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May 01, 2005
T-shirt time
It was eons ago that I said I would start taking pictures of my vast collection of t-shirts and telling the stories about how I acquired them. Here's number 2 in the series, meaning number three should arrive sometime in April 2006.
This shirt has an interesting story. About five years ago, the University of Dayton Arena was celebrating its 30th anniversary, and to commemorate the event, the UD athletic department named an All-Arena Team. The All-Arena Team was made up of the greatest men's and women's basketball players to play for the Flyers at UD Arena. Those guys were no slouches, either: they took the dominant UCLA teams of the early 70's to double OT in the NCAA Tournament.
At this time, I was toiling away as Rudy Flyer at the women's basketball games, wherein children beat me mercilessly, because guys in costumes don't feel pain.
My refuge during those games was the marketing office, because that was one of the few places I could go where nobody important would see me without the head. During those breaks, I would often liberate the promotional giveaways that were meant to be handed to those very same kids who were punching me on the kidneys.
The All-Arena Team shirt was one such item, and it is extra important because they weren't actually given to any fans. The shirt was worn only by members of the All-Arena Team, and no one else. So, I and about twenty former UD basketball players are walking around with this t-shirt. It's quite a lovely shirt, isn't it?
Posted by oz115 at May 1, 2005 07:59 PM