We've sacrificed three (3) Saturday home games, not to mention a fourth road game to be played on a weekday.
Do we get a bigger cut of the TV contract than other teams in the conference?
With goooood "Louisiana Saturday Night" marketing, Athletics could have made double what the ESPN Sunbelt contract is paying.
Contract with ESPN also allows the non football sports to be available to be seen by fans throughout the year on the plus. Volleyball this past weekend is an example. That is an advantage of the contract we overlook at times. Something that I don't think is available to CUSA.
You are trying get the money back in a single season.
The only way to grow the fan base to an additional 19,000 is to continuously hold Louisiana Saturday Night events over multiple seasons and generations.
Weekday events have the opposite effect.
ps Taking back concessions and apparel sales would also help.
I was told the benefits we receive from the media exposure and conference media money for playing national week night games on ESPN, are still monetarily better than all the revenue the athletic department takes in on playing a game on Saturday.
If we are taking about game day fan experience, I don't think anyone would argue that playing on a week night is better. But those are two entirely different discussions, game day experience and monetary funds for our athletic department.
For the record, I believe that college football should be played on Saturday's during the regular season. That is what made college football more of a fan and family traditon for decades.
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