I think ESPN sees it as a sport that won't catch on much in the Northeast, where a large portion of the U.S. population lives. They can't play it throughout the summer and, thus, the Northeastern teams cannot play as much in decent weather and it will take a lot of work for it to catch on up there. Therefore, ESPN is not going to promote it too much. If it's not on Sportscenter, ATH, PTI, First and Ten, and whatever other ESPN shows there are, it won't gain in popularity. Maybe not you, but with a number of people, ESPN tells them which sports they want to watch.

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Posted by Tiger Ugly

Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 7/3/10 at 2:34 pm to Gmorgan4982

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I think ESPN sees it as a sport that won't catch on much in the Northeast, where a large portion of the U.S. population lives.

This and ESPN has made periodic attempts over the years to telecast regular season college baseball with the results always being low ratings.

I can remember watching LSU and Mississipi State regular season on ESPN back in 1985.

ESPN is a business and if they think there's mone to be made on it they will promote it.

For the passionate LSU fans there will never be eonugh promotion of it for we perceive college baseball in a different light than most of the country.

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Posted by tiger187

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Posted on 7/3/10 at 2:38 pm to Gmorgan4982

I wish the SEC had men's soccer. Women's soccer makes the sport look bad because they don't hit or anything. They make soccer look like it isn't a contact sport

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