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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

jostar1 said:
John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ · 8h8 hours ago
After 36 years in Bristol, John Wildhack is leaving ESPN to become Athletic Director of Syracuse, his alma mater. Full story coming in SBD.

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS · 8h8 hours ago
So what does having a major ESPN exec as Syracuse AD mean for the ACC's strategy with ESPN? It certainly can't hurt the ACC's efforts.
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Crimeny why can't the AAC pull off something like that? I mean if Syracuse got an ESPN exec our conference should be able to get a broadcast network executive! Could imagine that what that would mean as to, oh I know say CBS's strategy toward the American!
 
CL82 said:
Crimeny why can't the AAC pull off something like that? I mean if Syracuse got an ESPN exec our conference should be able to get a broadcast network executive! Could imagine that what that would mean as to, oh I know say CBS's strategy toward the American!
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You're kidding. We have as per wiki Micheal Aresco, a college and television executive!
 
Not strictly CR, but tangentially related. Will ACC go similar route?


 
junglehusky said:
Not strictly CR, but tangentially related. Will ACC go similar route?


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I guess I am getting old, because while I'll use apple tv, espn III and several other streaming services on occasion, I don't see myself getting involved in twitter - ever.
 
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Exit 4 said:
I guess I am getting old, because while I'll use apple tv, espn III and several other streaming services on occasion, I don't see myself getting involved in twitter - ever.
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When twitter did a test broadcast of Wimbledon, IIRC you didn't need to have a twitter account or even use the mobile app. You could just open the url on a browser and it worked pretty well (for me at least). Will be interesting to see if other sports use the same approach. I don't think I tried to watch their NFL broadcast.
 
Twitter: monthly active users 2010-2016 - Statista

Twitter has a decent number of users who may be able to cross promote events on other social media platforms. No idea how many are football fans, or college sports fans in general or how they monetize that distribution. But it may be totally irrelevant if they' re just doing Olympic sports.
 
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JSM1970 said:
Seems like a desperate move

Is this mostly based on women's hoops and field hockey?
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Please start typing your posts UNDER the post you're quoting as 99.9% of posters here do. Sorry if it's OCD but it always throws me off. I suppose I could just block you. Or you could stop posting.
 
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The AD RT about UConn athletic status, which is based on success in WBball and Field Hockey.


BoatShow said:
Please start typing your posts UNDER the post you're quoting as 99.9% of posters here do. Sorry if it's OCD but it always throws me off. I suppose I could just block you. Or you could stop posting.
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JSM1970 said:
The AD RT about UConn athletic status, which is based on success in WBball and Field Hockey.
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So you didn't read the article. Now the fact that your nonsensical babble doesn't making sense, makes sense.
 
Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 3h3 hours ago
1st day back is Big 12 Media Days. Bob Bowlsby told me he'll advise the board to expand & is in favor of 2 divisions

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 3h3 hours ago
Expand meaning Bowlsby said "I would agree w/ you that we are the most poachable of the Power 5 conferences so my advice would be to expand"

RedDirtSport‏@RedDirtSport
RedDirtSport Retweeted Ian Fitzsimmons

I mean great. He can advice all he wants, just hope the board listens because otherwise woof

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 2h2 hours ago
Ian Fitzsimmons Retweeted RedDirtSport

And that has always been the problem with the Big 12

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 2h2 hours ago
Listening back to my conversation w/ Commissioner Bowlsby the exact quote is "he can't argue w/ me that the Big 12 is the most poachable."

bluedomination‏@bluedomination
@Ianfitzespn So he never said he was in favor of expansion?

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 58m58 minutes ago
Ian Fitzsimmons Retweeted bluedomination

The opposite - said he would advise the board for "slight expansion."

Brian Ash‏@the_BGA_tour
@Ianfitzespn Can you clarify? It sounds like you're backing off your initial tweet that Bowlsby said his advice is to expand.

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 31m31 minutes ago
Ian Fitzsimmons Retweeted Brian Ash

Huh? I clarified his quote on him saying he couldn't argue w/me saying the Big 12 is the most poachable conference.

BYU Cougar Corner‏@byucougarcorner
@Ianfitzespn @bluedomination most pertinent question, do the schools care what he recommends?

Ian Fitzsimmons ‏@Ianfitzespn 30m30 minutes ago
Ian Fitzsimmons Retweeted BYU Cougar Corner

History has shown they all have their own agendas instead of a unified one.
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Trying to force the B12 to make a move. Not the dumbest idea.
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Yeah, but nothing changes the cold hard facts that Houston won't deliver a new cable box market, even if cable boxes are on the decline, it still matters and will for some time to come.

One the B12 settles down, maybe the P12 will ponder the central time zone again as they need a bigger footprint too.
 
I wouldn't call the B12 the most poachable, most poached yes. Most likely to have it's core members bolt, yes.
 
Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 2h2 hours ago
UH athletic director Hunter Yurachek meets with Pac-12 commissioner

While the Big 12 decides whether to expand, the University of Houston is exploring other options.
Hunter Yurachek, UH’s vice president for intercollegiate athletics, recently met with Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott.

During a West Coast trip in June, Yurachek requested an “introductory meeting” with Scott at the league offices in San Francisco, a Pac-12 spokesman confirmed Monday. A university source did not disclose the nature of the talks, but it is believed that one of the topics was conference expansion.

Yurachek has not been available for comment.

As recent as last month, the Pac-12 has indicated it is content at 12 members and is not in expansion mode.

If the league considers expansion, UH – which currently competes in the American Athletic Conference – would provide access to the nation’s fourth-largest city and a footprint in Texas.

UH officials have been pushing for inclusion in the one of the Power Five conferences, most notably the Big 12, but Yurachek said in May that the school must “keep all our options open.”
 
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I highly doubt that Grant of Rights comes without any provisos. They get a network that launches in three years from now, and suddenly schools are going to pledge themselves to a league for 20 years? Sure.
 
kyleslamb said:
I highly doubt that Grant of Rights comes without any provisos. They get a network that launches in three years from now, and suddenly schools are going to pledge themselves to a league for 20 years? Sure.
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FSU couldn't find a better home, so time to buckle down and do the ACCn?
 
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