Bally Sports...again

Sonja_rivals

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#4 University of Louisville women's basketball closes its three-game road swing at Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. The game will tip off at 12 p.m. ET and broadcast on Bally Sports South and 790-AM WKRD.

I have no problem getting this channel but apparently many do.

I will share an e-mail Paulie received about the Bally Sports situation compared to ACC Network and the Cards...

"----So what is this recent love for Bally Sports and the Louisville WBB team? Is it a financial thing? Someone explain this to me.

1) The ACC has its own network. They have an "extra" version of it as well, for internet viewing. The question is why this network gives the viewers clunkers like bottom of the barrel conference game and doesn't show more UofL and/or NC State? I guess ratings aren't all that important? Is anyone else tired of watching Wake Forest WBB get blown out? Is there a Big Four, state of North Carolina stranglehold on what the ACC Network shows for WBB?

2) A horrible mistake in the UofL versus Clemson being on Bally Sports. Most of the WBB viewing nation missed Hailey Van Lith's career high performance. For what? There is a prejudicial love for all things Notre Dame WBB and the original eight of the conference. No one is in the arenas for a lot of these games. What makes the ACC think anyone will want to watch on their network?

3) The Cards have seven regular season games left. Only one is on the ACC Network. One is on Bally Sports, two are listed as ESPN Network broadcasts, Two are on ACCNX, RSN is listed for one. This is a team atop the conference and only one ACC Network game? Ridiculous.

I guess I should be grateful for any showings at all. I still remember the days when Louisville WBB rarely appeared on cable. ---"

(name withheld)

Thoughts? I do receive Bally Sports, but i guess we are traditionalists who still have cable. I miss watching lot of games, though, because of my work schedule. Thank God for Nick and AJ's calls on the radio. At least I can listen.

--sonja--
 

WahooCard

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Here’s my take. Bally sports is the successor to Fox Sports South and Fox Sports Ohio. Under the arrangement with Raycom Sports certain ACC programming is dedicated to Bally. Because of UL and UK Bally Sports esp Bally South have a large number of subscribers in our viewing area. It is part of the Spectrum Sports package. Bally sports loves UL WBB because they have a decent size viewing audience. If you still subscribe to Spectrum or hard cable you most likely have the two Bally stations.

It is my understanding that Raycom Sports loses it hold on the ACC Network and certain rights in 2025.

FWIW Raycom Sports (Pilot Life) was the main reason ACC basketball became so popular on the east coast.
 

Sab3rs

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So, if you own an ESPN+ subscription and have a cable service, you can get a vpn to get around the blackout. Normally I just find a stream for the mens games but womens games don’t have that same love on the illegal streams yet. It’s really simple and easy to do and a quick fix to this annoying problem if you’re like me and stream most games through ESPN
 

KozmasAgain

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I have Direct TV and it showing on the TV guide on channel 628. I am confused by the ACC Network as well with the programs they are showing. You will have Louisville or other top teams scheduled to play and sometimes they won’t show their games because they are showing 2 teams with awfull records. The biggest insult is when they can’t show your game because they are showing a rerun of a past event. I don’t know who is controlling the scheduling for the ACC Network but maybe they need to be replaced by someone who is more concerned with viewer ratings.