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Re: lugnet.sports
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:16:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
Hi all,

With the announcement today of the NHL agreement, there is added impetus to
rename lugnet.football (lugnet.soccer) to be lugnet.sports, to encompass
football/soccer, the NBA sets, future NHL sets, and any potential future
sports themes.  Actually I would include the extreme sports under that theme
too, so things like those skateboard sets.

I think so too, but with the (more international) name "sport" instead of
"sports"...  i.e.:

   lugnet.sport

with the potential for sub-expansion, for example:

   lugnet.sport.basketball
   lugnet.sport.football
   lugnet.sport.hockey

--Todd



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: lugnet.sports
 
(...) Works for me! The problem though is... what is football? With the international flavor of the name you can make an excellent and valid argument that football is soccer and not NFL. (if and when NFL ever gets licensed) Also, I wonder if the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp)
  Re: lugnet.sports
 
Whatever happened to this? This is still a needed forum - now more than ever. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  lugnet.sports
 
Hi all, With the announcement today of the NHL agreement, there is added impetus to rename lugnet.football (lugnet.soccer) to be lugnet.sports, to encompass football/soccer, the NBA sets, future NHL sets, and any potential future sports themes. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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