Tuesday night game comes with pros and cons for Louisiana

[Turbine]

I assure you ULM, Texas State, Troy, etc. are more than happy to reap the financial rewards of our discomfort. ESPN needs weekday content. That is the main value of the SBC. I don't see it changing.

ESPN is desperate for weeknight content.

They are getting away with robbery paying the SBC so little.

[CajunVic]

ESPN is desperate for weeknight content.

They are getting away with robbery paying the SBC so little.

We are getting “fill-in” wages . . .

[Scott Malkinson]

It is also a lot easier and with more value exchange to take a 1/2 day off commencing a weekend than 1 1/2 days off mid week.

Plus a lot of the out of town fans would make the treck to Lafayette on a Friday instead if a Tuesday

[CajunNation]

Friday's have their own logistic problems but the biggest one is taken care of, most people don't have to work the next day.

...or there is no school the next day.

[ULGrad@HOU]

It's only good for UL playing on Tuesday night on ESPN2 if we play extremely well, and get good recognition for beating a good App St. team.

If we lose, it's a high price to pay to miss out on gaining what would have been a good Saturday Gameday Atmosphere.

[RaginCajun309]

Tuesday game is worth the loss in attendance if you beat a good team. I’m at work and have watched ESPN all afternoon and only a small mention of Alabama losing to aTm, everything was NFL, more NFL, some baseball, Fury fight followed by more NFL. Only thing sports related we are competing against is baseball playoffs.

Key is we have to play and win a great game and reap lots of coverage the next day.

[Cajunsmike]

The problem is the SBC will likely always have the weekday game schedules and we will be screwed for Saturday games. We'll never achieve the attendance figures we want playing on Tuesday nights.

Good points in the above post. However, it may be a moot issue. The SBC just extended the contract with ESPN for several more years and they control game times. We are powerless to do anything about this at this time. I have asked before if some type of deal could be made to insure that no school has to ever play more than 2 weeknight home games in any season. No one has ever answered the possibility of that proposal. When Jay had a radio show and would get the commissioner's on, he would ask this type of question. Tough to get that type of interview now. Perhaps one of the local guys could bring it up to Dr. Maggard next time he is on radio.