Why Vermont does not need professional sport teams.

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Why Vermont does not need professional sport
teams.
a.
b.
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There are four main reasons why that statement is
true.

• The Vermont Lake Monsters
• University of Vermont Athletics
• Champ and Rally!!

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Vermont Lake Monsters

• Vermont broke into the NY Penn League in 1994 as
  the Vermont Expos.
  
• This past summer the name was changed to the Lake
  Monsters.
  
• They play in the summers at Centennial Field in
  Burlington, VT.

b.
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University of Vermont of Vermont Athletics

• UVM competes in the Division I American East
  Conference.
  
• It has teams for 8 mens sports and 10 womens
  sports.
  
• All of these programs continue to improve every
  year.

c.
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What would these teams be without their mascots?
e.
d.
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A pro baseball team?

• Even though the Lake Monsters are a semi-pro
  team, the fans do not mind that this is not a pro
  baseball team.
  
• People of all ages enjoy going out and watching
  the Lake Monsters play.
  
• It doesnt matter how many games they win people
  go to see a game in person (and for the kids to
  see Champ) to experience Americas pastime sport.

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Im not a skier but I live in Vermont.

• UVM has very competitive soccer, skiing,
  basketball, and hockey programs.
  
• The Mens hockey team has risen up to 18th in the
  country this year.
  
• Last year they were seeded as high as 3rd in the
  national rankings one week.
  
• This competitive program allows over 3,600 fans
  (excluding students) to watch each hockey home
  game.
  

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Who said basketball cant be played in cold
weather?

• The UVM mens basketball team won the American
  East Championship in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
  
• In 2005, they even upset 4 seeded Syracuse in
  overtime in the first round of the NCAA
  tournament.
  
• This year both the mens and womens teams have
  upset nationally ranked (14-mens and 22-womens)
  Boston College.

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Why say no to the pros?

• Vermont has fan-friendly and competitive teams
  already in place.
  
• The programs are improving every year.
• Building big sports arenas would go against what
  Vermont stands for. They would take away from
  the rural ideal.
  

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References

• a. University of Vermont logo
  www.uvm.edu
  
• b. Lake Monsters History logo www.vermontlakemons
  ters.com/team/history
  
• c. University of Vermont Athletics logo
  www.uvm.edu/sportspr
  
• d. Champ picture www.vermontlakemonsters.com/champ
  /blog
  
• e. Gov Douglas, his wife, and Rally picture
  www.alumni.uvm.edu/