What's the deal with ESPN, Sports ILL. and College Baseball???

Yeah, but they would have to cut out something that is more profitable...thus lose money.

 

I don't think that they would. They have the network availability to broadcast a lot more baseball. I can hardly count all the times that ESPN airs some crap that NO ONE watches when they undoubtedly have some good baseball on. Especially on Sunday afternoons. They'd have to cut SOME stuff, but they'd still be able to fit it all in. I'm not saying do an all-conversion to college ball, but they could certainly fot more games in than they currently do.

 

I live in Nashville and I'm a Commodore club member with season tickets to Baseball, Basketball and Football. I miss living closer to BR and not having my LSU season tickets. I have been impressed with the improvement Vanderbilt is experiencing with all three sports. I really depend heavily on ESPN and other networks to view other SEC games living in an SEC city/state. One big dissappointment I have is how heavily Nashville covers Tennessee. If I see or hear Phillip Fullmer one more time I'm going to barf. The local paper does not give Vanderbilt proper coverage. Tennessee is always the lead story when they play. Hopefully we are getting closer to picking your own games you want to watch nationally. Would I pay to watch Tiger baseball? You bet I would.

 

One thing that I've thought (don't know how true it actually is) is what sells. By that I mean if you look at college baseball, you see the sport in it purest form. (minus the bats, mind you). Since when, does a sport played in its purest form garner any attn. from major media outlets?

One of the biggest things I miss about living in Tuscaloosa was the ability to watch SEC baseball Fri-Sun. Sitting outside the right field fence, grill going, cold beer in hand with my arse parked on top of a pinic table...great memories.

Considering we are seeing the erosion of college sports as the professional influence seep its way into football and basketball a large part of me hopes it continues to be ignored by a lot of the media outlets. After all, the news is out there if you know where to look for it.

On a slightly different note: Alabama's web-site for news (subscription: CrimsonTradition.com) offers streaming video of a lot of the baseball games. Does LSU have the same option available for fans?)

 

you're exactly right. ive seen it develop throughout the years and the easy answer is money which is partly right. this isnt 1970. they could bring much more attention to the sport and make it more profitable if they gave it any coverage whatsoever pre-cws. it wouldnt cost them much of anything, like having a webpage and scoreboard like the ncaa-baseball page everyone uses. plus it would help broaden their market when the cws actually starts. many people who i know up north love baseball but simply arent familiar with college baseball. this is simply due to lack of coverage.


I had forgotten about espnu. it may be the only channel i constantly forget about which carries sports. theyve really dropped the ball on than channel with their programming.

i mean look at the coverage the wnba received forever and that certainly wasnt because they were making a dime off it. nor was the wnba for that matter even with free press.

college baseball could be profitable if they spent any effort and broadcasted games on their defunct channel. im sure it would cost little to nothing for most teams and could be filler on a wasted station to at least give you an occassional reason to turn it on. if bristol had a college baseball team it would be a different story altogether, profitable or not.