Carino explains BTN snafu

[dpwhite]

http://www.app.com/story/sports/col...isappointed-rutgers-giants-conflict/96167410/

 

[RUfinal4]

It seems the app is charging to view the article. Can someone summarize what it says?

 

[MadRU]

Just that the BTN messed up and scheduled the RU-Iowa game for the same time the Giants-Packers game is on. After saying they would try to avoid conflicts like this.

 

[Local Shill]

Not exactly. The Big Ten said it wanted to avoid conflicts. BTN ignored their request.

 

[MGSA99]

BTN follows the usual BS MO of "Act first, apologize later."

 

[Local Shill]

BTN follows the usual BS MO of "Act first, apologize later."

The fact that the Nielsen doesn't compile ratings for BTN probably has a lot to do with that. They do what they want without regard for how many people might watch.

 

[bac2therac]

I don't believe the Big 10 guy at all

 

[RUnTeX]

Not exactly. The Big Ten said it wanted to avoid conflicts. BTN ignored their request.

I guess the conference and the network are affiliated but they're technically independent entities. The network apparently didn't honor the conference's seemingly good intention and desire to avoid such a conflict.

 

[RUfinal4]

I wonder if the performance of the Rutgers team has any affect? We have lost by double digits to PSU, Wisconsin, and Mich St. If they believe it will be a non-competitive game they may figure the NJ fans will be watching NFL anyway.

 

[Local Shill]

We know that regular season college basketball doesn't draw a big TV audience to begin with. When you factor in that it's an NFL playoff day and the hoops game involves a team that's a total non-entity nationally...well I guess they know there's not going to be many people watching and figured 2:15 or 4:30 won't make much of a difference.

 

[RUfinal4]

At 2 is the other playoff game. ESPN has ladies college basketball on.

At noon you also have the Nets vs 76ers for basketball fans.

 

[BoroKnight]

There is a reason one of the networks -- I think CBS -- always puts a bunch of women's basketball games during one Sunday of the NFL playoffs. Nothing to lose.

I hate to say it, but right now Rutgers basketball kind of has the same impact.

 

[koleszar]

The fact that the Nielsen doesn't compile ratings for BTN probably has a lot to do with that. They do what they want without regard for how many people might watch.

True but BTN does have the responsibility to draw as many eyeballs as possible for the conference in order to obtain more advertising dollars for conference members. Scheduling a NJ based college basketball team against a NJ based NFL team in the playoffs is not optimizing the potential viewership for that programming. Whoever is in charge of programming at BTN should receive a stern letter from the B1G reminding them who they work for.

 

[Scarlet Craig]

As long as it doesn't conflict with the Hunt.

 

[RU-ROCS]

It could have been even worse for ratings if we were playing Wisconsin.