Lynah's spectator-unfriendly netting

[Rosey]

[quote Dpperk29]and thankgod cornell sprung for the full net, not like the one at colgate where it only goes halfway up. The lady sitting directly behind me took a puck off her head. it has hit the crossbar, gone over the net, hit the ceiling, and came straight down at her. really wierd.[/quote]
Yeah, it probably stung like a bitch for a second, but I find it hard to believe it did any actual damage off a double deflection.  This is not an argument for tall netting.

Anyway, would it kill them to put in some thinner/more transparent netting?  How much could it possibly cost?  Someone tell me and I'll have a check in the mail next week.

Kyle

[Beeeej]

[quote krose]Anyway, would it kill them to put in some thinner/more transparent netting?  How much could it possibly cost?  Someone tell me and I'll have a check in the mail next week.[/quote]

Be careful what you ask for.  :-)

Beeeej

[Rosey]

Well, I did find this:

http://www.rbccenter.com/boxoffice/209.asp

which suggests there might be some rationale for using black netting.  Not sure if I buy it, but it may not have been a arbitrary decision.

Kyle

[DeltaOne81]

[quote krose]Well, I did find this:

http://www.rbccenter.com/boxoffice/209.asp

which suggests there might be some rationale for using black netting.  Not sure if I buy it, but it may not have been a arbitrary decision.
[/quote]

Oh yeah, there's definite rationale to the black netting. I thought the objection here was the particular netting a Lynah, but netting is black intentionally.  Its less intrusive (counterintuitively), because you can look through it and ignore it. Rather than the white/clear netting, which, since its harder to see (but not impossible) actually makes it more difficult to see straight since your brain can't spot it enough to ignore ignore it. There may be something to that whole reflecting/absorbing light thing too

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote krose]Well, I did find this:

http://www.rbccenter.com/boxoffice/209.asp

which suggests there might be some rationale for using black netting.  Not sure if I buy it, but it may not have been a arbitrary decision.

Kyle[/quote]

I sure don't buy it.  They have white netting at the Wacko in Philly, and I occasionally have to look down through it from my seat in the top row.  I have no problem with it at all.

I think black would be more intrusive against a white ice surface.

[Dpperk29]

[quote krose]Yeah, it probably stung like a bitch for a second, but I find it hard to believe it did any actual damage off a double deflection.  This is not an argument for tall netting.

Kyle[/quote]

It was actually an older woman, and she was taken to the hospital for stitches. it fell straight down from the cieling and hit her on the head, it deffinatly did enough damage to warrant full netting.

[Rosey]

[quote Dpperk29]It was actually an older woman, and she was taken to the hospital for stitches. it fell straight down from the cieling and hit her on the head, it deffinatly did enough damage to warrant full netting.[/quote]
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.  A concussion might be a good argument for full netting.  A minor cut---even one requiring stitches---is nothing more than a good story.

There's risk in everything, even staying in your house all day, wearing a helmet while driving, or double-bagging.  The total elimination of risk is not a desirable goal IMO, much less achievable.  But I think I've made my opinion clear and will not pursue it further.

Cheers,
Kyle

[abmarks]

WHite is better.  UVM switched in the past couple years from Black netting (Very obtrusive) to some off-white color now.  It's much easier to see through the off-white.

Analogously, how many hockey players wear black cages on their helmets?  The vast majority of teams wear white, with some using that odd new-fangled silver color.  Looking through the helmet cage is the same issue.  I'm sure if black was much easier to see through then teams would all be wearing the black ones, fashion be damned.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote abmarks]WHite is better.  UVM switched in the past couple years from Black netting (Very obtrusive) to some off-white color now.  It's much easier to see through the off-white.

Analogously, how many hockey players wear black cages on their helmets?  The vast majority of teams wear white, with some using that odd new-fangled silver color.  Looking through the helmet cage is the same issue.  I'm sure if black was much easier to see through then teams would all be wearing the black ones, fashion be damned.[/quote]It's a lot different lookig through a cage with a few bars close to your eyes, than a net which is really at your same field of vision as the ice and players.

[cth95]

Actually, most players now (including ours) do have either black cages or the newer silver cages.  Just check out the photos right here at elynah for proof.  It may seem counterintuitive, but having skated with both, the black does actually disappear as you pay attention to the game.  I actually painted the white cage on my goalie mask silver and I can see better through it (not to mention it looks cool).  I never knew why, but the link in the above post explains it pretty well.

[billhoward]

[quote abmarks]WHite is better.  UVM switched in the past couple years from Black netting (Very obtrusive) to some off-white color now.  It's much easier to see through the off-white.

Analogously, how many hockey players wear black cages on their helmets?  The vast majority of teams wear white, with some using that odd new-fangled silver color.  Looking through the helmet cage is the same issue.  I'm sure if black was much easier to see through then teams would all be wearing the black ones, fashion be damned.[/quote]

Black is the way to go. Everything blocks your view a bit, but white competes with the view.

Also, I bet there has to be a finer mesh than we bought. Maybe Andy Noel came back from his last Boston trip via New Bedford and stopped by a waterfront going out of business sale.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote billhoward]Also, I bet there has to be a finer mesh than we bought. [/quote]

That's another good point.  The mesh at the Wacko is very fine.  From the upper deck, you can't see individual strands at all.