ESPN+

[facelessjonmoon]

I don't disagree with you; but to take away from softball to stream baseball should never happen either. I don't know what the answer is, but that ain't it.

What about when the baseball team is hosting it's highest ranked (and biggest name) opponent of the year?

Softball has had some marquee opponents coming in, but this weekend not so much

[SlickRick]

If in the Lafayette area, I get your drift. It stinks for the out of towners that still have skin in the game. I try to make as many weekends as possible, but early season conflicts with my Texas high school soccer schedule, so not really feasible until late March. As someone previously mentioned, it’s understandable that we can’t get every game broadcast, but when Kansas City College softball is prioritized over a top 25 Baseball opponent, someone dropped the ball. I understand fairness being applied, but so should common sense.

Common sense....seems like I'm hearing that a lot lately from one side of the coin. The other side, not so much as it appears to be right here.

[R1Letterman]

I think we get too wrapped up in the saying "big name" with regards to diamond sports. Not sure if it is an homage to their previous big name in football or if it is a lack of remembering our own diamond sport successes. Nebraska in this case has not won a regional in about 20 years and only one conf tourny in same time and only 1 bowl win in 10 years. This trend statrted in softball when 75pct (+) of the time we call an opponent a big name, they should have been calling us that

[KajunKrazy]

Sucks to be a Nebraska fan this weekend. I bet they are calling us a small time low budget 2nd rated program.

[CAJUNSby90]

Sucks to be a Nebraska fan this weekend. I bet they are calling us a small time low budget 2nd rated program.

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[KajunKrazy]

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You say that but as soon as we go on the road and our opponent has no streaming available people b!+(H and mon on here because they can’t watch. I think back to Marshall either last year or the year before they did softball instead of the baseball series.

[CajunT]

What about when the baseball team is hosting it's highest ranked (and biggest name) opponent of the year?

Softball has had some marquee opponents coming in, but this weekend not so much

The SBC mandates that all MBB games are to be covered on the ESPN Plus package for the Conference. There is only 1 production crew for the University on our side. But it seems it comes down to money and staff.

[CharlieK]

https://louisiana.edu/inclusion

Shouldn’t this be shutting down? Take the money and film some games. Done and done.

[RaisingCajun08]

https://louisiana.edu/inclusion

Shouldn’t this be shutting down? Take the money and film some games. Done and done.

DOGE!!

[Duckster]

I think we get too wrapped up in the saying "big name" with regards to diamond sports. Not sure if it is an homage to their previous big name in football or if it is a lack of remembering our own diamond sport successes. Nebraska in this case has not won a regional in about 20 years and only one conf tourny in same time and only 1 bowl win in 10 years. This trend statrted in softball when 75pct (+) of the time we call an opponent a big name, they should have been calling us that

Agree. The SBC is a big time college baseball/softball conference and Louisiana is a leading factor in that. Year end 2024 conference baseball rankings on warrennolan.com the SBC is ranked 5th! CUSA was #10; AAC 13th. In 2022 & 2023, the SBC was #6 ranked. If and when SBC consistently has members in the CWS then we could say its an elite college baseball conference. Unfortunately for the SBC and its members, perception becomes reality in eyes of the college sports media/networks.

I'm not the most tech savvy guy, am fine listening on radio if not attending a game. But since we live in a video world, if our baseball game is not on ESPN+, why couldn't the game be streamed on the ragincajuns.com website? Even without announcers for those enjoying video. The athletic department could post video baseball highlight snippets on X.com or other social media for outreach. Maybe they already do something like that? Seems like with the technology choices today solutions are available to further promote baseball reaching more of our fans.

[CAJUNSby90]

https://louisiana.edu/inclusion

Shouldn’t this be shutting down? Take the money and film some games. Done and done.

Now you're cookin with grease

[cajun4life]

We should have equipment and enough personnel to run and broadcast multiple events at the same time.