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Posted on 4/3/25 at 11:53 pm to Harry3
They do; that’s why we’re playing Thursday night games.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 1:30 am to CSinLC
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Why? They have all these great women’s sports to cover
You just answered your own question. Women's basketball on TV beats the piss out of college baseball in the ratings.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 2:10 am to Harry3
They dont even cover professional baseball
Posted on 4/4/25 at 2:43 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Last Sunday, Fox had bowling, soccer, and pickleball. I would have thanked God for a college baseball game
Soccer i understand due to demo.
However who WATCHES bowling and pickles all? Almost as bad as cornhole.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 3:16 am to Harry3
SEC Network definitely should. I would tune into a weekly show with highlights and analysis of SEC baseball.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 4:00 am to LSUMJ
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They dont even cover professional baseball
It is all about money.
MLB wants too much money for their product. With each team playing 162 games a year to half empty stadiums and paying players now with some half a billion dollar contracts, MLB needs all the money they can muster and if that includes squeezing a few extra dollars from ESPN and other sports networks they will try. And I think ESPN, excuse the pun, is playing hard ball on its Sunday game obligations. They don’t want it anymore. They opted out of their contract to continue coverage of MLB. Now ESPN’s contract will end at the end of this year.
I wonder how much of this has to do with streaming. I remember early on MLB and heck the NFL too was scared of streaming anything with the sport. I can remember when local stations would cut away from sports segments when they were live streaming newscasts not to violate MLB or NFL rules. With ESPN trying to go all streaming at some point, how would that change its contracts with its sports partners now that cable is withering on the vine.
I know now MLB is venturing into streaming deals. I think Apple+ has Friday games and Roku has a few Sunday afternoon games.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 4:25 am to Harry3
They do and it gets zero viewers even the CWS
Women's basketball and softball easily outdraw it
Women's basketball and softball easily outdraw it
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:12 am to goldennugget
I don’t understand why people need a favorite sport of their’s to be “relevant”
Do you really need Kendrick Perkins and Pat McAfee talking about LSU v Tennessee in Hoover?
Do you really need Kendrick Perkins and Pat McAfee talking about LSU v Tennessee in Hoover?
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:16 am to Harry3
Nah they should continue to fake like WBB is the next hot thing.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:19 am to Harry3
Nah. It’s low level baseball. The best young players are in the minors
This post was edited on 4/4/25 at 6:29 am
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:09 am to Harry3
The LSU/Oklahoma game was literally on ESPN2 last night
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:26 am to Harry3
Why.. bc you like it?
Ratings don’t lie… don’t you think if people watched it, or they could sell ads for it, they would?
Ratings don’t lie… don’t you think if people watched it, or they could sell ads for it, they would?
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:44 am to danilo
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Nah. It’s low level baseball. The best young players are in the minors
Retard alert. It’s not 2004 anymore, hand.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:46 am to Harry3
ESPN can make people care about any sport they wish.
They chose to make people care about women’s basketball which is perhaps the worst sport on the planet.
They chose to make people care about women’s basketball which is perhaps the worst sport on the planet.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:48 am to Harry3
I don't care what anyone tells you, cleopatra was black
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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no one gaf outside of like 3 of the least populated states
Texas?
Florida?
This post was edited on 4/4/25 at 8:56 am
Posted on 4/4/25 at 9:29 am to Harry3
Last years men championship brought in 2.8 million viewers
Posted on 4/4/25 at 9:31 am to Harry3
It's 50 fold better than the wnba, that's for damn sure.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 9:54 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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ESPN can make people care about any sport they wish.
If ESPN had covered college baseball the way they covered women’s basketball 10 years ago, college baseball would be significantly bigger today than it is. More big name kids would forego the MLB draft for favor of playing in college and getting ESPN exposure immediately.
Now with NIL, it wouldn’t shock me to see lots more big time HS prospects (think top 4-10 round guys) finding their way to college.
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