Does the SEC TV package require all the SEC teams to play two Thursday night games during the course of the season?
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We are playing 2 Thursday night games because:
1. We are on the road AT Memphis and tbe CUSA television partner, Foxsports, wanted the game moved to Thursday night in their package and that's pretty much Memphis' call.
2, ESPN wanted the LSU game on Thursday night and the exposure of ESPN on Thursday night with a huge national audience is something you don't turn down despite the selfish reasons we many would like to keep the game on Saturday.
There are no requirements as to Thursday night games in the SEC. If you are chosen for the ESPN game it's actually a privelage even though we as fans may hate certain aspetcs in regards to tailgating/work etc.
1. We are on the road AT Memphis and tbe CUSA television partner, Foxsports, wanted the game moved to Thursday night in their package and that's pretty much Memphis' call.
2, ESPN wanted the LSU game on Thursday night and the exposure of ESPN on Thursday night with a huge national audience is something you don't turn down despite the selfish reasons we many would like to keep the game on Saturday.
There are no requirements as to Thursday night games in the SEC. If you are chosen for the ESPN game it's actually a privelage even though we as fans may hate certain aspetcs in regards to tailgating/work etc.
I have no prob with us getting national TV coverage; that's a good thang.
Sucks for us who live a distance from S'Vegas, but it beez like it is.
So based on what I think I hear you saying, we might possibly expect to have some of our other games switched to Thursday?
Which has its own suckytude, since I've bought tickets for some of the away games also.
Sucks for us who live a distance from S'Vegas, but it beez like it is.
So based on what I think I hear you saying, we might possibly expect to have some of our other games switched to Thursday?
Which has its own suckytude, since I've bought tickets for some of the away games also.
This info is about a month old, so it is possible that it has died down. ESPN was talking with the SEC, MSU, and KY about moving that game to Thursday night.