Silvertip said:
CatzWillRise said:
Fullerton inked a deal with Root, giving more exposure to the Big Sky than it ever has nationally, and yet that still isn't good enough. The only way you people will be happy is if we start getting MWC money. Guess what, it ain't gonna happen.
READ: When you guys talk about him being good for the Big Sky, you are really talking about being good for UM.
The first lesson in TV 101 is that reach isn't the same thing as a rating....if the BSC by some strange chance were on the ESPN flagship with its astronomical reach the actual number of homes tuned in would still be equivalent to a grain or two in your catz's sand box...
I live out in Washington now, and most times when I wear MSU gear around, people comment how they saw us on Root. Hell when I first took the job I have now in WA, a guy said he just watched us destroy Portland last weekend, he said it was embarasing (for them). He is an OSU grad with no ties at all to FCS.
The other day I had a guy ask me if the logo on my shirt was the new or the old one, because he saw something about it on the Mariners pre-game.
Reaching even 50,000 people out of state is better than 0. And yes even the Altitude deal was better than nothing. Root is head and shoulders above Altitude in production values and professionalism.
MSU recruits have been found saying they caught us on Root. I am guessing that goes for every BSC school (that was fortunate to be on Root last year).
Just look at the steps TV coverage has taken in the last 10 years for the conference, specifically the Montana schools. We went from having some games covered, to the amazing Omega network with their 3 commercials, but at least they broadcast nearly every game! Then Max Media, KPAX. Then Altitude picked up a game or two every year for a while and broadcast us on a larger network than Max Media and KPAX combined. Now we got on Root, which is even much larger than Altitude. BigSkyTV is in there as well, while not perfect, let any fan watch from anywhere with a wifi connection. And it became free.
Name any other FCS conference with better viewing options than the Big Sky? We are on a pretty major network (Root), and all home games that aren't on Root are on BSTV for free.
We aren't ever going to have a Big Sky Network, with large revenue shares. We have to work our way up, and eventually we will hit our ceiling, because it's just FCS afterall and there are only so many people willing to watch that.
I guess my major question is, how would you guys make the BSC more profitable? NDSU and SDSU, yes I agree about that being a major miss. Those are big players in their markets. And we have taken some schools that weren't traditionally strong in many aspects. But we have a healthy number right now and frankly there aren't a lot of FCS options out west.
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