alphahelix
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Since the Rogers Sportsnet broadcast schedule was released a couple of days ago, OVER THREE THOUSAND Edmonton fans have put their names on the dotted line for the WWW.CHANGE.ORG/BRINGBACKJACK Petition.
I’m creating this thread so that we can have a space to engage and discuss strategy moving forward to give the petition a chance at making a difference. I hope that any HF Oilers fans that have been frustrated with Rogers Sportsnet during their exclusive broadcasting deal will take a second to contribute their thoughts here. I intend to post an update to the CHANGE petition shortly to thank signatories and refocus the Petition. Many awesome people have been tweeting, posting, and discussing the petition online and frankly having these discussions publicly is probably more impactful than the petition itself. TWEET @ SPORTS/EDMONTON MEDIA If you can spare a minute!
Here is a list of actions/info so far:
Anyways, this has nothing to do with me personally, and I’ve been going around using my individual accounts to help push the word around (might not be ideal?) Maybe we should create a #BRINGBACKJACK and help get this more distributed. Other people have honestly done more and better job of getting the word out than I have, and I hope that will continue! This belongs to Oilers fans and everyone who took the time to sign the petition. It is the 2nd most signatures for any CHANGE petition related to the Edmonton Oilers Already. (1st is renaming the community rink for Joey Moss)
I’m creating this thread so that we can have a space to engage and discuss strategy moving forward to give the petition a chance at making a difference. I hope that any HF Oilers fans that have been frustrated with Rogers Sportsnet during their exclusive broadcasting deal will take a second to contribute their thoughts here. I intend to post an update to the CHANGE petition shortly to thank signatories and refocus the Petition. Many awesome people have been tweeting, posting, and discussing the petition online and frankly having these discussions publicly is probably more impactful than the petition itself. TWEET @ SPORTS/EDMONTON MEDIA If you can spare a minute!
Here is a list of actions/info so far:
- Over 3000 Signatures
- Dozens of POSITIVE comments on CHANGE about Jack, NO Negative Comments About Others
- Tweeted directly @ many Edmonton sports media and some national (SpittinChiclets, Sportsnet, TSN)
- Tweeted directly @ several Sportsnet producers located via LinkedIn
- Posted on OilersNation comments
- Posted on HfBoards
- Posted on Reddit/EdmontonOilers
- Filled out Global News local news reporting form
So How have people responded? HUGE Majority support Jack Michaels over any others. Have encountered 2 or 3 people who prefer another broadcaster.
How have Edmonton Sports Media responded? COWARDLY. Most have ignored, some have indicated that they FEAR being associated with sexist/racist types that they believe have been attacking the non-Jack broadcasters online. I have not seen much/any of this as it relates to the petition but almost ALL of the Sports Media have completely disregarded on this basis so far. Sportsnet producers have also been quiet as expected, but I always assumed it would take a lot more than 3,000 to get to them.
My only suggestions from here are this:
- PLEASE be positive and optimistic. There is no point in cynicism here. There is NO VALUE in negative comments about other broadcasters and if anyone is doing this it is scaring off possible supporters.
- Let’s focus on a DIRECT & ACTIONABLE ASK. We will NOT ask Sportsnet to take any games away from anyone. We will simply ask that they give Jack Michaels be allowed to call a game that is as yet unscheduled. I don’t think game 7 broadcasters have been announced and there is always the 2nd round. This makes acting much easier if Sportsnet did decide to play ball.
- If we are going to increase the petition numbers meaningfully from this point, we will need people/media with more followers to get on board and retweet. If we want to keep building momentum, this is the most important aspect to take care of and it is something that we can ALL do if we have the time. Please post twitter users, news accounts, or other suggestions for individuals/organizations that we can collectively @tweet or otherwise influence to sign and signal boost. If you are the type to call in to radio shows or have other ideas on how to amplify the signal, please share Here!
Anyways, this has nothing to do with me personally, and I’ve been going around using my individual accounts to help push the word around (might not be ideal?) Maybe we should create a #BRINGBACKJACK and help get this more distributed. Other people have honestly done more and better job of getting the word out than I have, and I hope that will continue! This belongs to Oilers fans and everyone who took the time to sign the petition. It is the 2nd most signatures for any CHANGE petition related to the Edmonton Oilers Already. (1st is renaming the community rink for Joey Moss)
BELIEVE that fans/customers have power over corporations. If we can finally break through to Sportsnet on this small CHANGE, maybe they will start to take our views into consideration in the future.