(10-30-2020 05:57 PM)burden Wrote: One thing I find frustrating is how long its taken to do all this. Anytime Ive been involved in layoffs there was an effort to do it quickly and get it over with and get the organization looking ahead and not waiting for the grim reaper to arrive. For example if Ty was getting laid off why didn’t it happen in April or May. I’m used to it happening within a week. I’m sure Universities would take more time but six months?? Get it over with.
I agree...
And Kent State Athletics' attempt to change the story about what it is or isn't doing with radio is to come out with an app...
https://kentstatesports.com/news/2020/10...fqRHIhlh0E
Dump the "Voice of the Golden Flashes" ... then make a big deal over an app with... wait for it... "Links to watch and listen to live events will also be available on each teams' schedule page."
Everyone in sports knows apps are a waste of time. I don't know if KSU spent any money on the app... probably not. It was probably a throw-in as part of Kent State extending its contract with Sidearm, the team's website provider.
The simple fact is everything that is available on the app was and will continue to be available on the mobile version of the athletics website... and people are going to still go to use the mobile version.
ESPN did the research... The ESPN app is specifically about giving people mobile access to watch games and other video content.
ESPN redesigned its website to make it more like a mobile experience with the idea that more people are accessing news through mobile devices.
To KSU's credit, Sidearm is a good contract that puts together quality websites. They do a good job of building websites that are responsive and translate well to mobile...
... So the question is why bother duplicating the experience by producing an app?
It will be interesting to see if people enjoy the app for more than a week or two considering studies say people don't want to bother with apps for sports news. Maybe things have changed in the business, but I still get my sports news without leaving safari on my iphone and losing the ability to quickly jump to other news sources without having to go from app to app.
I hope KSU did not spend a dime on that app.
If it did, that's one more dime that could have been spent to keep Ty.
Joel bills the app as "unique." Everything it offers seems to have already been easily available.