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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2350103, member: 1423"]
I'm trying to figure out the money-saving angle. Clearly that was a factor, and I don't get it. I think ESPN -- which has covered Orange MM before -- would send a team here and provide coverage. Unless I'm mistaken, except for our production costs, that's FREE media exposure that we're turning down, while the competition hypes their events up and draws attention.

To those claiming that it doesn't help recruiting, my response is that you don't really know that. It's impossible to gauge. One recruit might not go or might say MM doesn't matter.  But another might become interested in the program for the first time, start liking the Orange or even decide to visit here, because of MM or some other broadcast. That's the thing with branding .. you don't necessarily notice every reaction but it's there.

Now that we're in the ACC, we have the kind of revenue that should make MM a no-brainer. Or if it's that big an issue, charge $5 a ticket to support production costs. This scale-down/no broadcast decision baffles me.
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