(05-19-2016 01:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote: (05-19-2016 12:44 PM)pesik Wrote: (05-19-2016 12:01 PM)WKUYG Wrote: BTW espn3 blacks out regional game on TV. So unless someone is selfish enough to want all regional TV games stopped just so they can see it on espn3...they should be happy for the 90% of the fans living in the area it's shown
thats not true at all..and flat out wrong
half of the espn3 games are licensed locally ...espn actually encourages it, as its pure profit for espn..
houston/louisville last year was on local tv everywhere on the east coast but if you lived in houston you had to watch on espn3
heres the link to it (now deactivated, just showing you its there) http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/...e-football
here are the highlights ( notice it says foxsports south)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuxVpKgRcW4
espn3 NEVER blacks-out content ..espn3 itself gets blacked-out in certain areas, depending on the licensing deal
the AAC/ASN deal for 10 tier3 bball games is a dual cast, asn local and espn3 national..
IMO thats the best case scenario for c-usa, is that the 25-30 ASN games are dual cast espn3 games. which is unknown at the moment
ps i dont get why you are upset..
they are worried about their teams exposure, not only for themselves but for fan growth, brand growth and accessibility for casual fans
you are telling them to drive 2 hours or pay $15 a month to listen to a radio broadcast and stop complaining.
if you cared about wku (the program) and not just yourself and your willingness to pay, this is a legitimate issue
If I only cared about Western I would want to be on FOX....
Where just about ALL games were shown.
I don't care about UofL or Houston I know that SBC games are BLACKED OUT on espn3 when they were shown on CSS. I also know that espn blocked Western from letting FOX show all Western games.
I'm not mad I'm pointing out that 90% of fans in a region are happy seeing a game on TV and the 10% crying about it only wants what's best for them. If another company has the rights they can refuse espn3 from showing that game in that region....
as it should be
I'm for having as many games on TV in the region that most CUSA fans live. If that includes those games being streamed that's great. But as a former SBC member a lot of games shown on CSS was not picked up by espn3 or blocked in the region it was shown on TV because someone else owns those rights. The conference should get the most money and coverage they can. If it means 10% of your fans can't see the content...
it's better than having 90% of your content on espn3 only. Lets put it this way if espn3 could have carried a CUSA game last year...the CUSA Network would have carried the internet feed.
If someone wants to see a game they can. It might take a little effort but if you want something bad enough you make that effort. And you're wrong...
they are only worried about their self not the 90% of fans that do get to watch on TV..ME ME ME
im curious where you are getting this 90% number from?
the vast majority of students in college arent from the city the college is located in
just looking at the UAB report, asn aired 7 of the 12 uab games in 2014...all 7 were in Birmingham, AL but no where else in alabama, nowhere in the neighboring state of Mississippi or Georgia..and just 3 were picked up in Nashville
so you are saying 90% of uab fans live in Birmingham (answer is thats not true)
but im starting to see where your bias comes from..WKU was good in football so all of your games were picked by fox.. if wku has an offyear you'll see that asn only airs in 3 cities in kentucky and the difficulties of finding a game..and i doubt all 3 pick up wku games
if conference digital networks were a good alternative to ESPN3, the sunbelt who has a digital network wouldnt have celebrated so much in their encompassing espn3 deal (where sunbelt still has to pay for the production)..in 2013 the MWC put 20-30 games on their digital network in 2014 they were desperate to put half of those on espn3
the AAC specifically negotiated to have a huge portion of our womens bball on espn3..despite having a fully functional aac digital network
you think its 90% happy, 10% complaining.. when in reality its closer to 30% happy, 40% casual fans who don't care enough to look hard for it and watch something else, 20% die hards who are complaining they can't see their favorite teams 10% cord cutters who are mad their isn't an online option and/or "free" stream (they aren't made for asn)