(05-19-2020 09:08 AM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote: It’s not The fault of the commissioner that the members of the conference suck. That’s the fault of the universities. Open a food truck selling dog $*** tacos and see if people buy. CUSA has regressed because of the members not preforming.
You are 100% correct on the why but even selling dog crap Judy doubled the payout from the first contract. Could someone else did better? I dont know but here are the facts.
CUSA as a conference screwed espn and signed with Fox. That's a fact. Another fact, when Fox started signing P5 content. CUSA was not needed by Fox.
Judy had very little to work with when she came in. Fox was out of the picture because they signed higher profile content
espn wanted no part because CUSA screwed them over after they agreed on a contract.
So two of the three players was out of the picture and that left CBSSN. While they wanted the CUSA championship games. They did not need as many other games. Why? espn had so much content they sold games to CBSSN cheaper than it would have cost them to buy CUSA. With the same ratings.
So not only was Judy selling dog crap the leftovers from CUSA 2.0 were playing worse than dog crap. ...no value. If there was value CBS would have paid for it. So she cobbled together what was left...internet streaming. CUSA was the first guinea pig for streaming. This was in a short period of time.
After 2 years Judy doubled the money which is still not great but $400k. And almost every game played in CUSA can be viewed from your livingroom. As a fan you are having it better than anytime in your schools history...
able to watch more games sitting on the couch. This conference message board is made up of cheap ass fans. Fans that complain about paying $5 a month or even $10 a month to watch their school play football and basketball.
Why blame Judy when all she has to sell is dog crap and then she has to convince those people this conference has fans that actual care? Hell I would guess 1/5 or less of the fans on this board has season tickets.
Look in the mirror and at each of our teams and that's why it's a miracle this conference has what it's got
Gone fishin....hope its better than yesterday