02-22-2008, 03:35 PM | #41 | |
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For at least the last two years of the ESPN deal, a BYU fan could watch every single BYU football game. Some games were nationally broadcast, and the rest were on ESPN gameplan. Gameplan cost $100 for the year, and included a lot of non-BYU games as well. For the New Mexico fan, I'm sure the calculus is now improved. |
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02-22-2008, 03:43 PM | #42 | |
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In essence, this is supporting my point. For $144 per year (less, if you drop the sports pack from March-August) you get ALL MWC sports, plus countless other football games available on the DirecTV sports pack. Throw in the fact that the NEW ESPN deal wasn't as good as the OLD ESPN deal, and like I said, we're probably better off. |
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02-22-2008, 03:48 PM | #43 | |
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02-22-2008, 03:50 PM | #44 | |
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It's good for fans to be able to see all the games. I will grant you that. But it's not good for the games to be on an obscure channel that very few people have access to. |
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It's my opinion, however, that that's not what we're comparing here. We're comparing Saturday afternoon with Tuesday evening, or Saturday afternoon on Mtn with Saturday afternoon on the EQUALLY obscure ESPNU. I, for one, will be absolutely happy with the deal once it's on DirecTV. |
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That's why the Comcast situation sucked. DirecTV distribution fixes that problem. The people who want to watch football have the sports tier. The AP and college coaches and the bowl's have the sports tier. Is this as widely viewed as the ESPN deal? No. But who cares? The people who are important to the future of the MWC will see it. That's the big thing. Who knows what happens from there. ESPN started off very slow also. Took ESPN 2 years to get decent sat and cable coverage. I now know were every game can be viewed. Stability is a wonderful thing.
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02-22-2008, 04:15 PM | #48 | |
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I can also hear the guys flipping channels when Nebraska goes up by 40 over ND in the first quarter, and comes across a BYU-TCU game on the Mtn, the score 25-17 BYU, TCU with the ball with ten minutes to go...and deciding to watch the rest of the game. Still, neither case is the reason we should be excited about the distribution. They're simply a by-product. |
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That'd be a cool mil Direc makes off the deal... |
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