09-25-2017, 08:01 PM
(09-25-2017, 05:48 PM)stupac2 link Wrote:[quote author=winflop link=topic=17500.msg202845#msg202845 date=1506376638]
I would like to see the next TV contract place greater limits on the number of games kicking off after 5pm. No team should have more than half its games that late, and there should be a cap on how many there can be in any single week.
Lack of national exposure is killing the conference.
Do you honestly think that if we move these games into prime time anyone will watch them? Who will broadcast? The broadcasters have already made it abundantly clear that they don't want us in prime time if we're not top 10. All that'll do is give the Pac-12 network a bunch of games competing against each other.
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Spot on.
A mandate would lower the value of the next contract.
It might be restrictive enough to cause a potential buyer (ESPN) to pull out of the bidding completely.
And it would definitely force more games on to Pac-12 Nets since that 7:30/8:00 game on ESPN2 is not bumping anything from any other conference.
FWIW - Be careful about wishes.
Could easily imagine a network discovering that 9AM games are not strictly prohibited.
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