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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 14, 2009 17:01:09 GMT -5
What's the point of local Blackouts of certain games? The ACC tournament games are blacked out here in maryland. What really seems to make it pointless is that the games are showing on another channel just not on ESPN who has blacked it out. What's the point? I always assumed it was to make people go to the actual game instead of watching it on tv, but that doesn't seem to make any sense. I mean the games are in Atlanta it's not like i can go why not allow the people who actually want to see the game see the game. It seems like it would hurt ratings. Is it because the other station bought the rights?
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hoya95
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Post by hoya95 on Mar 14, 2009 17:36:24 GMT -5
It's just because Raycom/Jefferson Pilot has the exclusive rights to the ACC tourney in all the ACC markets so ESPN can't show it here. Raycom has had it forever, and I assume ESPN can't wrestle it away. We are stuck with really lousy coverage though.
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Post by jgalt on Mar 14, 2009 17:51:07 GMT -5
I dont really have a problem with it being on another channel (there is not much we can do about it, Raycom has payed alot for the rights im sure) it just sucks that they announcers are horrible. But think of it this way: if ESPN had the rights to the ACC how would they handle the BET?
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Mar 14, 2009 18:41:31 GMT -5
I mean the way things are set up timing wise i think it'd be the same as it is now. I mean ESPN still shows these games to the rest of the country at the same time. I don't know why anything would change.
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Post by jgalt on Mar 15, 2009 12:15:45 GMT -5
I mean the way things are set up timing wise i think it'd be the same as it is now. I mean ESPN still shows these games to the rest of the country at the same time. I don't know why anything would change. The thing that i would worry about is that the BET would lose some of the pagentry. Last night it felt like i was about to watch the National Championship, not the BET final. And when i just watch the start of the ACC final it felt like i was watching the first game of the Stanely Cup finals. and i am a huge hockey fan so that is not meant as a slight, but just as a characterization. They tried to make it really intense like last night, but it just felt like there were only a few thousand people watching. Last night it felt like the whole world was watching. I would worry they would try to move the ACC final to Saturday night, taking away a bit from the BET. maybe i am thinking way too into this, but this is just what i would worry about. |
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Post by Gold Hoya on Mar 15, 2009 18:33:23 GMT -5
Does Billy Packer still do Raycom or did he "retire" from that too?
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Post by hoya95 on Mar 15, 2009 18:47:12 GMT -5
Does Billy Packer still do Raycom or did he "retire" from that too? He's gone completely, except for Direct TV commercials and some very strange upcoming tournament shows from Vegas with Bobby Knight on Fox Sports. That should be unpleasant. |
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