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Archaea · 06-14-2008, 05:55 PM

As Solon states, PR is the key thing the Church craves, and winning sports teams feed that craving.

I'd say publicity creates awareness and penetration. With awareness potential recruits eventually develop a sense of credibility by virtue of the commonality.

So BYU sports are indirect "tools" of missionary efforts just as any other publicity is.

View Poll Results: BYU sports - a missionary tool, a PR tool, or neither or both?
Missionary Tool	1	3.57%
PR Tool	4	14.29%
Neither	6	21.43%
Both	17	60.71%
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06-14-2008, 05:55 PM	#18
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	As Solon states, PR is the key thing the Church craves, and winning sports teams feed that craving. I'd say publicity creates awareness and penetration. With awareness potential recruits eventually develop a sense of credibility by virtue of the commonality. So BYU sports are indirect "tools" of missionary efforts just as any other publicity is. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα