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Fox to create new sports network to rival ESPN-
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Oh great. Now we will get FoxSports1 and ESPN engaged in a spending war for rights as they both approach $10/month each in carriage fees.. (Because you know if ESPN loses a sport, they will not reduce their fees..) -
The Fox network will be wildly successful if they do one thing different than ESPN- cater to the other 90% of sports fans who do not live in New York City or Boston.Comment
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Excellent point! They don't call ESPN the "Eastern Seaboard Programming Network" for nothing!Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
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I don't disagree one bit. It would be the opposite direction of their sports radio channel on XM though, outside of Dan Patrick, every host they have seems to have a THICK east coast accent and is almost openly biased towards NE teams...Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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If they really want to get outside the box they will rely heavily, if not exclusively, on delivering their product over the internet vs. cable/satellite. Basically become ESPN3 with much less of an emphasis on the rest of the ESPN.Originally posted by Da Coach View PostComment
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Watching the Fox Network baseball game this afternoon, I notice they are heavily promoting their new all-sports network Fox Sports 1 that will debut August 17.-
along with the new sports network by NBC and CBS, I think sports fans will welcome a the new all-sports national networks that will give broader and better sports coverage. ESPN has gotten too full of themselves with their coverage of only a few selected sports, and their features, and their tendency to ignore most teams west of New York and Boston.Comment
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Bill Raftery leaves ESPN for Fox Sports 1, to call Big East games with Gus Johnson
Fox Sports 1 college basketball production will be light years better that ESPN...Bill Raftery, the longtime ESPN college basketball analyst, has left the four-letter network to join Fox Sports to continue his relationship with the Big East conference.Comment
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because they will have to compete - ESPN has kinda acted like they don't care because they are basically the only national sports channelComment
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Just being Fox will make it better. As for ESPN, I'm glad they are around because we get more sports and don't have to watch the trash on regular TV, but when they came along it started the demise of basketball programs like Bradley.Originally posted by Indy_BB View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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I've actually wondered if more competition to ESPN could actually benefit a conference like the MVC. If ESPN, Fox, NBC and CBS are all looking for sports programming, it could eventually lead to better deals and exposure for us and others. The key to that would be to maintain our spot within the Top 10 conferences and make some noise in March. Would that be enough to lead to us benefitting? I don't know. But if a battle for content develops, we could find ourselves, along with the A10 and WCC as being beneficial to someone needing more product.Originally posted by Chico View Post
And then again, I could be completely wrong.Comment
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I agree. When ESPN first started they mostly covered East Coast teams, some of who never were basketball powers. I was in the service, stationed in the Washington D.C. area in the pre ESPN days. We used to go watch Georgetown and George Washington play each other in Ft. Myer's little military post gym. ESPN turned their programs around.Originally posted by SubGod22 View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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What with the MVC in the St. Louis market and now in the Chicago market this just might be a blessing for the conferenceComment
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if we really want the St. Louis market - we need to add Saint Louis Univ. or SIUE..
SLU could have been a really great replacement for Creighton had it been workable...
It still could happen at some time down the road - as the A-10 is in a little decline with the recent loss of four of their top members, Xavier, Temple, Butler, Charlotte..
if the football playing members (Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, UMass, URI, Richmond) choose to go elsewhere - Saint Louis may yet be looking for a new home,
and a basketball/soccer centered conference like the MVC might still be attractive...Comment
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I agree. St. Louis would be a great pick to rejoin the Valley. I dont know why they would not want to rejoin the Valley. Travel expenses would be cut quite a bitComment
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