Townie72
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The attached piece by Blaudshun is a reasonable assessment of what the NNBE TV is going to have to look like. Basketball is really their biggest bargaining chip.
http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=3104
According to the author (not unreasonably) on the FB side, NNBE FB teams need to upgrade their OOC schedules to include many more interesting and challenging games that will might be able to draw larger TV audiences and be attractive to the networks.This will likely be a pre-condition of any contract.
This creates some problems for the NNBE schools.
First, these interesting and challenging games are probably going to translate into a lot more OOC losses and poorer records which will affect the polls, fan support, etc. This is especially a problem for those NNBE teams that have relied on scheduling weak teams to pump up their resume for the uncritical.
Second, this assumes that these NNBE teams will actually be able to attract bigger name opponents. If you are in a conference that already has a good TV package what incentive is there for you to stop palying one of those IAA's and schedule Louisville? And if the NNBE schools can attract them, what terms will the more attractive schools demand? (e.g. 2H for 1A?)
What will this mean for Syracuse? Not that SU is nationally all that much of a draw. But will NNBE teams look to draw Northeastern viewers with SU v. NNBE games?
http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=3104
According to the author (not unreasonably) on the FB side, NNBE FB teams need to upgrade their OOC schedules to include many more interesting and challenging games that will might be able to draw larger TV audiences and be attractive to the networks.This will likely be a pre-condition of any contract.
This creates some problems for the NNBE schools.
First, these interesting and challenging games are probably going to translate into a lot more OOC losses and poorer records which will affect the polls, fan support, etc. This is especially a problem for those NNBE teams that have relied on scheduling weak teams to pump up their resume for the uncritical.
Second, this assumes that these NNBE teams will actually be able to attract bigger name opponents. If you are in a conference that already has a good TV package what incentive is there for you to stop palying one of those IAA's and schedule Louisville? And if the NNBE schools can attract them, what terms will the more attractive schools demand? (e.g. 2H for 1A?)
What will this mean for Syracuse? Not that SU is nationally all that much of a draw. But will NNBE teams look to draw Northeastern viewers with SU v. NNBE games?