Thank You Georgia State

[CajunRebel]

Is the contract to show “X” amount of games for each sport? Or all sports?

Unfortunately I don’t know the specifics of the contract.

[CajunRebel]

One would think if UNO can stream all their home games a UL can afford it also. Not to mention Troy, Tx St, ark st, ga st if we can’t keep up with our conference foes maybe we should join the SLC.

Does UNO pay for full cost of attendance like we do? Do they have a $1.5 million (or whatever it is) nutrition budget?

All I know is that our athletic department has run a deficit for the past few years so I can understand them not spending money they don’t have on streaming more games.

[Turbine]

Does UNO pay for full cost of attendance like we do? Do they have a $1.5 million (or whatever it is) nutrition budget?

All I know is that our athletic department has run a deficit for the past few years so I can understand them not spending money they don’t have on streaming more games.

The entire world knows "content" is king.

To pretend that broadcasting games is a money taker and not a money maker is unfortunate and short-sighted.

It's virtually free money. Build the infrastructure and hire a couple of full time content salesmen.

[cjr3888]

Now, if we can start a new thread about the poor quality baseball concession we might get that fixed too.

Sodexo once again proved that they need to be kicked to the curb on Saturday. I wasn’t there but word is there was a 1.5 hour wait to get beer at that concert.

[John Cocktolstoy]

My point about getting over it was based on the fact home games will all be streamed. Had nothing to do with App State's decision.

I have absolutely no problem with streaming. But every damn week someone starts a new thread about it. And, the reason I have no problem with streaming is many choose to sync the broadcast with radio, which I appreciate.

Did you ever consider the fact that the reason they are now streaming the remainder of the games is because every weekend someone starts a new post to voice their concerns? If we wouldn’t voice our concerns as fans the administration wouldn’t hear our concerns and that is how apathy sets in. JMO.

[KajunKrazy]

Did you ever consider the fact that the reason they are now streaming the remainder of the games is because every weekend someone starts a new post to voice their concerns? If we wouldn’t voice our concerns as fans the administration wouldn’t hear our concerns and that is how apathy sets in. JMO.

Agree people on here and the RR pod cast probably went a long way in the administrations decision to pick up additional games.

[KajunKrazy]

Sodexo once again proved that they need to be kicked to the curb on Saturday. I wasn’t there but word is there was a 1.5 hour wait to get beer at that concert.

I was not there either. My teenage daughters would have liked to have been there, but only tickets available at the time were for 300 bucks. This was a day or 2 after they went on sale. I could not imagine paying 300 bucks for a ticket then waiting an hour and a half for a beer that probably cost around 15 bucks. One would have to be a fool to do so.

[JayWalker]

Jay, is there any reason ESPN+ broadcasts just don't utilize radio guys' mics? I prefer to listen to the radio with the video broadcasts, but was wondering since it seemed like Arkansas State's stream was just using their radio guy.

I don't know whether there is anything contractually or not. Arkansas State used separate announcers, Matt Stolz on radio and Brad Bobo on TV. The only one who did a simulcast is Troy.

I'm not a big fan of simulcasts simply because there's a huge difference (to me, anyway) between radio play by play and television play by play. But that's just an opinion based on my experience and might not be noticed by fans.

[JayWalker]

Did you ever consider the fact that the reason they are now streaming the remainder of the games is because every weekend someone starts a new post to voice their concerns? If we wouldn’t voice our concerns as fans the administration wouldn’t hear our concerns and that is how apathy sets in. JMO.

Well, I can say the thread you started was after the decision was made and changed on the website. LOL

And, while I do believe there's value in expressing concerns on this board, I also believe those in charge pay more attention to those who email them directly.

[JayWalker]

Is the contract to show “X” amount of games for each sport? Or all sports?

The requirement isn't an ESPN thing. It's a Sun Belt Thing.

The requirements are: Football, Men's Basketball, Women's basketball: All. Baseball: 9 Those are the only requirements.

Now, that is going to look wayyyy out of sorts for most of you. But not every fan base is like ours and not every administration is like ours.

Let me speak specifically about baseball.
App State doesn't do radio. And, as you can see, they don't do much tv either. Georgia State doesn't do radio and this is the first year they've done any baseball streaming for ESPN+. UTA doesn't do radio. Little Rock doesn't, either. And, none of the schools mentioned stream all of their games. The only two schools that had all of their home games streamed on ESPN+ were Coastal and Georgia Southern.

Baseball just isn't the priority around the league like it is here. I think it sucks as a baseball guy. But for them, the juice isn't worth the squeeze in that they have no fan base to speak of and therefore believe it isn't worth the cost.

Hope this answered the contract question.

And, while I'm sure you guys feel better about contacting the AD at App, I'm not sure spending the money to appease Cajun fans is on his agenda.

[John Cocktolstoy]

Well, I can say the thread you started was after the decision was made and changed on the website. LOL

And, while I do believe there's value in expressing concerns on this board, I also believe those in charge pay more attention to those who email them directly.

I can say for certain at the time I posted the changes were not made on the schedule on the website, because I looked at it 5 minutes before posting, to make sure Ga State still showed all 3 to be streamed over the weekend.

[LouisianaB]

Sodexo once again proved that they need to be kicked to the curb on Saturday. I wasn’t there but word is there was a 1.5 hour wait to get beer at that concert.

I don’t think Sodexo is the concessionaire (I think that’s the right word) for the Cajjndome. I believe that is all through Artisan or some other company.

Although it wouldn’t be the first time in wrong