TO THE EDITOR:
What a great idea that the athletic department has hired the Disney Institute to improve game day operations. (Oct. 2, “Mouse packs the house”)
Seems with the transition of live football games to TV entertainment the actual experience in the stadium has now become interminable with incessant commercial time-outs interrupting the actual flow and intensity of the game, leaving fans in attendance waiting around watching commercials on the video boards.
Bringing in Disney is an inspired move! Using visual FX technology, Kenan Stadium can be filled on screen to capacity every game day with thousands of digital UNC fans cheering exuberantly, leaving those actually in the stands unburdened by their lack of spirit (Sept. 30, “UNC football needs better fan support”)
Disney could partner with the Communications Studies Department to provide on the job TV training for future careers in broadcasting. It’s a win-win situation. The Blue Zone would appear packed to capacity every game, living up to the success of Kenan’s touted expansion and the glory of Carolina football while providing practical job training so desperately sought by the Governor.
F. Marion Redd ’67
Hillsborough
