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SEC Network: Friend or Foe
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:07 am
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:07 am
I've heard a lot of opinions on some boards regarding the SEC Network. A pro is more exposure obviously. A con is some sports will lose some local broadcasting opportunities such as baseball. I wanted to get the SEC Rant's feelings on the subject. Shoot. 
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:10 am to abellsujr
Foe
The constant money grab from a "nonprofit" sport rubs me the wrong way.
The constant money grab from a "nonprofit" sport rubs me the wrong way.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:20 am to abellsujr
I am growing wearing of Finebaum and his schtick. I have stopped listening to him as it gets old day in and day out. So if he brings nothing to the table I will watch the games including non revenue sports, but I surely wont be watching anything to do with the SEC game day show or anything where he is one of the feature personalities. I for one look forward to more SEC baseball and other things you don't see a lot of. women's VB, and Gymastics would be others I would watch when fb is not in season.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:22 am to abellsujr
Pro. More exposure for some sports that do not currently get it and some football games that would be "paperview" or GamePlan purchases before might now be aired. I don't see a downside.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:35 am to abellsujr
as an lsu baseball fan it sounds like it will be a foe. we'll see. i dont have high expectations though.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:58 am to abellsujr
Friend
Yeah, the four letter network has sort of become the Wally World (Walmart) of sports broadcasting running small mom and pop shops out of business ... but I like what my Wally World stock has done over the years and, seeing as how I am a greedy capitalist, I am of the opinion that the SEC Network is going to do the same for the conference in the long run.
We're going to be filthy rich!
Also, with regard to baseball, there will be more SEC baseball games on than ever before. ESPN is clamoring for inventory and they are going to get a steady dose of everything SEC, baseball especially. All of our programs have been mandated to establish our own camera crews capable of broadcasting anything and everything. They'll be manned by student crews with associate ESPN producers and training teams coming out of Charlotte to train our programs on how to pull it off. I know for a fact that SCAR has already invested in a lot of our own broadcast equipment and we'll be the test program with our crews being trained over the summer, actually starting in a week or so if I am not mistaken.
Yeah, the four letter network has sort of become the Wally World (Walmart) of sports broadcasting running small mom and pop shops out of business ... but I like what my Wally World stock has done over the years and, seeing as how I am a greedy capitalist, I am of the opinion that the SEC Network is going to do the same for the conference in the long run.
We're going to be filthy rich!
Also, with regard to baseball, there will be more SEC baseball games on than ever before. ESPN is clamoring for inventory and they are going to get a steady dose of everything SEC, baseball especially. All of our programs have been mandated to establish our own camera crews capable of broadcasting anything and everything. They'll be manned by student crews with associate ESPN producers and training teams coming out of Charlotte to train our programs on how to pull it off. I know for a fact that SCAR has already invested in a lot of our own broadcast equipment and we'll be the test program with our crews being trained over the summer, actually starting in a week or so if I am not mistaken.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:21 pm to abellsujr
To quote some folks in the big offices
"It is a deal with the Devil"
Pro
+ $$$$
Con
- ESPN owns it not SEC (B1G and PAC own all or part of their networks)
- Broadcast HQ will be in ACC footprint, not SEC
- TV means fewer fans in the stands
- Disney is just concerned about profit, not the long term health of the SEC
- Pay an monthly fee and having to watch commercials is insult to injury (if you pay, it should be commercial free)
- invasive nature of ESPN (ask Mack Brown about the LHN following him 24 / 7 / 365
- ESPN is more loyal to the ACC and that bias will not change
- Local broadcast over national exposure
The biggest thing not being discussed is the change in exposure to sports. Right now if ESPN broadcasts softball the entire nation gets to see SEC sports besides football. This in turn helps national recruiting and national brand recognition. This makes the SEC bigger and stronger.
Contrast that if SEC sports besides football is suddenly only available in the SEC footprint only (B1G and PAC footprints will not pay for sec softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, et al) and only to those who pay.
Will kids grow up watching SEC sports (free now) if their household does not get it?
Will kids (future recruits) outside the footprint grow up with exposure to SEC sports?
Sure the money is there now, but the SEC is just the sharecropper working on the Disney plantation. What farmer sows all his seeds so he has none to plant next season? All the money in the world will not buy the next generation of SEC fans, especially if they can not see it.
I can see charging for football and maybe m basketball but the rest of it should be free nationwide to build the brands of the next generation who will be watching free TV in the rest of the country. That is just smart long term farming.
"It is a deal with the Devil"
Pro
+ $$$$
Con
- ESPN owns it not SEC (B1G and PAC own all or part of their networks)
- Broadcast HQ will be in ACC footprint, not SEC
- TV means fewer fans in the stands
- Disney is just concerned about profit, not the long term health of the SEC
- Pay an monthly fee and having to watch commercials is insult to injury (if you pay, it should be commercial free)
- invasive nature of ESPN (ask Mack Brown about the LHN following him 24 / 7 / 365
- ESPN is more loyal to the ACC and that bias will not change
- Local broadcast over national exposure
The biggest thing not being discussed is the change in exposure to sports. Right now if ESPN broadcasts softball the entire nation gets to see SEC sports besides football. This in turn helps national recruiting and national brand recognition. This makes the SEC bigger and stronger.
Contrast that if SEC sports besides football is suddenly only available in the SEC footprint only (B1G and PAC footprints will not pay for sec softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, et al) and only to those who pay.
Will kids grow up watching SEC sports (free now) if their household does not get it?
Will kids (future recruits) outside the footprint grow up with exposure to SEC sports?
Sure the money is there now, but the SEC is just the sharecropper working on the Disney plantation. What farmer sows all his seeds so he has none to plant next season? All the money in the world will not buy the next generation of SEC fans, especially if they can not see it.
I can see charging for football and maybe m basketball but the rest of it should be free nationwide to build the brands of the next generation who will be watching free TV in the rest of the country. That is just smart long term farming.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:34 pm to abellsujr
A huge plus. Jeez, people, it's not that complicated. We, as fans, will have unprecedented access to more of every SEC sport...45 additional games in football alone as example. There will continue to be SEC games broadcast by the traditional networks as well. No one need suffer through the filler content listening to the likes of "Pawl" unless they choose but this will be a huge asset for fans, the conference will benefit from the exposure and individual schools from the revenue stream that will eventually become similar to an endowment - what's not to like?
Posted on 5/14/14 at 3:01 pm to abellsujr
If they put all baseball games on espn3.com then friend. Otherwise foe. I can get pretty much every game right now on the internet. If I can't I won't be happy.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 3:37 pm to abellsujr
Friend,
IF....the SEC Network realizes there are 14 programs in the SEC, not 1 or 2.
Foe,
IF....they do not realize the above fact, then they will just have sore knees and facial muscles just like Emmert and Slive.
IF....the SEC Network realizes there are 14 programs in the SEC, not 1 or 2.
Foe,
IF....they do not realize the above fact, then they will just have sore knees and facial muscles just like Emmert and Slive.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 3:59 pm to abellsujr
foe
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