.Would be good for the game. Let's hope they work it out.
What? Are you saying that because ESPN wants the game midwinter, that means the teams cannot contract to play each other in December or anytime they agree? ESPN has veto power: You cannot plan unless you play by our rules?Good job ESPN. Clearly it was more important to try to force a specific date that worked for you rather than proceeding with a date that would easily have worked for both programs. Now there's no game at all between the clear cut two best teams headed into next season. And the game probably would have been played in CT, too. Thanks a bunch- this is much better.
i'm with you 100%. if espn doens't want to televise it in december, find someone else who will be willing to do so.What? Are you saying that because ESPN wants the game midwinter, that means the teams cannot contract to play each other in December or anytime they agree? ESPN has veto power: You cannot plan unless you play by our rules?
Is there some sort of contractual crap that says if ESPN can't carry the game, no one else can? Has the NCAA put itself in that kind of straightjacket? And if so, can't Baylor-UConn simply play without TV? If they did, ESPN would pay a heavy PR price, no one else.
You have to be kidding, right? The game is a total win-win for everyone, especially UConn and Baylor. There are no minuses.Realistically, I'm not sure that the game is - at least next year - that valuable to either team. There are both plusses and minusses involved; from the UConn side, I'm not sure that the unique contest against BG really does anything positive - especially if there is a possibility that you are going to play again in the NCAA's. Plus the presumed main contributors next year will have already played against her this year, so will be prepared for any tourney matchup.
I was surprised that the 2-game series even happened and probably wouldn't have without ESPN intervention in the first place as Baylor and Mulkey never showed any real interest in playing UConn in the past. I didn't expect the series to last for that reason.Although I believe UConn and Baylor could try to schedule a game independently of a broadcast partner, I imagine the politics of doing so would be murky enough to preclude that happening.
Contractually speaking, CBS has second-tier rights to WCBB, and schools can partner with other entities (like CPTV, for instance) for its third-tier rights.
and college basketball would be in full swing... with the nfl wrapping up.
Yeah, especially since the first game of any new contract would include Brittney Griner in her senior year at Baylor. Griner has gotten attention among some of my friends who don't really follow wcbb, so I'd assume the viewership would be better than usual.
She's a certifiable draw.
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Good observation.What? Are you saying that because ESPN wants the game midwinter, that means the teams cannot contract to play each other in December or anytime they agree? ESPN has veto power: You cannot plan unless you play by our rules?
Is there some sort of contractual crap that says if ESPN can't carry the game, no one else can? Has the NCAA put itself in that kind of straightjacket? And if so, can't Baylor-UConn simply play without TV? If they did, ESPN would pay a heavy PR price, no one else.
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Yeah, especially since the first game of any new contract would include Brittney Griner in her senior year at Baylor. Griner has gotten attention among some of my friends who don't really follow wcbb, so I'd assume the viewership would be better than usual.
She's a certifiable draw.
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mulkey doesn't like playing non-conference during the the second semester, i think it has to do with her son being in high school and using her personal time to attend his events.If Baylor simply does not want to play UConn or vice versa for whatever reason, it's their right and not a crime. Using ESPNor the calendar as a smokescreen to hide that is not cool, though. What's wrong with being straightforward? Afraid someone will call 'em yellow?
mUlk is a single mother...has her last kid in the house... she wants to be a good mother first and foremost.