I take these videos with a huge grain of salt. They're not going to show the X number of students who correctly identified the logos.Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
Although I bet 90% of them could name all SEC teams.
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I take these videos with a huge grain of salt. They're not going to show the X number of students who correctly identified the logos.
Although I bet 90% of them could name all SEC teams.
I would have preferred the question to be how many Tech football games did they attend last year.
About the same number that attend the basketball games now -
75 to 100 on a good night
The current student just doesn't care...
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
...and they showed that by voting no on the last student athletic fee. A record turnout on that vote. They voted no while wearing their lsu crap. That's the way they were raised.
Extremely SAD!!!
I believe most TV information will come out tomorrow. This used to get me excited.
https://conferenceusa.com/news/2024/...ll-season.aspx
cbssn 4 & espnu 2@kanemcguire
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6 of the 8 conference games will be nationally televised (tied for most in the league)
This is what we get for around $750K in revenue from Judy's TV deal. Subtract the lack of revenue we'd get from playing traditional Saturday games vs actual losses of revenue for weekday games. This is what happens when non-business people make business decisions. All for a couple of poorly made commercials during the games.
It’s definitely frustrating with the weekday games - especially with 2 kids in school. I don’t know what broadcast partner would get us as much exposure if we only had traditional Saturday games. The only Saturday option is streaming since ESPN is full, and without Fox Sports.
One option IMO would be to strike a deal with Diamond Sports Group (Bally Sports), but even then you don’t have nationwide coverage (dispute with Comcast). Also CW could be a spot for a game of the week. They only have Washington State/Oregon State so you have room for at least one game and maybe double headers. I think with those 2 you give up TV money for exposure (but are people watching vs. SEC/BIG/B12/ACC?). How much more do we make by having games on Saturday? (it’s a question, not sarcasm).
I am curious about the viewership numbers for those weekdays. What's the tradeoff vs attendance and Saturday viewing?
The CW would be interesting, especially with their push for sports, however they already have a deal with the ACC. Would make it harder to have a Saturday game on national TV.
They didn't have any good options for this product. I get that. I don't think there was a right decision to be made.
But I really worry (thus my skepticism and criticism of the deal, or at least push-back to all the "what an amazing job CUSA has done" talk) that it's penny-wise, pound-foolish.
I'm sure the eyeballs are WAAAAAAAY bigger on these weeknight games. But mostly because of less competition for eyes and because they're on the bigger channels. And as more and more conferences chase every last cent (or drop of "exposure") we'll get crowded out there, too. Part of the selling point for this thing was "we'll be the only games on, every college football fan will be watching" but that's already not true. Other conferences (who aren't giving up EVERY October saturday are still getting mid-week games up against us).
I just keep coming back to the MACtion comparison. Is the MAC any better off than they'd have been just streaming or airing locally (or on a new obscure channel every week like the old CUSA deal)? I don't know. I assume they've made more money this way. But are you damaging your future? Crappier atmosphere for those who can come, fewer families (meaning that much less investment in future generations of people who might actually become students/fans).
And then there is just the Tech-specific part that so many of our season ticket holders live in DFW/Houston/Shreveport. We gave away 1/3 of their games!
I don't get to many games either way. Easier to find on tv is better for me personally. But I do worry that it's bad for Tech. And even though it's a short term deal there is no way they don't extend it (and extend it and extend it). Again - look at the MAC. They're stuck in their deal forever I think.
Every single school is chasing "college football fans" at the expense of the actual and potential real fans of that school. I just wonder what good "exposure" to CFB hard-cores and journalists and gamblers does for us. Even if there are a lot of them. At the expense of making decisions for the few fans (and potential students/fans) we actually have?
Maybe that kind of thinking makes sense for the SEC and Big Ten (although it sucks for their fans, too). But for CUSA? I don't know. Juice doesn't seem worth the squeeze, but there aren't good options. I guess it's a pick-your-poison time in college sports.
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