Gee, it must be nice to have money.

(12-03-2014 04:25 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  

(12-03-2014 02:24 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  As a fan I really don't care about the market so I didn't read the link because for my needs it doesn't matter. As a fan I want to see the teams in my conference on TV as often as possible. I really don't care if 2 or million others watch it...

I do understand that's some what important ..just not to "the fan"

So any given night I can click on my TV and watch or DVR CUSA games which is a heck of lot easier than trying to do it from espn3..

because unless I want to pay for TW cable I can't.

We can talk about TV contracts all we want but if we are being honest with ourself what our schools make off them really isn't the most important factor when it comes to TV...

as fans being able to see the games out weights dollars by a long shot

After the last round of realignment, I saw that the SBC was doing more with ESPN3 while CUSA was focusing on the OTA stuff with American Sports Network. I knew that I was going to be traveling quite a bit during the season and I was curious which would be easier to find local games and decided to be cognizant of it this season. The funny thing is, I actually find the ESPN3 thing to be easier.

Texas State had every home game (and several road games) available via ESPN3. I carry a smartphone with me at all times and a laptop every time I travel. No matter where I was, I just plugged in my Chromecast and pushed the game to my TV.

By contrast if I was looking for the ASN games (usually UNT and UTSA since they are the local teams), it wasn't always easy. I had to figure out which OTA channel was the affiliate and if it was on the main channel or one of their HD alternate channels that was not available where I was.

I found that the games were on TV in the urban areas, but the rural areas of Texas were considerably spotty. Of course the channel number changed depending on which market I was in, so I had to spend time looking up the games each time. Even some of the games in the San Antonio area ended up being on one of the HD sister stations (ie 7.2 instead of 7.1) and I could find it if I was on a TV with an antenna but not on ATT Uverse.

ESPN3 is less likely to happen in sports bar or capture the random fan. However, as a fan looking for a specific game, I found the ESPN3 experience to be better than ASN.

I'm in the DFW metro area and c-usa games were on 4 channels here every week..not matchups I would be interested in watching but because their tv deal has not expired yet they have a greater than necessary presence here.