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FCS Championship moving to Monday night

Oh, the ncaa and the fcs will still fuck this up, I guarantee it. They'll schedule the game for like 4:30 central and no one west of Lubbuck will be home to see it, and everyone east of there will be enjoying dinner with the family, only to later turn on espn and catch the last 10 minutes of Depaul at St Johns.
 
EverettGriz said:
Oh, the ncaa and the fcs will still fuck this up, I guarantee it. They'll schedule the game for like 4:30 central and no one west of Lubbuck will be home to see it, and everyone east of there will be enjoying dinner with the family, only to later turn on espn and catch the last 10 minutes of Depaul at St Johns.
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You’re optimistic. I’m thinking they will give the fcs the noon slot.
 
Espn does not draw the viewers that ABC or CBS might if the time slot is placed correctly. What will ESPN pay for TV rights versus ABC ?
 
HelenaHandBasket said:
Why would the FCS championship game make more in advertising than other programming?
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Because ABC has a bigger TV audience. For example the woman's college basketball final game was broadcast on ESPN while the semi was broadcast on ABC. The viewer numbers were less on the final game vs. the semi.
 
EverettGriz said:
...and everyone east of there will be enjoying dinner with the family, only to later turn on espn and catch the last 10 minutes of Depaul at St Johns.
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Actually, that'll be a rerun of the Siena - Seton Hall game. This during the time that Gene Wooden was with UCLA on the West Coast having their games that were mostly totally ignored by the East Coast; until the NCAA Tournament games began, that is.
I was always wondering about ESPN when it came on way back then. Always waiting for a game that was played on the west coast and always getting re-runs of previous games played on the east coast. Wierd.
 
oldngrizzly said:
Because ABC has a bigger TV audience. For example the woman's college basketball final game was broadcast on ESPN while the semi was broadcast on ABC. The viewer numbers were less on the final game vs. the semi.
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Numbers for the game were more a reflection of interest in the game and more importantly day and time of the event.
 
oldngrizzly said:
They may be the same company but wouldn't ABC make more in advertisement dollars for prime time vs ESPN
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Actually the ESPN move gives Disney (ESPN and ABC parent company) much more flexibility with their advertising. ESPN move allows them to fill the advertising slots with contracted spend allocated by contract to live sporting events and also fill gaps in placements for additional advertisers that fit the ESPN demo. ABC on the other has a much larger/diverse ad community and loss of general audience would be a negative in that they have to compete for Audience share in a much larger pool. Essentially they feel a rerun of any of their prime time general programing or a special with a much more diverse audience is a better play for audience share. Moving the game time is the primary factor in the decision on which network will carry the game. Audience actual numbers will be relatively the same its just a bigger risk for ABC vs. ESPN.
 
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