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re: Why does ESPN hate college baseball?

Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:33 am to
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:33 am to
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Is softball getting more popular than baseball? It seems all the softball games have been in prime time on ESPN and Espn2
I doubt it but I think it's a push by ESPN to bring notoriety to women's sports. If you notice during the season they are always advertising women's soccer and other sports. I think that is just the top down from Disney to try to exploit women's sports like UGC. I don't know their overall strategy but it's definitely a strong push to make women's sports more important.
Posted by borotiger
Murfreesboro Tennessee
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 5/30/26 at 8:36 am to
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I think that is just the top down from Disney to try to exploit women's sports like UGC.


Or, possibly, the fact that softball draws better viewership. Not everything is because of the bad mouse.
Posted by superstroke33
Member since Oct 2015
829 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:14 am to
Even for this site, this a ridiculously stupid thread.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
38532 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:14 am to
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Or, possibly, the fact that softball draws better viewership. Not everything is because of the bad mouse.
Doubt it. Notice the women’s basketball tournament went head to head this year with some March Madness. That was a bold move by espn to test the waters for head to head. It wasn’t an accident. They used to avoid march madness times like the plague
Just for cutsies, why don't you go back and pull some numbers for regular season softball games and I'll pull some for SEC baseball. Do both live attendance and viewership.
This post was edited on 5/30/26 at 9:29 am
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
28784 posts
Posted on 5/30/26 at 9:31 am to
No...just have to meet the "play female sports" quota. Not many prob watch.
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