Badger Football Games

[mindmess]

What we should really be mad about is the lack of coverage of our own professional team here in Milwaukee... the Admirals. Sure, it would be nice if the Badgers were on TV too, but I think first we need to focus our frustrations on the Admirals not having much of a TV contract with a local station. The week-old games TWC show just aren't cutting it.

Another vote for the Admirals and even the Wave on local OTA. There are those of us who have had enough of twc that no longer use them or will do so in the foreseeable future. The week old twc games weren't enough to keep me, would rather keep that money to actually goto a game.

[Blitzburgh]

WOW!!! Alot of great opinons.

Great replies.

[AA9VI]

ESPN owns only the cable rights to  BIG TEN FOOTBALL they cannot offer BIG-TEN sports or any sports to OTA. And ABC has the OTA broadcast rights to   BIG-TEN  Foorball and determines what games are to be carried over the Network. Channel 12, could only offer input to ABC on what games should be carried . With the NFL ESPN tv contract the League requires ESPN to offer the OTA rights to the teams home cities that are particapating in Moday Night Football. Non cable viewers are getting a free ride because  ESPN  pays about 1.2 billion dollars per year for their NFL contract almost totally covered by subscribtion fees payed by subscribers. You should be happy tonight you get to see the PACKERS without charge, where your cable neighbors are paying through the nose for access to cable programming. So enjoy the game it's on the house.

ESPN (a subsiduary Walt Disney along with ABC)  owns primary rights to Big11 football, including the Badgers.  The Big11 network gets their choice of games after that.  The whole purpose of the Big11 Network was to raise money for the schools, not to make consumers and fans like you happy about having to get satellite/cable to watch the games.  Simple as that.  

If you want to argue about the Big11 network's premise of not being syndicated like the SEC Network, then you have a legitimate gripe.  I don't think UW cares the fans are upset though.  They have $$$ from satellite/cable subs. to make them happy. But, on the bright side, you get to see more Big11 games if you have cable or satellite.

Like it or not, that's a long-term deal that isn't changing.

[Blitzburgh]

ESPN (a subsiduary Walt Disney along with ABC)  owns primary rights to Big11 football

Big10, Penn State doesn't count.

[bschlafer]

What we should really be mad about is the lack of coverage of our own professional team here in Milwaukee... the Admirals. Sure, it would be nice if the Badgers were on TV too, but I think first we need to focus our frustrations on the Admirals not having much of a TV contract with a local station. The week-old games TWC show just aren't cutting it.

Update on Badger Hockey...

The WPT delayed broadcasts of Badger Hockey home games have returned to WMVTDT 36-1.  Tonight's game against Colorado College will be shown at 10:00PM.  Unfortunely Saturdays game will not be carried, for some reason.

Better than nothing, I guess.


*Bill