Every school that wants to have high quality broadcasts of their games in the future will have to build these types of facilities. Don't believe the crap that production costs and facilities were a factor for leaving the AAC because UConn will face these costs in the future. They just deferred them for a few years moving to the BE.
Disagree. Paying them in 2020 for a contract that gives them dramatically reduced visibility and pays about $5M made no fiscal sense whatsoever.
I agree that the contract wasn’t lucrative enough for UConn to stay in the AAC, but my point is UConn will face the production cost and facility issue in the future anyway.
Maybe but spending $15M to get a return of $35M/yr over a longer makes sense. Spending $15M of get what works out to maybe $2M net makes considerably less sense.
Unfortunately, streaming and spending on production costs and facilities is where college sports is going, especially for smaller sports. Down the road, UConn will have a choice, spend the money or have fewer games available for viewing, but that will impact the teams. For example, if the ACC is streaming all BC men's soccer games and UConn is not streaming their men's soccer games, who will have the recruiting advantage?
Serious question; How does the deal announced today with Dish and Sling Tv, change the prospects for this network being a success, IYO? They’re calling it the 2nd best launch ever, behind the SECN.
BC was a glorified commuter school when he went there.
