The noon SEC football game has been carried here in the Port St Lucie
area by a station in WPB that doesn't broadcast in HD. I felt like I
stepped into a time machine watching the last couple of years. Luckily
the Gators haven't been in the early game that much but it's still my
preference to watch the SEC.
Charlie
On 5/7/2013 2:31 PM, Woody wrote:
I imagine the Sunshine Network will continue to broadcast some
games... remember the SEC network will cover all SEC sports... so its
entirely possible that the games that normally wouldnt be shown on the
big boy networks will end up on the SEC network.. or the SEC network
will show something like basket weaving while the other networks
broadcast the bball games.
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Arthur Polhill <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Jeremy alluded to the loss of some in-state broadcasts as a result
of losing Sunshine Network. Time will tell.
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I am a bit concerned about how this will impact basketball
broadcasts. Now we see pretty much every single game thanks to Sun
Sports. Won't the SEC Network be choosing among a bunch of games
broadcast at the same time ?
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On May 5, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]>
wrote:
Slive adds SEC Network to extensive legacy
<http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20130502/COLUMNISTS/130509866/1044?p=all&tc=pgall>
Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive, second from
right, takes the podium after ESPN President John Skipper during
a news conference announcing the launching of the SEC Network in
partnership with ESPN on Thursday in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
By Pat Dooley <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/dooleyp>
Gainesville SUN Columnist
Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.
The unveiling of the SEC Network in Atlanta on Thursday was
typical Mike Slive. It wasn't hurried, it was well thought out
and it will be a tremendous success.
That's what we have come to expect from the SEC commissioner.
The SEC Network isn't a knee-jerk reaction. If it was, we'd have
had one a long time ago. The league started seriously talking
about it seven years ago, but there were concerns.
So the SEC waited for other leagues to try it out. You be our
guinea pigs, Big Ten and Mountain West. We'll see what problems
you have and whether we can solve them.
And the SEC did by becoming partners with ESPN for the longest
rights agreement ever. Distribution? We've got your distribution.
It's called the Ocho. ESPN has more networks than HBO.
So here we are, with an SEC Network ready to launch in August of
2014. If you're like me, you can't wait.
But the league did. It waited until a digital website could be
launched in 2009. It waited until it could see the numbers from
the Big Ten's effort. In Nashville at the SEC Tournament, Slive
told me he was waiting until the hoops season was over so the
announcement wouldn't take away any attention from March Madness.
The league even waited another week to make the announcement
because of the tragedy in Boston.
While we contemplate how our viewing habits are going to change
when there is an SEC Network, I also wonder this — I've had many
conversations with SEC officials who have expressed a concern
over sagging attendance at football and basketball games.
Wouldn't it be counter-productive to show more games on TV?
It's just the way of the world today, an almost
if-you-can't-beat-them attitude. They're talking about increasing
revenues by $1.5 million per team per year with this deal.
That'll pay for a lot of soccer balls and batting cages.
And almost every football and basketball game is on TV now anyway.
I have high hopes for the SEC Network because I have been waiting
for someone to develop “30 for 30” type of documentaries on
things that were important to me, but may not be a big enough
deal to warrant a national piece.
For example, I'd love to see one on Steve Spurrier. Or Billy
Donovan. Or the Rick Pitino Kentucky years. Or the LSU baseball
dominance. Or Florida's national title run in soccer.
Believe me, I could give them a list of 100 that I would sit and
watch. Maybe I'm watching too much TV.
Certainly, the time is right for the SEC to strike with seven
straight national titles in football and 149 in all sports since
1990. The SEC is white-hot right now even if its basketball image
is low. The exposure this network will give to basketball, with
more than 100 games being televised, has to help.
I was on Tim Brando's national radio show Thursday, and he said
this will be Slive's legacy. Possibly. The guy has done so much
right in the last 11 years that I think his legacy will be more
extensive than simply starting a network.
But the SEC Network, once referred to as Project X by Slive, is
going to be a big deal in so many ways for the 14 teams that make
up the league.
It was interesting that the announcement came in a city without
an SEC team — Atlanta. But Atlanta may be the biggest SEC city in
America. It's a mixture of alumni from every school in the
conference.
It's an SEC world. The rest of you are just living in it.
And now you're about to be bombarded by it.
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