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OT: College Golf

GloryDays2012

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I was really hoping with the inception of the SECN that college golf would be something we got more coverage of.. Unless I’m missing it, we still get none whatsoever. Anyone know what gives? I would love to watch the next generation of youngsters tee it up in college, before they head off to web.com and Q school.
 
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I was really hoping with the inception of the SECN that college golf would be something we got more coverage of.. Unless I’m missing it, we still get none whatsoever. Anyone know what gives? I would love to watch the next generation of youngsters tee it up in college, before they head off to web.com and Q school.
It’s probably the simple fact that not many would watch it.
 
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I'd watch it before I'd watch a TV version of a radio show like Finebaum. Or the 5th showing of the same SEC Now show. Or a replay of games from 4 months ago. Give me live sports over all that other stuff and I might stop by sometimes.
I get it. Not many people tune into golf, much l as college golf. Maybe if Tiger coached a team.
 
I'd watch it before I'd watch a TV version of a radio show like Finebaum. Or the 5th showing of the same SEC Now show. Or a replay of games from 4 months ago. Give me live sports over all that other stuff and I might stop by sometimes.
Yeah that's a perfect time slot for some college golf action a couple times a week. WTF is watching Finebaum on TV 4 hrs everyday?
 
I'd watch it before I'd watch a TV version of a radio show like Finebaum. Or the 5th showing of the same SEC Now show. Or a replay of games from 4 months ago. Give me live sports over all that other stuff and I might stop by sometimes.
I’d watch it before I would watch COLLEGE BASEBALL.
 
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I was really hoping with the inception of the SECN that college golf would be something we got more coverage of.. Unless I’m missing it, we still get none whatsoever. Anyone know what gives? I would love to watch the next generation of youngsters tee it up in college, before they head off to web.com and Q school.
The onus to broadcast the event, and pay for the upfront cost of the broadcast falls on the school, I do believe. Th sports that are broadcast typically use venues that are already setup for that. I can’t imagine college golf having the broadcasting infrastructure already in place to do such a thing. And the costs, in my opinion, we be outrageous to put that infrastructure in place. Also, college golf runs so far in the red that athletic department would be willing to foot the bill for that, no matter how worthy of a sport it may be. Imho.
 
I was really hoping with the inception of the SECN that college golf would be something we got more coverage of.. Unless I’m missing it, we still get none whatsoever. Anyone know what gives? I would love to watch the next generation of youngsters tee it up in college, before they head off to web.com and Q school.

The Golf Channel has rights to the NCAA Regionals and NCAA Finals. I imagine they don't cover it because of the cost to cover a golf tournament would be large. Plus, all SECN broadcasts come from SEC venues, which already have built-in setups. Everything would have to be taken to a course and set up. Don't think it's worthwhile for the amount of viewing it would likely get.

I'd love to see some college tournaments on TV, but we're probably in the minority there.
 
The Golf Channel has rights to the NCAA Regionals and NCAA Finals. I imagine they don't cover it because of the cost to cover a golf tournament would be large. Plus, all SECN broadcasts come from SEC venues, which already have built-in setups. Everything would have to be taken to a course and set up. Don't think it's worthwhile for the amount of viewing it would likely get.

I'd love to see some college tournaments on TV, but we're probably in the minority there.
Maybe they could just setup at every school's home course practice facility. Could watch the young bucks have putting contests or blast drives at each other from opposite sides of the range.
 
The onus to broadcast the event, and pay for the upfront cost of the broadcast falls on the school, I do believe. Th sports that are broadcast typically use venues that are already setup for that. I can’t imagine college golf having the broadcasting infrastructure already in place to do such a thing. And the costs, in my opinion, we be outrageous to put that infrastructure in place. Also, college golf runs so far in the red that athletic department would be willing to foot the bill for that, no matter how worthy of a sport it may be. Imho.
Engrish is hard when posting from an iphone while taking a poop. Geez!
 
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I’d watch it before I would watch COLLEGE BASEBALL.
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Tonight on MSESPN's SEC Network: 4 hours of FInebaum followed by 2 and 1/2 hours of women's college gymnastics. Can't watch college baseball though. Fvck me.
 
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Maybe they could just setup at every school's home course practice facility. Could watch the young bucks have putting contests or blast drives at each other from opposite sides of the range.
Exactly. I’m not asking for much, just get these young limber-backs together a couple times a semester and have a good ole Drive, Chip & Putt competition.
 
Tonight on MSESPN's SEC Network: 4 hours of FInebaum followed by 2 and 1/2 hours of women's college gymnastics. Can't watch college baseball though. Fvck me.
There’s probably a softball game on watchESPN.

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At one point they covered the women's SEC golf championship pretty extensively for like 3 days. It was well done, don't know why they don't do it more.
 
I think it’s prob pretty expensive to cover golf because you have to have multiple cameras and camera people on every hole if you want it to be like a regular televised golf tournament. They could at least do some feature holes and/or feature groupings for tournaments etc. I’d definitely tune in to golf before most of what the SECnet provides coverage of.
 
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