Scare tactics email from Gene Nighman

[calgARI '07]

For what it's worth, I think they've Nighman sent out a very similar email my first two years here and they didn't end up following through.  I'm not going to test the power-hungry ushers in the student sections though.

[marty]

:
[Q]
Dear hockey ticket holder,


An important hockey weekend is upon us!  Before the action starts, I
would like to notify you of some important issues.

Harvard game start time
The Saturday game vs. Harvard starts at 5:30 p.m. to facilitate a
live CSTV broadcast.

Fish
Cornell is on notice that if the game vs. Harvard is delayed because
of fish on the ice, or because of other distuptive, unsportsmanlike
fan behavior, the Big Red will be penalized (and the penalty is a
five minute major)! Cornell Police will check everyone at the
entrances to Lynah, and fish will be confiscated.  Anyone found with
a fish will lose his or her tickets to the game. As usual, throwing
objects onto the ice is prohibited, and violators will be expelled
from the rink.

And furthermore you will forfeit all the remaining tickets (0 -zero)
in your season ticket package.B-]

[/Q]

[marty]

[quote billhoward]

3) Cornell probably thinks the fish-tossing makes us look like a rural agricultural college rather than an Ivy League institution. Which we are.

[/quote]

Both!?!

[las224]

So - if I bring my fish, hide it sufficiently, and throw it ONLY when the Harvard players first go onto the ice, I don't need to worry right?  Anyone have advice on how to throw it without the ushers noticing?  I really don't want to get kicked out, but I also really would like to participate in the fish throwing

[Trotsky]

I love the fish-throwing tradition and, as long as it is restricted to the single occasion of the first period entrance of the Harvard team onto the ice, I don't have any problem with it.  But it's incorrect to say that neither the university president nor the coach would have any justification in stopping it if they wanted to.  Schafer can certainly stop it, and if he were to beg the crowd to do so, I'd hope we would.  And the president... well, as was said in Jaws, "I can do anything I want... I'm the Chief of Police."

It's a distinctive tradition which does no harm and people remember it, thus making it a great emotional rallying point.  But if they wanted to, the Powers that Be would be perfectly justified in signing it away with a sweep of the pen.  Just one more reason to keep it within the bounds of the unspoken agreement we have evolved over the last two decades.  Just once, at the right time, then no more.

[canuck89]

Throw it when Harvard comes out BEFORE the game.  Other than that, the ushers won't do a thing or care.  As far as my experience goes, you will not be kicked out.  Think Colgate toothpaste X3 or more.  There's too much going on for them to enforce/care at that point.

[RatushnyFan]

Sandy (or was it Marshall?) threw a dildo on the ice in 1991 (I think it was '91).  That was funny.  No penalty.

[daredevilcu]

God, I'd have loved to see that.  That's hilarious, my dislike of Cornell's tossing stuff on the ice nonwithstanding.

[French Rage]

[quote marty]:
[Q]
Dear hockey ticket holder,


An important hockey weekend is upon us!  Before the action starts, I
would like to notify you of some important issues.

Harvard game start time
The Saturday game vs. Harvard starts at 5:30 p.m. to facilitate a
live CSTV broadcast.

Fish
Cornell is on notice that if the game vs. Harvard is delayed because
of fish on the ice, or because of other distuptive, unsportsmanlike
fan behavior, the Big Red will be penalized (and the penalty is a
five minute major)! Cornell Police will check everyone at the
entrances to Lynah, and fish will be confiscated.  Anyone found with
a fish will lose his or her tickets to the game. As usual, throwing
objects onto the ice is prohibited, and violators will be expelled
from the rink.

And furthermore you will forfeit all the remaining tickets (0 -zero)
in your season ticket package.B-]

[/Q][/quote]

Haha, note to Gene: don't just copy and paste last year's warning (with the CSTV mention snuck in).

[billhoward]

[quote RatushnyFan]Sandy (or was it Marshall?) threw a dildo on the ice in 1991 (I think it was '91).  That was funny.  No penalty.[/quote]
And it was later donated to the [this is the polite version] toys for tots for fund? Now that's charity.

[bigred06]

If harvard had fans and they were deticated enough to risk being kicked out of the game couldnt he or she dress as a cornell fan then throw fish late in the third and Cornell would get a penalty? I think that rule is rediculous for that reason. ::screwy::

[French Rage]

[quote bigred06]If harvard had fans and they were deticated enough to risk being kicked out of the game couldnt he or she dress as a cornell fan then throw fish late in the third and Cornell would get a penalty? I think that rule is rediculous for that reason. ::screwy::[/quote]

My guess is that even if it was discovered that it was a Harvard fan, it would take too long to conclude that to stop any penalties, and the refs could use the justification that Cornell was being punished as a whole for letting someone with a fish into the rink.

[Josh '99]

[quote las224]So - if I bring my fish, hide it sufficiently, and throw it ONLY when the Harvard players first go onto the ice, I don't need to worry right?  Anyone have advice on how to throw it without the ushers noticing?  I really don't want to get kicked out, but I also really would like to participate in the fish throwing [/quote]I've seen the ushers occasionally throw out one or two people to "set an example" - the one thing I might suggest is, if your seat is right by an aisle, try to move a few spots towards the middle of the section before you throw your fish.

[A-19]

i was thrown out last year for not throwing a fish. i sat in sect O and the ushers blamed me for someone 3 rows ahead for throwing something. it was really a frustrating experience, but gene nighman actually sorted the whole thing out, which was good.

[calgARI '07]

[quote A-19]i was thrown out last year for not throwing a fish. i sat in sect O and the ushers blamed me for someone 3 rows ahead for throwing something. it was really a frustrating experience, but gene nighman actually sorted the whole thing out, which was good.[/quote]

Some of these ushers are totally clueless and my worst nightmare is getting kicked out for not throwing a fish or not swearing.