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02-28-18 06:58PM |
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amac
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World Tour Schedule 2018-2019
probably a little early to ask but has anyone heard about any confirmed locations for the slams for the upcoming 2018-2019 season?
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03-01-18 12:12AM |
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IN-OFF-FOR-2
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No date confirmed but I've heard murmurs of returning to Truro NS. Gushue bring your helmet !!
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03-01-18 08:49AM |
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Observer
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I'm hoping for one of the big events to return to Winnipeg or Thunder Bay so I can drive to it.
Or somewhere in Minnesota would be even better, but even after the Shuster gold that's got to be very, very unlikely.
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03-01-18 09:06PM |
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ott-am
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Are the Slams televised in the U.S and in Asia, such as South Korea or China? It would be great if they were and then eventually they might be able to add a few events in the U.S. say Minnesota to start with. Perhaps they might even be able to have some in Asia in a few years?
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03-01-18 09:38PM |
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Observer
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No, they’re not televised outside of Canada. Late last season, they started allowing non-Canadians to watch it on the internet on a pay basis, which is how I watch the ones I’m interested in,
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03-01-18 11:29PM |
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Alice
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Is there any relationship in management between the Slams and the new "World Series" of curling sponsored by a Kingdomway, a nutrient maker, the start-up of which may be delaying the Slams schedule?
http://mobile.ytsports.cn/news-3718.html
https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ki...usd3044-million
Surfing around looking for info on the Slams and the Series, I learned 361 is a sports apparel company in longtime deals with WCF and some curling NGBs, too, with the deals brokered by a sports business entity in Zug, Switzerland. Crossing my fingers no curler has to pay for any required 361 apparel while competing as US trials curlers had to pay for required Nike shirts.
The wave of the future seems to be more companies and such making more money off elite level curling while elite curlers must pay entry fees into these sponsored tournaments, are not paid a living wage or travel costs while competing but for those in HP programs (funded mostly by NBC revenue via USOC.)
Saw a photo today of the US men's curling team in NYC. Matt on the Throne o' Brooms and all in front of prominent cheese product branding signage. I had a sudden vision of them all grabbing brooms from the Throne and using them to scare the c---- out of some WCF deal makers in Zug. And, the qualified pharmacist Mrs. Shuster and someone from the USA FDA debating nutrient supplements with the Series' sponsor.
I hope the elite curlers will create a union in less than 4 years, with tour cards just like the golf professionals. It will take curlers with normal life skills - not those raised as children within a sport NGB - to do it. And, good agents and lawyers to represent the interests of curlers rather than lawyers whose clients are the NGBs, USOC, WCF, and the companies who use athletes to sell their products.
Ready to applaud the first curler who breaks one of the illegal adhesion contracts USOC and USCA force our elite athletes to sign.
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03-02-18 01:02PM |
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ott-am
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Does anybody have any details about the World Series of Curling? That appears to be independent of Pintys Slam events. Will the events be televised?
As for the Slams, it would be great if they would start being televised in the U.S. I wonder if that is a possibility in the near future. People know what curling is in New York given the reception Shuster's team received on Wall Street today when they rang the opening bell for the NYSE.
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03-02-18 02:35PM |
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curlerbroad
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Maybe it is time for the Elites to get organized like the golfers. Perhaps even qualify for the tour like the golfers? Then have a 2nd tier tour and the top team at the end of the season will receive an entry into the main tour. Bottom feeders in the main tour go down to the 2nd tier.
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03-02-18 04:27PM |
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nelski
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Registered: Oct 2004
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quote: Originally posted by curlerbroad
Maybe it is time for the Elites to get organized like the golfers. Perhaps even qualify for the tour like the golfers? Then have a 2nd tier tour and the top team at the end of the season will receive an entry into the main tour. Bottom feeders in the main tour go down to the 2nd tier.
I don't have a great sarcasm filter. I kinda thought things were goin' that way. No? Alice's suggestions are not new either and #ShustersGold will get profiteers and unionizers alike, on the road to bux. But the best idea is selling #slamTV to Asia! #ohYeah - get a commentator and you are off to the races. Too bad WCT thingy got sold. No?
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Lots of major youth (<21) events. Nice for Murdoch... and us :-D.
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03-02-18 06:58PM |
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ott-am
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quote: Originally posted by nelski
I don't have a great sarcasm filter. I kinda thought things were goin' that way. No? Alice's suggestions are not new either and #ShustersGold will get profiteers and unionizers alike, on the road to bux. But the best idea is selling #slamTV to Asia! #ohYeah - get a commentator and you are off to the races. Too bad WCT thingy got sold. No?
CB, that is close to what it is now. To get into the Slams, you have to get CTRS points from the top non Slam spiels across the country. If you do not accumulate points from the Slams, you will not continue to be invited. Many top teams like Schiedigger and Flaxey were able to get into the Slams by doing well in the Ontario and Western spiels like the Autumn Gold and others.
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03-02-18 07:01PM |
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ott-am
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quote: Originally posted by nelski
I don't have a great sarcasm filter. I kinda thought things were goin' that way. No? Alice's suggestions are not new either and #ShustersGold will get profiteers and unionizers alike, on the road to bux. But the best idea is selling #slamTV to Asia! #ohYeah - get a commentator and you are off to the races. Too bad WCT thingy got sold. No?
There are commentators in Asian countries. There was a lot of coverage in Beijing last year, and the South Korean coverage appeared pretty good with the descriptions of the shots and commentary in the small curling house on the bottom right of the TV screen. Both countries know their stuff.
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03-07-18 02:03PM |
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Alice
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Kingdomway's World Series is being rebranded as World Curling Cup. Maybe if the new WCF hire for it can make the new name stick.
http://www.worldcurling.org/jobs
Pro circuit here "we" come. Slams. Cups. Championships. And other made for TV events.
I look forward to some Pro-Am events like the popular Pebble Beach golf event.
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