02-22-2008, 02:51 PM | #21 | |
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-The channel will now be AVAILABLE. Meaning those who WANT to watch it CAN. -It's not like people everywhere were clamoring to watch MWC sports when we were on ESPN. -This SHOULD be FAR more accessible than MOST of the games would have been on ESPN, at least for non-regional folks. I'm sure, had we stayed on ESPN, the football games would still have been picked up by KSL where possible. The basketball games, however, would have been on ESPNU or ESPN360. I don't know that I've even SEEN those channels anywhere. Throw on top of that the fact that MOST of the games are on Saturdays, with a few on Thursday, and all at fairly reasonable times, and I can't see how ANYONE wouldn't be excited about the chance for the Mtn to be available nation-wide on a DirecTV Sports Package... |
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02-22-2008, 02:56 PM | #22 | |
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The Mtn is so small-potatoes, that it is really hard to fathom. Almost NO ONE will watch it, assuming it is on the sports package tier. This is basically ESPN game plan, except slightly cheaper. |
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02-22-2008, 03:07 PM | #24 | |
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The other appearances on ESPN versus AFA, SDSU and so forth just didn't get anyone outside of the MWC footprint all that excited. |
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02-22-2008, 03:10 PM | #25 | |
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When you are the only football game on TV, you get exposure (i.e. Thursday night ESPN games back in the day). More college football fans today are familiar with Boise St., than they are BYU. |
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02-22-2008, 03:12 PM | #27 | |
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Don't overestimate BYU's appeal nationwide. Whether we're on this deal or on ESPN, the same number of people will be interested in seeing the game. What this gives us, is AVAILABILITY for those who ARE interested. And that's the important thing. |
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02-22-2008, 03:13 PM | #28 | |
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It's not like all Big 10 home games are on the Big 10 channel. Far from it. In direct contrast to this MTN deal. The Mtn deal is probably a big win for the SDSU's and the New Mexico's, but it is a loser deal for BYU. |
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02-22-2008, 03:14 PM | #29 | |
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02-22-2008, 03:15 PM | #30 | |
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Will there be competition? Absolutely - it's unavoidable these days. But the fact that it's AVAILABLE is going to go a LONG ways. There'll be people flipping channels who stumble upon the Mtn, and decide to watch awhile. |
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