European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday. December 6. 1985 too much to sports never say these readers this letter is in  to those viewers who feel we have Loo much sports on to. I vehemently disagree. I be been in Ger Many for 20 months and the number of sporting events has been minimal compared to what you can gel in the United slates. Whal Channel arc they watching please let me know. I am not against the wishes of those individuals who May or May not be housewives non athletic or just Don t like sports. I am for those individuals who can relax and enjoy All forms of entertainment. This past october we had an Opportunity to Sec All the games of the baseball playoffs. Except for the weekends All other games or most games started at 1 30 . Only the True fans would watch the game and then report to work at 6 . This did not inter Fere with those who do not like sports. As for the football person. I wish we could Sec two games on sunday. I also wish the selection would be the Best possible game for that week based on win loss re cords and playoff potential i enjoy Dallas dynasty and Hill Street  but if you put those shows on the air two to three times weekly there would be a Large group complaining that was Loo much. Tor those who do not care for the sport ing events. I respect your wishes and i ask you to respect the wishes of myself and others like me. If it gets too much to Bear Why not consider two televisions one cheap Black and White and one col Orwith one being attached to a Var for your enjoyment. It May be possible for an to remove wide world of sports Bowling gymnastics Tennis soccer you get the Mes Sage Alt of which i enjoy from television and meet the demands of the anti sports groups. But please. Please Don t take my foothill baseball basketball and those once a ii lifetime events such As boxing. Olympics Etc. Off the one and Only station i have in Germany. -j.l, Sykes Frankfurt am stationed it Florenne Abbel Gium where we do not receive an to. I would just like to say that i appreciate sports any Day. That s because when we want to watch to we have to drive up to shark. I Tan say that a lot of people Here really enjoy watching sports any Lime. I would like to say to All you readers who have to that you can Appicci Alc any american program even sports when you Don t receive an to. And have to drive about an hour just to Walch it. Staff sgt. Lance Turbeville Florenne a Belgium i can t believe All the complaints you received about too much sports. Ifs Lime All us sports fans United. It is untrue that an has too much sports on the compary there is nowhere near enough. An Only broadcasts sports live on sat urday and sunday and tape delayed on tuesday. 1 Don t believe complaints Are justified. An is in a position where pleasing everybody is impossible but you Guys sure try hard and deserve to be highly commended. I am Happy with the line up and please Don t change a thing. Hang in in arc be cause you arc doing a wonderful Job tvs. Denise Cowan Schweinfurt Germany two acc Cal editions of your newspaper each devoted an entire Page to complaints about an programming. I. Along with Many Oiher readers am gelling lir cd with All this complaining about an programming. There arc thousands of americans All Over  w to must live without an. We must rely on a very limited Supply of Vii tapes often very expensive. We would be thank Ful for any an radio or to. For All you complainers who think in arc is too much Sporl the wrong soap operas nol enough kids programming or news Al the wrong time. Do without an for a while. Unplug your set for a week Sec what it s like watching nothing but Ger Man to stations. You la be glad to have the an you receive. For the stars and stripes i find it hard to believe thai ice Lars you receive complaining about an programming receive the space they do. Most of the americans in Europe rely excl Sivly on your newspaper to inform us on world National and regional events which affect our families and friends. When you waste an entire Page on letters from a Bunch of crybabies complaining about Loo much sports on an you cheat us All. We need to know what is happening in Germany in , and Back Home. Give us More news Good bad or indifferent it makes no difference. Enough on an programming. Maj. Vernon c. Johnson Sheinberg Germany thank you an to and radio for air ing sports events weekly and especially for the world series College football and nil games. Serving my tour of duty in Germany obviously docs not provide me any Opportunity to witness any live sports event in the uni cd slates As a Spectator. This was a customary pastime of mine that 1 enjoyed tremendously. Viewing these sports events on to is the nearest thing to being there in person. Sport events involve real athletes in for the world series College football and nil games. Serving my Lour of duty in Germany obviously docs not provide me any Opportunity to witness any live sports event in the United states As a Spectator. This was a customary pastime of mine that i enjoyed tremendously. Viewing these sports events on to is the a cares thing to being there in person. Sport events involve real Athl Clos in a compe Lilic environment displaying skill and strategy with genuine interaction with each other. How much More interesting this is than viewing some make Bali Etc show performed by actors in some Story plot seen Many times under different names. Those who do not appreciate or enjoy sports viewing perhaps May try Reading to or teaching their children or maybe engaging in some informative Reading them selves. This is what i sometimes do when fictitious programs Are shown on an to. May i Point out thai in any one week the time allotted to broadcasting sports programs is but a drop in the bucket com pared to thai allotted to other programs Miami vice a team Blue Thun Der Csc. Keep the games rolling an and thank you. Janet i. Williams Kaiserslautern 1 feel an has done an excellent Job in providing All of the live sports coverage that it docs. I feel ii delivers a live touch from the states. Just to Sec the stadiums and fans gives us Access to the states. I do feel some priority should be Given to the games telecast with emphasis on the importance of the game. Just keep up the Good work coverage of baseball and football is Greal. Leave it to the sports fan to Conland with the disgruntled spouse. James a. Ilora Kam Sleibi a Germany Good news for fans of professional wrestling an claims to have a variety of shows for everyone so where is the wrestling i be been in Europe since july and have Yello Sec professional wrestling on an. Is there any problem with this Why nol replace just one football game per week with wrestling football is Fine but we re gelling away from the variety would t you say there is no variety in football football football and football All that s missing is the who antics commercials. Seriously folks i m sure there Are Lols of wrestling fans out there. Can we make a time Slot thanks. -r.c. Walker shape Belgium ii s 10 30 on any Given sunday morning. I and two of my friends arc silting in front of the television. The picture is Blank the television is turned off. No we arc nol going through Phasc-3 burnout from Silling in a Tower Loo Long. No we arc not Hung Over from the party last night. We Are in this Szalc of dismay because in arc is no All Star wrestling on an. I can t remember the last time i heard Roger Kent exclaim they ought in bar it just before Nick Bockwinkel gives Kenny the Sod Busler Jay the dreaded piled River. Or when was the last line we heard Fean Gene Ockerlund. Who  a whopping 5-8. Tell 6-10 Anglo King Kong Mosker. To gel Oul of his face la seems so Long ago. This is a very serious problem and there is Only one cure. Don t get us wrong we Are very flexible. We understand that you Guys May be under con race Wilh father Charles Doolon or the mormon Tabernacle choir for the 10 30 . Slot. So put wrestling on at 3 or 4 in the morning. We Don t care any Lime any Day once 11 month anything. The close so thing we have seen to wrestling is when we get a glimpse of Tom Brunansky s Baron von Rashke to shirt thai he wears under his uniform when we gel a twins game on the game of the week we would gladly spend an extra month in Graf if just one time we could hear the Crusher sing Roll out a barrels " or Sec Baron von Rashke put the claw on Abdul a the Butcher Only to have mad dog Vachon smack the Baron Wilh a foreign object before the re can gel a submission. We swear on our junkyard dog t Birls that if you Guys up All stir championship Southwest or any one of the numerous wrestling programs on we will defend an programming with outlives till Dalh or ets. If you Guys can l gel wrestling on an May the incredible mull Mogan body slam your car As you can Sec we do Melake the matter lightly. Matthew Sosnowski Bryan Novak Mike Painter Ramstein a. Germany , just kidding about body slamming your car. Editor s note Paul Van Dyke chief television operations Liq an Europe replies we forwarded these tellers to the armed forces radio and television service in a Angeles. Arts replied that an cd expect to receive All Star wrestling starting in january or february 1986. The program will run approximately 26 weeks take a 26-week hiatus and Hen return again to the program schedule. At this Lime we Are not sure of the exact starting Date but Al least the Many fans of the Square ring who have written an know they la soon be seeing their favorite sport