bluebrotha wrote:

Look at the TV exposure from a MTN Network business perspective.

1, Don't show the BYU games and get the BYU fan base upset. That will inspire BYU fans to hound their TV networks to add The MTN. Isn't it obvious The MTN knows that if they don't show SDSU games there will still be no reaction by SDSU fans. The MTN cannot count on any other MWC fan base to get passionate except BYU. The MTN is purposesly targeting BYU because they know they can rely on a passionate response by BYU fans to complain to their cable providers.

2. The only way The MTN will be successful is if the network rally's all nine conference schools. The MTN already has BYU fans in the bag. They know that. The MTN is trying to appeal to and increase the interest of the other eight conference schools. The network will fail if the other eight schools' fans do not get involved or excited.

3. Yes, BYU is The MTN's bread and butter. But the MTN does not want to portray that the network is only about BYU. IF BYU dominated the TV coverage and talk shows then other MWC schools would lose interest. Think of this long term. We want the entire MWC pumped up and not BYU to steal the show or else The MTN will fail.

By showing less BYU games could be a business tactic. Then again I could be wrong.

I don't really think this is the way a successful television network works. You have to have ratings to get advertisers to give you money. If nobody is watching the network then no advertising dollars will come to that network. It has nothing to do with pissing off the other teams fan bases or playing one team too much (or at least it shouldn't). It should be about ratings. The teams that have the best ratings should not get the least amount of coverage. If they do you will have to get a lot of money from he big satellite companies in order for the network to be successful. If they could make the money selling advertising then they could afford to sell it to the satellite providers for a price they were willing to pay.

Mars wrote:

BYUtx wrote:

It would appear that socialism defeats capitalism at the MWC offices.

So you're saying that the MWC Commish isn't really Craig Thompson... It's Barack Obama! :blink:

I think that's Craig "Hussein" Thompson.

Where do LIARS go again?

To the top of the MTN!

Conosticator wrote:

Mars wrote:

BYUtx wrote:

It would appear that socialism defeats capitalism at the MWC offices.

So you're saying that the MWC Commish isn't really Craig Thompson... It's Barack Obama! :blink:

I think that's Craig "Hussein" Thompson.

I didn't think we were allowed to speak his middle name.

I think this is one of those corollaries to Godwin's Law.

bluebrotha wrote:

Look at the TV exposure from a MTN Network business perspective.

1, Don't show the BYU games and get the BYU fan base upset. That will inspire BYU fans to hound their TV networks to add The MTN. Isn't it obvious The MTN knows that if they don't show SDSU games there will still be no reaction by SDSU fans. The MTN cannot count on any other MWC fan base to get passionate except BYU. The MTN is purposesly targeting BYU because they know they can rely on a passionate response by BYU fans to complain to their cable providers.

I don't agree with this point. BYU fans are not going to call the Dish carriers to demand a channel when that channel is not carrying a game. Yes, the fans will be passionate and make calls, threats, etc. but those calls will be made to the MTN about carrying games. If anything, not carrying a BYU game is detrimental to getting fans to call the Dish people. If they put the game on the MTN, and only the MTN, then the fans will call the Dish people.

Any ideas for good signs to hold up at the next hoops game?