Doug Hendriks (dougstud@prodigy.net) from 192.239.158.186 at 10/31/00 09:18PM
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    Personaly, I think that sports will play a large roll in determining the future of the south, at least the future of Tennessee. A good example or this is the role that the Nashville Predators are playing in the internationalization of Hockey in the U.S.. Hockey, similar to soccer, is followed across the world on the international level. There's been big talk of the NHL going global. This is due to the fact that most of the NHL's players are not from the U.S.. This is big news for Nashville. This globalization means putting Tennessee on the map in terms of the world view on Hockey. I don't think the world will see Tennessee as "the south", thus changing every body elses view on what the south realy is.