No More HockeyCam

[melissa\'01]

what Ben said!

i can't freakin believe this. this is just plain WRONG!
i didn't think that it was possble to be this P.O'd at a bunch of strangers but here i am cursing at my monitor. perhaps coach should be informed of what is now going on. it has gotten out of hand. without the fans buying tix and without their support there'd be no paperwork, etc for these morons to do all day! they couldn't forget/overlook this. i am now officially as agitated as that bear in age's new logo has got to be (i mean - come on - it can't be fun having that thing shoved up your ass....hmmmm- might i suggest someone trying this on the members of the athletic dept making all these poor decisions?)

other than that - i'll chime in with my thanks to Age. you've done a lot for the rest of us and we are VERY thankful for your hard work and dedication.

[jtwcornell91]

Tell me about it; I also got a cable modem when I moved to N'Awlins, with HockeyCam being a big part of the inspiration (that and the consideration that with a cell phone, dial-up was the only reason to have a land line--although it is suprisingly difficult to order pizza with just a cell phone).  It is still convenient, I just wish the timing hadn't worked out so crappily.

[Petunia LiCicero \'95]

I'd like to believe that this wasn't personal, they just didn't want the hockeycam competing against their pay audio service.
Hopefully, nobody here will subscribe to it.  I would think that most anyone who would subscribe to internet audio is aware of this site.  Just listen to the away feeds, that's what I will do!

[bigggreddd77]

I guess amongst all of this I'm a bit confused.  Age, where do you work that they could put the cable on your chair?  Was there a note with it or anything?  I mean...no doubt you were somewhat inflamatory on this site...what started all of the animosity?  If this is the manner it was done...with no other communication...thats terrible...

And not to belittle Age's great feed...but in the spirit of fun:
AND TO THINK...I NAMED MY FIRST CHILD HOCKEYCAM!!! :-D

[Hockey Parent]

My wife and I would like to thank Age for his efforts, as well.  As parents of one of the players, this was our only means of watching him play. We live too far from Ithaca to be able to watch in person.  Last year we commented to Coach Schafer how pleased we were to be able to tune in to the Web Cam. We showed the Web Cam to another Cornell recruit's Dad and I am sure that helped sell The Big Red Program and his son will be playing for the team next year.
We have signed up for the radio link as we want to hear the game as announced by the Home Team, but are really disappointed that we will not be able to watch the play. And no Age, we do not want our donation back. It was well spent! We only hope that you are not too much out of pocket for your expenses.
If the Athletic Department does not want the help of dedicated volunteers, we hope that they are prepared to step in and supply the most advanced forms of media available to make their teams as attractive as possible to potential recruits for their various athletic programs. Failure to do this may mean a loss of recruits to other universities. Cornell may have great academics, but a student athlete is probably not motivated to go to Cornell
based on the academics. He is far more likely to want to play for a particular team because of the coach, tradition, and most importantly, atmosphere. That is provided by you, the true fans.
After his campus visit and watching a home game, my son was sold on Cornell. As parents (albeit uninitiated ones) we wanted him to go to a different university (fear keeps us from saying the dreaded name on this site as Age might track me down). Having the Hockey Cam to watch for the home games helped us to follow his and the team's progress and it really meant a lot to us. We would rush home on Friday nights from work (as we did tonight) in eager anticipation to watch the game. Our disappointment in not being able to watch tonight's match is huge.
We thank Age once again for last year's broadcasts and we thank you, the fans, for making Cornell Hockey the exciting and memorable program that it is today.

[Robb]

What else could there possibly be to say?

[Al DeFlorio]

I wish this parent would forward a copy of his/her posting to Andy Noel (jan16@cornell.edu), Anita Brenner (amb42@cornell.edu), and Mike Schafer (mcs14@cornell.edu).

[Jim Hyla]

WOW. If the can't get it now they never will.:`(