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Post by planoaggie on Jul 19, 2024 19:50:28 GMT -5
I wonder if this will have any impact on home attendance. I go to all of the home games in person any way, but I wonder if some folks in the Triad will now be inclined to watch the game in their living rooms. Even if it did a little does not the additional revenue from this source outweigh a drop in attendance. We need improvement in both areas, but paying the bills comes first in my opinion. We will hopefully find a good method to increase game attendance. It also is important.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 19, 2024 22:26:44 GMT -5
not that big of a deal, imo. all of our home games are already available via streaming video which can be viewed from anywhere in the country... True for those of us that stream the games and follow NCAT sports. That said, think about the more "passive" sports fan and the impact of them scrolling through channel options on a Saturday afternoon and seeing NCAT vs <insert school here>...per the NCAT website "Aggies football can be seen in Guilford County and 14 surrounding counties on Sinclair Broadcasting during the 2024 season". Folks in 15 counties will have the option to watch our football games without a streaming service...hell, even a cable service...in our own backyard no less. When was the last time something like that ever happed for NCAT Football? When was the last time NCAT had a linear TV deal? This isn't a good thing...it's a great thing. A quick Google search of WMYV's broadcast area includes: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, North Carolina area. It also has been carried on cable in areas outside of the Greensboro market, including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Roanoke, Virginia. On DirecTV, WMYV has been carried in Grayson County, Virginia, which is part of the Roanoke market. I know I have seen Elon games here in the Raleigh area...and at hotels while traveling in the Charlotte area...and wished NCAT had similar opportunities. Now we do ! www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmapsInput your zip code to see if the signal for the channel reaches your home
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Post by Maxell on Jul 19, 2024 22:51:08 GMT -5
I hope local busnesses value the pocketbooks of A&T fans across the Triad and we win games enough to extend the contract after the first year.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 19, 2024 23:05:36 GMT -5
Elon games will be on the same station.
Our game vs W&M is tape delayed because Elon has a game at the same time.
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Post by pj on Jul 20, 2024 0:29:48 GMT -5
Elon games will be on the same station. Our game vs W&M is tape delayed because Elon has a game at the same time. —— East Market st has an opportunity to lock down The Black Triad hands down. We need to smoke some Teams to get it back to that Celebration Bowl vibe about us- ( excellence , and 40,000 applications vibe, but yet gritty.) But back to it. The Sheraton should be a Title Sponsor imo, on every broadcast. Promote their stuff and switch it up prior to GHOE. It seems easy…”accommodations provided by “. As I know people who only come down for a game or two.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on Jul 20, 2024 10:09:47 GMT -5
True for those of us that stream the games and follow NCAT sports. That said, think about the more "passive" sports fan and the impact of them scrolling through channel options on a Saturday afternoon and seeing NCAT vs <insert school here>...per the NCAT website "Aggies football can be seen in Guilford County and 14 surrounding counties on Sinclair Broadcasting during the 2024 season". Folks in 15 counties will have the option to watch our football games without a streaming service...hell, even a cable service...in our own backyard no less. When was the last time something like that ever happed for NCAT Football? When was the last time NCAT had a linear TV deal? This isn't a good thing...it's a great thing. A quick Google search of WMYV's broadcast area includes: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, North Carolina area. It also has been carried on cable in areas outside of the Greensboro market, including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Roanoke, Virginia. On DirecTV, WMYV has been carried in Grayson County, Virginia, which is part of the Roanoke market. I know I have seen Elon games here in the Raleigh area...and at hotels while traveling in the Charlotte area...and wished NCAT had similar opportunities. Now we do ! Why are you trying to explain it. If the MEAC would've done the same thing, then all of a sudden the exposure would be great. Everyone not biased knows this is a great deal. Yeah, I know...and I know there are posters and fans that are so biased against our move outside of an HBCU conference they make light of any great thing that comes our way. Being in the CAA has given us the unique ability to have a linear TV deal and the benefits that come with it. How many other FCS schools in NC have a linear TV deal? I'm only aware of two, and both are in the CAA. How many NC based HBCUs have linear TV deals for all their home games? This is a one year agreement, but the program has to think long term. NCAT has traditionally had some to the highest attendance numbers in FCS. That means there is a large fan base...willing to put their butts in seats, and watch screens. I know the last administration went a long way to demonstrate the importance and value of NCAT and the Aggie Brand. This is a continuation of that effort...deals like this give NCAT the opportunity to be the "IT" program at the FCS level across the state. Most importantly it gives NCAT an opportunity to "learn and do" in areas where we have traditionally not moved. I'm not one to take joy in someone else's misery, and Lord know we have our own issue to face...but while our bird friend are dealing with finical problems in their program...and at one point reviewed a move back to D2...we over here getting linear deals after a 1-10 season.
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 20, 2024 11:07:35 GMT -5
The biased people will say the meac games on ESPNU are better since it's national. However, they never talk about how only 20-25K people watch the game on ESPNU.
Furthermore, nit every cable package has ESPNU...I have to pay extra for the U.
This linear deal allows everyone with and without cable to see the games. In otherwords the non-sports fanatic will have access to the game which is 99% of the potential students and our alums.
Now every athlete in the Triad will be able to view our games.
Like someone posted earlier, it would be great if every black barbershop, bar, restaurant and etc showed our games since cable nor a special sports package is required.
There will be a ton of A&T vs WSSU watch party's now that this deal is in place.
Furthermore, the free over the air signal reaches durham, Raleigh and charlotte...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 20, 2024 14:31:39 GMT -5
True for those of us that stream the games and follow NCAT sports. That said, think about the more "passive" sports fan and the impact of them scrolling through channel options on a Saturday afternoon and seeing NCAT vs <insert school here>...per the NCAT website "Aggies football can be seen in Guilford County and 14 surrounding counties on Sinclair Broadcasting during the 2024 season". Folks in 15 counties will have the option to watch our football games without a streaming service...hell, even a cable service...in our own backyard no less. When was the last time something like that ever happed for NCAT Football? When was the last time NCAT had a linear TV deal? This isn't a good thing...it's a great thing. A quick Google search of WMYV's broadcast area includes: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, North Carolina area. It also has been carried on cable in areas outside of the Greensboro market, including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Roanoke, Virginia. On DirecTV, WMYV has been carried in Grayson County, Virginia, which is part of the Roanoke market. I know I have seen Elon games here in the Raleigh area...and at hotels while traveling in the Charlotte area...and wished NCAT had similar opportunities. Now we do ! Why are you trying to explain it. If the MEAC would've done the same thing, then all of a sudden the exposure would be great. Everyone not biased knows this is a great deal. simply put, i'm more interested in "national exposure" than local exposure. but please carry on...
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Post by aggie2039 on Jul 20, 2024 14:51:54 GMT -5
Logic of the bias racist on the Board.
MEAC games on ESPNU and ESPN+ are great exposure.
CAA games on CBSSN is terrible because everyone doesn't have that channel.
But everyone doesn't have ESPNU or ESPN+ either, only 25K watch the ESPNU games. Doesn't matter, the channel is in 20million homes lol.
CBSSN is in 40 million homes, still a terrible deal because it's not includes in my cable package.
A&T linear deal is terrible because it only reaches 2 million households. Lol
NCCU gets a linear deal...this is great for them because now those without cable in the region can watch the games 😆
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Jul 20, 2024 22:18:59 GMT -5
I haven't heard anything about the national TV deal for this year. That's what i'm thinking as well. It might have been a one year kind of deal. And this Sinclair Broadcasting deal might be more lucrative for us too. Lastly, I don't wanna hear nothing about Sinclair's political stances. ![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/vQ_jR3YNz0gAAAAd/cj-mc-collum.gif) I guess the T in A&T stands for TRUMP...We about to Project 2025 all the way to the corner of Lindsay and Sullivan ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) /j
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 21, 2024 10:50:59 GMT -5
Why are you trying to explain it. If the MEAC would've done the same thing, then all of a sudden the exposure would be great. Everyone not biased knows this is a great deal. simply put, i'm more interested in "national exposure" than local exposure. but please carry on... I expect we're ALL more interested in national exposure but that doesn't make this bad or not good in the grand scheme of things.
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Post by A&T-roy on Jul 21, 2024 10:53:30 GMT -5
That's what i'm thinking as well. It might have been a one year kind of deal. And this Sinclair Broadcasting deal might be more lucrative for us too. Lastly, I don't wanna hear nothing about Sinclair's political stances. ![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/vQ_jR3YNz0gAAAAd/cj-mc-collum.gif) I guess the T in A&T stands for TRUMP...We about to Project 2025 all the way to the corner of Lindsay and Sullivan ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) /j Unfortunately, it's DIFFICULT to avoid EVERYTHING that might have some trump connection. As an example, I'm pretty disgusted that the Jets picked up Tarik...clearly trump supporting owner.
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Post by bluehaze on Jul 21, 2024 11:39:46 GMT -5
Speaking of Tarik, can you imagine the number of people tuning in every Saturday to watch him
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Jul 21, 2024 16:53:23 GMT -5
simply put, i'm more interested in "national exposure" than local exposure. but please carry on... I expect we're ALL more interested in national exposure but that doesn't make this bad or not good in the grand scheme of things.i "never" said it was either of those things. all i said was that its not that big of a deal, imo and its not. a nice little plus? yes, but not that big of a deal...
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Post by ohsixrain on Jul 21, 2024 17:02:40 GMT -5
![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/vQ_jR3YNz0gAAAAd/cj-mc-collum.gif) I guess the T in A&T stands for TRUMP...We about to Project 2025 all the way to the corner of Lindsay and Sullivan ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) /j Unfortunately, it's DIFFICULT to avoid EVERYTHING that might have some trump connection. As an example, I'm pretty disgusted that the Jets picked up Tarik...clearly trump supporting owner. It is my belief that most NFL oowners are Trump supporters as they are billionaires.
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