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Post by The Professor on Oct 4, 2021 15:26:35 GMT -5
We are in a new conference that has a TV package. The conference and ESPN determine the kickoff , not A&T This needs to be investigated. We do not have a tv package. We are playing our games online it’s not on broadcast tv. It’s streamed and that does not constitute having a said time. They are not interrupting anything if they play at 1 or 5. The only way you have to worry about time slots is if you are playing on a channel. That is not the case so I don’t think it’s the case we have to follow by any certain time rules. Further more just about all of games are being played at the same time. It’s not like they are staggering them so everyone can click the link at different times. ESPM just provides the space we provide the broadcast with our equipment and our announcers. ESPN could care less when we do it. I am not necessarily against the covid restrictions but it is 100% the reason you saw NCCU not a full capacity and this last game only have 30% attendance. I will say that the State, City, and County hires the best emergency management professionals there are. They went to college, grad school, and countless seminars and trainings to deal with exactly this. If they thought we needed restrictions they would say so just like they have done in the past. They are not requiring it and no other school in the state has the restrictions we have. If it were me I would have just deferred to the professionals. The city has had the folk festival, boys 2 men, Earth Wind and Fire, the urban legends hip hop concert among many other events both indoors and outdoors that rival or exceed our attendance. You heard nothing from them or the governor to restrict these events. A&T made the conscience decision to go rogue and outside the protocols of health officials. Whether right or wrong the powers to be had to know it would effect attendance. Black people are the least vaccinated. So it is what it is. We are playing Big South Conference games. The Big South determines the game time not the school. They make decisions based on their TV Deal. That's why the classic started at 6pm. That's why Furman game was at 2pm. That's why Duke was on a Friday night. Schools control non Conference
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Post by aggieswag on Oct 4, 2021 17:03:23 GMT -5
This needs to be investigated. We do not have a tv package. We are playing our games online it’s not on broadcast tv. Three of our games have been or will be on broadcast TV. The Furman game was on TV and the North Alabama game and Kennesaw State game are both being broadcasted on TV. linkThat is way different from a tv package. In our other conference we had just as many if not more broadcast TV games .. did not mean we had a package .. our games are at 1 because day games at Aggie Stadium has started at 1 since the beginning of time. Nothing has changed this year.
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Post by bluehaze on Oct 4, 2021 17:15:26 GMT -5
Three of our games have been or will be on broadcast TV. The Furman game was on TV and the North Alabama game and Kennesaw State game are both being broadcasted on TV. linkThat is way different from a tv package. In our other conference we had just as many if not more broadcast TV games .. did not mean we had a package .. our games are at 1 because day games at Aggie Stadium has started at 1 since the beginning of time. Nothing has changed this year. What doesn’t make that deal a tv package? It’s a “package” of games on “tv”. What defines a tv package? And the MEAC also has a tv deal, which is why we had scheduled games on Thursday night.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Oct 5, 2021 14:31:09 GMT -5
That is way different from a tv package. In our other conference we had just as many if not more broadcast TV games .. did not mean we had a package .. our games are at 1 because day games at Aggie Stadium has started at 1 since the beginning of time. Nothing has changed this year. What doesn’t make that deal a tv package? It’s a “package” of games on “tv”. What defines a tv package? And the MEAC also has a tv deal, which is why we had scheduled games on Thursday night. imo, pretty difficult to consider "local" tv broadcasts a "package". "to me", a tv package means "nationally" televised games...
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Post by Maxell on Oct 5, 2021 14:43:09 GMT -5
Can't deny any of that. I guess we are just to cool, cute, and boujee. Maybe its regional... My dad would put on his Sunday best to drive from Raleigh to the Aggie-Eagle Thanksgiving game. It was a family event. I remember him telling me, "Be dignified, boy." That wine and cheese thing goes way back.
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Post by ALLnAggie on Oct 5, 2021 15:08:20 GMT -5
What doesn’t make that deal a tv package? It’s a “package” of games on “tv”. What defines a tv package? And the MEAC also has a tv deal, which is why we had scheduled games on Thursday night. imo, pretty difficult to consider "local" tv broadcasts a "package". "to me", a tv package means "nationally" televised games... Is the conference being paid for the games being televised? If so, it's a package.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Oct 5, 2021 16:15:51 GMT -5
imo, pretty difficult to consider "local" tv broadcasts a "package". "to me", a tv package means "nationally" televised games... Is the conference being paid for the games being televised? If so, it's a package. that's your definition, not mine...
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