ZippyTuba11 Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 I think you are all worrying too damn much about who we play OOC. The MAC right now is pretty weak. If we can start taking care of the Conference, those OOC games will start falling into place and the Admin can have some leverage about what nights to play.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornbread Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 The MAC's TV contract gives ESPN "choices" when it comes to which weeknight game they air. That means that you get MAC games on weeknights that are not on TV. No other conference I have seen does that. If they're playing weeknights, they're on TV.It is a positive.I was a MAC football fan before I was a zips fan because of those games. Every sports bar in America is tuned in during them. Kids being recruited by those MAC schools are reminded to watch and tune in. Exposure is good. Anyone arguing against this is defending the honor of the MAC conference and Akron against common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 The MAC's TV contract gives ESPN "choices" when it comes to which weeknight game they air. That means that you get MAC games on weeknights that are not on TV. No other conference I have seen does that. If they're playing weeknights, they're on TV.It is a positive.I was a MAC football fan before I was a zips fan because of those games. Every sports bar in America is tuned in during them. Kids being recruited by those MAC schools are reminded to watch and tune in. Exposure is good. Anyone arguing against this is defending the honor of the MAC conference and Akron against common sense.I think the MAC weeknight nationally televised games are a positive too. I do, however, agree with the sentiment above that if ESPN decides not to televise a game (a la EMU-UA) that they should let the schools involved change the time to a Saturday if they desire. What does it hurt ESPN at that point and it would likely only help the schools involved and their fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 The MAC's TV contract gives ESPN "choices" when it comes to which weeknight game they air. That means that you get MAC games on weeknights that are not on TV. No other conference I have seen does that. If they're playing weeknights, they're on TV.It is a positive.I was a MAC football fan before I was a zips fan because of those games. Every sports bar in America is tuned in during them. Kids being recruited by those MAC schools are reminded to watch and tune in. Exposure is good. Anyone arguing against this is defending the honor of the MAC conference and Akron against common sense.I think the MAC weeknight nationally televised games are a positive too. I do, however, agree with the sentiment above that if ESPN decides not to televise a game (a la EMU-UA) that they should let the schools involved change the time to a Saturday if they desire. What does it hurt ESPN at that point and it would likely only help the schools involved and their fans.It happened to work out well for UA this year, as wasn't there a high school playoff game @ the Info that Saturday night? The more of those games we can host the better. It's a big-time stadium on a now big time campus. The more people we can have experience it the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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