the experience of seeing a hockey game. Further, it's insulting to them and to fans that they are given shovels and squeegees to tend to the ice when it's obvious by the way they are dressed that their primary function is to "sex up" the event. The entire act is an unnecessary disruption that can have unintended consequences. Consider the altercation in New York:<BR/> (http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/nhl/archives/2007/04/ice_girls_incid.html)<BR/><BR/>By the looks of the thread posts there, I'd say I'm not alone in this. The fans see right through it. The hottest girls in the world don't matter when your team is 1-12. It's about the OTHER product on the ice.<BR/><BR/>As for other sports - I've never found much use for the Luvabulls, either. But at least they're performing a choreographed act that requires some degree of talent and coordination to pull off. I personally don't think dance routines have any place during TV timeouts, but I understand that they are there to provide entertainment value. I happen to prefer those silly promotions like the Dunkin Donuts scoreboard race and the tricycle pylon race. FAR more entertaining than a dozen "professional" cheerleaders bringing sexy back.<BR/><BR/>As for Deal or No Deal - hot women are part of the show. Since there's really nothing else to watch or look at, network execs decided to dress it up by dressing down leggy spokesmodels. It's a formula that served the Price is Right and numerous other game show programs very well. Is it gratuitous? Absolutely. But you almost expect that these days, don't you? All television talent is attractive by design. It has to be to compete. You don't expect a bunch of scantily clad women in skates to touch up the ice for professional hockey players. <BR/><BR/>But your point is well taken - and goes to one of the other points I made in that post: sex is everywhere these days. And, yes, I suppose the puritan in me is coming to resent it. Call me new fashioned - sex doesn't sell me anymore.Contact me!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18355579495316555436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953051.post-85565148938078427442007-11-16T06:07:00.000-06:002007-11-16T06:07:00.000-06:00dude, you're really off on this one. my wife even...dude, you're really off on this one. my wife even thinks the hockey girls are hot and said she'd understand if I did one of them. I think she under stands that there's a snowball's chance in hell of that happening. She said she'd even do one of them. <BR/><BR/>while you're on your mr. sensitivity soap box, why don't you rail against football & basketball cheerleaders or the bimbos on deal or no deal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com