Also it may be a bit of TV-first mentality ... easier to separate the NIU game out from the Saturday masses. Maybe doesn't do live attendance much good, but hey, priorities. Hard to strike a "happy medium" of attendance and TV, so which do you choose?

Per the change from @ WF to $700,000 for @ Arizona ... what was the cash involved for the WF 2-for-1?

(04-02-2023 01:18 PM)pvk75 Wrote:  Also it may be a bit of TV-first mentality ... easier to separate the NIU game out from the Saturday masses. Maybe doesn't do live attendance much good, but hey, priorities. Hard to strike a "happy medium" of attendance and TV, so which do you choose?

Per the change from @ WF to $700,000 for @ Arizona ... what was the cash involved for the WF 2-for-1?

I agree, and this shows how warped their judgment is. As with the EIU game last year, they think the entire country is busting at the seams to watch a game of NIU vs. a state FCS school on ESPN+.

(04-02-2023 12:33 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-02-2023 11:40 AM)pvk75 Wrote:  I said can, not will. Who knows what machinations lurk in the minds of our erstwhile schedulers.

Also, someone mentioned it earlier; sarcasm may have been their point.

Yes, admin. loves to move these types of games to weeknights. I guess in their mind it makes the game seem more important.

What is the precedence for this comment?

(04-02-2023 01:18 PM)pvk75 Wrote:  Also it may be a bit of TV-first mentality ... easier to separate the NIU game out from the Saturday masses. Maybe doesn't do live attendance much good, but hey, priorities. Hard to strike a "happy medium" of attendance and TV, so which do you choose?

Per the change from @ WF to $700,000 for @ Arizona ... what was the cash involved for the WF 2-for-1?

I dont know if you're inferring this or not, but playing AZ in Tuscon (which usually means a late night game) would probably have a good chance of it being televised on ESPN, The Duece or ESPNU. Maybe that is why STF took a smaller guarantee in hopes of a national broadcast.

(04-02-2023 01:36 PM)Big Red Wrote:  

(04-02-2023 12:33 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-02-2023 11:40 AM)pvk75 Wrote:  I said can, not will. Who knows what machinations lurk in the minds of our erstwhile schedulers.

Also, someone mentioned it earlier; sarcasm may have been their point.

Yes, admin. loves to move these types of games to weeknights. I guess in their mind it makes the game seem more important.

What is the precedence for this comment?

Exactly, EIU was on Labor Day. Please show me one NIU game that was changed to a weekday after scheduled that was not the first game and did not involve some unusual circumstance.

Per today's Board notes, $170K was authorized by NIU board per Athletics request to buy out remaining Wake Forest game. Obligations to visit Wake Forest are over. Consider the contract complete.

Spend $170K to get game out of the game and get $700K and better destination and TV opportunity in Arizona.

Would like to have seen more $$$ from Arizona or another player but this transaction still nets out $530K to a program that needs cash.

(04-03-2023 09:37 PM)DGHuskie Wrote:  Per today's Board notes, $170K was authorized by NIU board per Athletics request to buy out remaining Wake Forest game. Obligations to visit Wake Forest are over. Consider the contract complete.

Spend $170K to get game out of the game and get $700K and better destination and TV opportunity in Arizona.

Would like to have seen more $$$ from Arizona or another player but this transaction still nets out $530K to a program that needs cash.

Thank you. That answers my question, and I hope that of others.