[NU Sports] Flip-Flop Flap Featured on NBC Nightly News

[Roy S. Lamberton]

The "flap" started when Kelly Amonte-Hiller mentioned the fund raiser on the
Today Show. Of course NBC ran with the story, forcing NU to get the Trib to put
out something about the kids' parent's reaction.

A lot of papers picked up the Trib story, then the columnists cut in and that
was all she wrote.

Anyway, the more publicity the girls get for their Flip-Flop Auction the better.

Has anyone placed a bid yet?

www.NUSports.com


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of John Labbe
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:35 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Flip-Flop Flap Featured on NBC Nightly News
> 
> 
> Here are a few more links (see below).  As you can see, flip 
> flops were worn by other teams, and Northwestern's lacrosse 
> team was dressed at least as well as the average team, and 
> I'd say a little better than average.  I can see a local 
> story about the flip-flops, but if it's a national story, why 
> not cover all the teams, instead of singling out just one?  
> Lazy journalism, I guess.  Btw, this was about a 2 minute 
> segment on the NBC news.
> 
> 
> The Minnesota women's hockey team wore flip flops, and 
> weren't as well dressed overall: 
> http://www.gophersports.com/PhotoArchive/2004-2005/whock_White
House/index.htm

The Georgia gymnastics team is arguably the most formally dressed, but I still
see flip-flops:
http://georgiadogs.collegesports.com/genrel/071205aab.html?pic=17

The UCLA water polo team cropped their feet out of the picture; I'll take that
as an admission of guilt.  You decide:
http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/genrel/071305aaa.html

Duke golf: Sandals, but no flip flops.
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22558&SPID=1838&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCL
ID=156784

And as already mentioned below, the Michigan softball team wore shorts and
tennis shoes. http://www.mgoblue.com/




 
On Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at 07:16PM, John Labbe <johnl at mac.com> wrote:

>The flip-flop controversy was featured in the final segment on the NBC 
>Nightly News tonight.  The poor lacrosse team is getting a lot of 
>publicity over this when I bet other women's teams were also wearing 
>flip flops.  I think it's just because the Tribune started a story on 
>it.  I'm trying to find other team photos.  In fact, the Michigan 
>softball team wore shorts and tennis shoes.  Why no outrage about that?
>
>http://www.mgoblue.com/
>
>
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