#SFatPauley Updates: Anthony Stover Urges Students to Vote to Save Sideline Seating, SBN Starts Coverage
by Achilles on May 2, 2011 1:28 PM PDT
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We have some rather dramatic developments on the campaign to preserve student sideline seating at Pauley. Let's go with our latest recruit. He is none other than Mr. Anthony Stover!!
Stover just signed up to attend the Facebook event asking students to vote to save sideline seating for our students. Note how he is speaking on behalf of the entire team. I also don't think it's a stretch to say Stover is one of most popular players in the current team.
This should send as strong as signal out there to entire UCLA student population that our team wants them to VOTE NO on the Pauley student seating question and STOP Morgan Center's effort to destroy a 40+ year old tradition around Coach Wooden's program.
Well done Anthony! That is how you step up to follow the examples set by legends of Bruins who played for Coach. We are not done yet. More good news after the jump.
SBNation has become the first major national media outlet to recognize the huge developing story in Westwood. They have a story stream up with two posts. Here is Jason's first post on how Morgan Center is threatening traditional UCLA student seating section:
About a month ago, the UCLA Bruins athletic department sent out a press release on some so-called enhancements being done to the student section at Pauley Pavilion. Bruins Nation, SB Nation's UCLA community, immediately smelled a rat, breaking down the proposed new seating arrangement, digging up the survey that admins used to justify the move and calling for the school to investigate the "cooked" survey.
As it is, students are split up into two locations: behind one goal and along one sideline. The new plan would bunch them all behind that basket, replacing that sideline student section with older alumni, which would damage Pauley's noise potential and thus home court advantage, according to Bruins Nation.
Like a pack of ... well, bears, Bruins Nation has stayed on the case for a solid week now. They've shared comments from students who feel the higher-ups misled them about the nature of the renovation campaign, started a vigorous social media campaign and responded to a voice of dissent from within student leadership (and within Bruins Nation's own community!).
Jason than published a second post about our efforts picking up support from former prominent players for Coach John Wooden. Major kudos to SBN for being all over this now. We hope other national media outlets will follow their lead. Make sure you stay tuned with their own story stream.
Let's all keep the pressure on. Our strategy is clearly working. If you are in touch with students please remind them to vote. We need everyone to keep the pressure on. Let's get ours students to VOTE NO on the Pauley student seating question and STOP Morgan Center's effort to destroy a 40+ year old tradition around Coach Wooden's program.
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great work
this is powerful, and a critical time which will result in an outcome that will set the tone for the future of Ucla basketball…
I will say it again
There is still time for Elan Bigknife and members of the Den leadership who made a big mistake. It is clear now that Wooden era legends are with us. The current team is with us. If they are concerned about being “unified” time for them to give up their old arguments and join Stover and rest of UCLA students in voting this crazy proposition down.
Bigknife and his friends don't think they made a mistake
They care more about power tripping by leading cheers than actually watching the game. They are nothing but a bunch of arrogant narcissists.
by Seth Chandler on May 2, 2011 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Here is the question officially as on the ballot
Advisory Vote – An advisory vote is a poll of the Association that is non-binding
For years, UCLA students have occupied the north sideline seats (center court) at UCLA basketball games. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has proposed moving all the student seats behind one basket. Do you support this proposal?
Yes
No
No preference
Thanks for the confirmation, notaznguy
Select option number 2, “NO!!”
greg in denver, UCLA guy for life - BruinsNation.com
I feel this question was 'cooked' by Morgan Center to minimize the damage.
I was told that the referendum had to be posed in such a way that it could only be answered ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Now take a look at that question, there are 3 possible answers. What gives?
Second, a quick glance at your options provides one visually different answer than the other two options and that is ‘Yes.’ Exactly what the Morgan Center wants you to select.
BUT! Take a look at the other two options; they look very similar in that they both begin with ‘No.’ However, they are clearly not the same. A vote of ‘No preference’ is a defacto vote for ‘Yes.’
In my opinion, a student in a rush who is not paying close attention to what he or she is doing, is twice as likely to vote ‘Yes’ even if they intend to vote ‘No.’
To paraphrase something Andy Hill told me on the phone, “How stupid do they think we are?”
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
Love this
Point of information, though: Bears don’t hunt in packs.
"Every day was a good day at UCLA." -Coach John Wooden
Although, to be fair to everyone,
There’s nothing scarier than being attacked by a pack of bears.
"Every day was a good day at UCLA." -Coach John Wooden
Even
if their name was Oski? OK that might be freaky, cuz that’s one messed up looking bear…
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
If actual bears looked like that thing
I’d more likely be wondering who slipped me hallucinogenic drugs.
If Oski marked his business on that stanford tree, it would seriously be the ugliest sight known to man. Geez those two mascots are frumpy-looking!
If you're referring to the Cal "bear"
that bears (haw!) more resemblance to Bucky the Buckeye than anything of the ursine persuasion, I’m going to say one thing. That is the worst designed mascot of all time.
"Every day was a good day at UCLA." -Coach John Wooden
Kinda OT
But GOD that Facebook screenshot is making me want to check all your messages, friend requests and other updates for you.
Anthony Stover is THE MAN!!
The best thing you can do for your children is to love their mother. John Wooden
Sweet.
Looks like my chat with him last week worked. ;-)
Also, saw Josh Smith today on campus, and he told me he did not like this plan to remove the students from the sideline either. Don’t know if he’ll post something about it as well, but he does support what we’re trying to do as well.
I talked to him tonight
I just finished talking to Josh Smith and he told me he agrees with us. I recommended that he post something on facebook so we’ll see if he comes through.
Dan Guerrero: trying to sell better seats to a worse experience
Just posted this on the campaign page. Reposting here.
Dan Guerrero and his henchmen are idiots. Their answer to their fund-raising incompetence is to try to sell donors better seats to a worse experience. If the atmosphere in Pauley were more electric, season ticket holders would pay more to be there. If Morgan Center’s evil scheme went into effect, there’d be more atmosphere in a good sports bar. Pauley would become a mausoleum.
totally agree
As an alum I much prefer having students on the floor and an electric atmosphere while sitting in worse seats myself than sitting is better seats in a dead arena.
Frankly it’s embarrassing how the alumni section must be urged by the student to stand up and cheer (god forbid…stand up and cheer at a college basketball game???).
It will be that much worse, both in Pauley and on TV, if the students are allowed on the sideline. It’s just a stunningly idiotic decision.
by RealisticBruinFan on May 3, 2011 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Both...
slates on campus are urging their members to vote No on the advisory question. In a surprise move, one of the 3rd party candidates for President suddenly dropped out of the race this morning and sided with one of the slates. He had assured me last week that he would fight to protect our student sideline seats.
by BruinKid on May 3, 2011 12:04 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Check it out...
the students are united after all. This is how you do it, Morgan. Inspire them to come together, not banish them all together to the same corner of nowhere.
First step…
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