The Dad Vail

The Dad Vail regatta, held in Philadelphia every year, is a premeir collegiate rowing race held in May- but it almost wasn't in Philadelphia this year.
Because of a lack of funds, organizers almost moved the event to New Jersey before Aberdeen stepped in and decided to sponsor it in November.
It caused a lot of controversy and confusion and a lot of schools were upset about the organization. My job was to exploit that this week - particularly by talking to the head coach of the University of Tulsa, Kevin Harris. Tulsa wasn't participating in the race this year, seemingly because of his displeasure with the organizers.
I called him and talked to him. It turns out he wasn't that upset, and he made it a point to say that he didn't hate Philadelphia numerous times. He was displeased at how things were handled, but he wasn't angry. The confusion just caused him to keep his team in Tulsa this week because it was too short notice to start making plans.
I also talked to the head coach of Grand Valley State, John Bancheri, who was unbelievably enthusiastic about the event. It was like night and day.
The story ended up being an advance of Friday's regatta with some of the controversy news mixed in. It should run Thursday.