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I have no idea what the upside to Root carrying the game are but I have no doubt there will be downside:

Virtually no walk up sales.
Students are still sleeping in on a weekend.
I could see poor attendance by season ticket holders.

11:00 is too early unless there a big upside
 
I would be really surprised if they go after the contract again with having the kraken, trailblazers, timbers, and mariners .
With ESPN having most of the rights and them looking to highlight games on Friday night I could see ESPN just taking over and doing what the PAC-12 does and flexing games to different time slots and different days to get the best match ups on the U or the Deuce.
 
jtayewu said:
Yeah, sadly no watching the game for me today. Don’t have Root Sports at all.
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The game still shows on ESPN+. It'll be a Root broadcast, but it's still on the schedule for ESPN as well.
 
LDopaPDX said:
jtayewu said:
Yeah, sadly no watching the game for me today. Don’t have Root Sports at all.
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The game still shows on ESPN+. It'll be a Root broadcast, but it's still on the schedule for ESPN as well.
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Yes but will be blacked out in the Root footprint. Will not be on Espn+
If you sign up for Fubo for free week and then cancel you can watch.
 
I live in the Puget sound area 35 miles from Seattle (too close) I never saw a Bigsky game untill I saw one on Root sports.
Sorry but Bigsky football gets almost zero coverage here in the Seattle media. EWU might get a blurb on the Sunday morning sports report after a playoff win but thats about it. Root put Bigsky football on here in Seattle right along with the Mariners. Had a number of people I worked with (knew I was a Eastern fan) tell me on Monday that they watched a Eastern football game. That only happened because of Root sports being one of the channels that Puget sound area sports fans regularly visit. After this year that exposure is gone and I also thought Root with Tom Glasco (long time Seattle broadcaster that Seattle area people recognize ) did a nice job covering the games.

Untill this year on the west wide Bigsky football had Root sports or Pluto tv. Starting next year it will be ESPN+ only. Don't get me wrong ESPN+ is a great upgrade over Pluto even if Pluto was free but the casual sports viewer in the Puget sound area will never see a Eastern or a Bigsky game.

I hope Bigsky and root can put a deal together for next year but I doubt it. Root is down to only 4 games this year and the ESPN deal probably sealed the deal. To me the ESPN deal (except for the 2 games a year on ESPNU) was just a replacement for Pluto. Losing Root means if you want to see a Bigsky game you will have to seek it out and no exposure to the casual fan.
 
Eagledawg said:
I live in the Puget sound area 35 miles from Seattle (too close) I never saw a Bigsky game untill I saw one on Root sports.
Sorry but Bigsky football gets almost zero coverage here in the Seattle media. EWU might get a blurb on the Sunday morning sports report after a playoff win but thats about it. Root put Bigsky football on here in Seattle right along with the Mariners. Had a number of people I worked with (knew I was a Eastern fan) tell me on Monday that they watched a Eastern football game. That only happened because of Root sports being one of the channels that Puget sound area sports fans regularly visit. After this year that exposure is gone and I also thought Root with Tom Glasco (long time Seattle broadcaster that Seattle area people recognize ) did a nice job covering the games.

Untill this year on the west wide Bigsky football had Root sports or Pluto tv. Starting next year it will be ESPN+ only. Don't get me wrong ESPN+ is a great upgrade over Pluto even if Pluto was free but the casual sports viewer in the Puget sound area will never see a Eastern or a Bigsky game.

I hope Bigsky and root can put a deal together for next year but I doubt it. Root is down to only 4 games this year and the ESPN deal probably sealed the deal. To me the ESPN deal (except for the 2 games a year on ESPNU) was just a replacement for Pluto. Losing Root means if you want to see a Bigsky game you will have to seek it out and no exposure to the casual fan.
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Well written! Agree!
 
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