Which best describes your feelings on the MAC scheduling model?

[mrelegazna]

Maybe we can sort of consolidate this eternal debate.  I'm quite curious where the majority stands. 

[exit322]

I'd like to see what the dollars look like if you just go to the Saturday model.  Also wondering if some of these FAST channels and such wouldn't be able to bid for content in that regard.  It seems the MAC is starting to think a little outside the box, so I wonder if there's something to be done there.

 

The dollars WOULD be less, I'm sure.  But how much less?  What would attendance do for the MAC football schools if you didn't have these midweek games?  That's the key part...can that be made up by greater attendance throughout?

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[GP1]

5 hours ago, exit322 said:

The dollars WOULD be less, I'm sure.

Maybe, maybe not. I really don't know. I'd like to ask the Sun Belt about this. 

 

What I am confident of is the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. The current TV model does not accomplish this. Taxpayers support UofA and their access to the athletic department isn't as great as it should be, and that goes for all schools. 

[exit322]

22 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Maybe, maybe not. I really don't know. I'd like to ask the Sun Belt about this. 

 

What I am confident of is the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. The current TV model does not accomplish this. Taxpayers support UofA and their access to the athletic department isn't as great as it should be, and that goes for all schools. 

 

The Sun Belt has bigger names than the MAC; they probably don't have to play on Tuesdays to get a decent enough deal.  While attendance itself isn't the perfect metric (and MAC attendance is hurt by the midweek stuff), the MAC had five teams (Buffalo, CMU, Ohio, Toledo, WMU) that averaged at least 15,000 fans (the latter three averaged 20,000) announced.  The Sun Belt had six over 20,000 (App State, GA Southern, JMU, Marshall, Southern Miss, Troy) and one (App State) over 30,000.

 

Your second point, however, is 100% spot on.  The midweek games reduce that access for the fans locally, and that's really the last thing any of the MAC teams need.