(01-20-2023 05:10 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(01-20-2023 05:05 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(01-20-2023 04:12 PM)sstaedtler88 Wrote:  

(11-09-2022 05:50 PM)Miami (Oh) Yeah ! Wrote:  

(11-09-2022 05:48 PM)Huan Wrote:  it is just in october? so 3-4 games out of 12 with more exposure
$750k per school? decent deal and much better than previous.

How is it better? Their current contract already had 18 CBSN broadcasts. EXCEPT those were on Saturdays... now the same number of games (18) on CBSN but on Tuesdays. Most of the rest on ESPN3/+

Judy traded 18 Saturday games for Tuesday games and a few extra dollars. That is all.

This isn't accurate. ESPN will have 8 games on Tues and Wed. I believe CBS Network covers Thurs and Friday games of which there are 7. The other 11 games on CBS Network, to get up to 18, I believe are on Saturdays. Also keep in mind, with only 9 and then 10 teams in 2024, each team will be on TV more times than they were with more teams.

8 games on linear espn Oct mid-week. No espn linear guarnteed on the previous deal.

18 cbssn games with 8 of those Oct mid- week. Previous deal was 14 cbssn games with some of those on Thursda or Friday. Additionally 3 cbssn produced games for Facebook.

Previous money was 400k per school while new deal is betwwen 750-800k per school.

Previous deal had many espn+ games and some cusatv games for streaming. New deal has all non-linear games on espn+.

To summarize: better linear access, better streaming access and a little better money.

In your summary, you left out that the midweek games will likely be poorly attended, for an already poorly attended league. Instead of LaTech getting 18k for their games, they will get 5k. Does the better money make up for that?

I don't think so.

And it's not just about the attendance money. It's about caring for the fans you already have (and cultivating fans going forward).

It's cool when college football twitter is buzzing about a MACtion snow game or shootout or stud player or crazy ending or unusual play. That's really fun for all of us general college football fans (and we wouldn't get nearly as much if all their games were streaming somewhere, even on ESPN+ on Saturday against our own schools and all the big names). But I doubt it ever pays off past that.

"Exposure" is a really nebulous term. Of course more people will see the game and over time maybe(????) that has a tangible payoff. But it hasn't seemed that way for the MAC.

With my limited knowledge, I look at the pros and cons and lean (very much) one way. But the CUSA brain trust saw it differently (and they got to see the numbers - and are the ones buying the soccer team's uniforms).

If CUSA had a better track record on this stuff, it might be easier to hold your nose and trust that they just didn't have anything better on the table. And that "better" means the same thing to the ones making the calls that it does to fans. As it stands. . .