This is why people are bitching about out scoreboard…

Coon's ScoreBoard Crusade...I am enjoying your take on this.

I hope to make a game this year to weigh in on the controversy.

What was the point in spending all that money on it if you aren't going to use it correctly?

The ads paid for the sign

I get the ad complaints, but anyone thinking that anymore of that screen was going to be ad-less is crazy. Advertising/sponsorship is how sports stay alive; Capital One, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, etc. didn't spend their money to be small logs that really can't be seen throughout the stadium, they paid to be seen well.

The picture is bigger (about a 2:1 ratio) and its a hell of a lot better quality. Last year, watching replays was terrible, the SE screen is too far away to see much and the NE is to close to see anything.

Well, the ads bring in money, but you're right. It is quite annoying.

There is basic information on the south end zone scoreboard that is not available on the north end zone scoreboard. (I forget exactly what it was--maybe timeouts or down-and-distance.)

It's the same way with the new baseball scoreboard. I was expecting to have a much easier-to-read scoreboard when it came to stats and scores, but there were so many ads, that I actually had to squint my eyes to see what the batter's average was, because it was more difficult to read than the old one.

I mean, yeah, I still think the new scoreboards are an improvement overall, but some of the details really do piss me off sometimes.

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Yes, that’s an ad IN the replay.

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What's up with that shite?

Here's a pic from the end of the game this weekend:


During the Vandy game, all replays were seen in the area between all the ads.

During the ULL game, however, all replays were full screen with small ads in the corners.

They chose to do it elsewhere, its the same as schools not hanging ANY ad banners in their stadium. Each school has its own marketing strategy.

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Just curious but has it ever crossed your mind that those "ads" paid for the board? Including the 35% of "actual replay"

I know its mind boggling this new thing they call business and marketing.

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Yeah but the point was not to spend all that money to put up a giant video advertisement. I realize that the ads pay for the screen but if the ads practically take up the whole screen then there really is no point in having it. If they need revenue so badly then I guess they really couldn't afford the screen in the first place. Just put a huge static billboard up there to generate revenue if they are so broke. That would of course be ridiculous, but just trying to make a point.