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WEEK no longer Televising BU Games

Dubl R 1

Dubl R 1

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According to PJstar.com, WEEK will not broadcast any BU basketball games this year as they say the production costs are too high to continue covering Bradley Basketball.:(
 
I wonder who is going to take up the slack? I use to watch the games through their web-site.
 
Jeez that's surprising to me. Whoever picks it up can we get them to use Snell as their guy? (I dunno, I suppose you have to talk too much for radio play by play)
 
Usually they were home games anaway and most on this board were there. If a new source picked it up I would like to see more road games.
 
That's really crazy. How could the local BU games NOT be televised at least? There's got to be lots of fans in the community who aren't able to make it to the game for whatever reason (money, home commitments, etc.).

Could it also hurt recruiting a little? I mean I know recruits would rather be on ESPN, but at least, you can say hey, I'm on TV!
 
It is sad Peoria doesn't have a tv station pro BU to watch the games.

Kinda funny... BU has had some less successful teams over the years... but those were on tv. Now, on the heels of some success and the quiet anxiety of another really good year... sorry, can't cover the games on tv anymore. Guess there are 8-10000 fans who go to the games and want to see them win. The rest like to sit home and watch them on tv and hope they lose. Now that it seems they may not lose as often, who's gonna be at home watching?

Bye bye WEEK - you ain't gonna be missed. Just Bradley basketball is missed.
 
Ok. So, when do we take action, fellow bradleyfans? I'm not wanting to take this lying down. I mean if there's no outcry, they're going to think it's okay to dis-respect an increasingly successful basketball program.



Angry letters to the PJ star?

Flooding WEEK with e-mails?
 
From what I have learned from the BU athletic department, the TV package that Bradley will have this season is perhaps the best they have had. There is no ill will between Bradley and WEEK, and the parting of the ways is mutual. So I do not believe there is any purpose to be served in appealing to WEEK regarding their decision. There are other TV deals in the works.

Bradley is aggressively pursuing other deals that will supplement the TV coverage they will have with the 5 games that are already scheduled to be part of the Missouri Valley TV Network deal. Negotiations are ongoing, and they hope Bradley fans will be patient. I am told the final TV package will be very good for fans.
 
If anything, Caterpillar would sponsor the costs to have BU Basketball on TV. What better way to get more advertising on TV. BU basketball is super popular on TV, I know when i'm at work at Bradley Central Comm., I get tons of calls on gameday wondering if so and so game will be on TV. Many of them are old timers that have no internet and don't want to get out at night time to see a game.

Jason
 
Da Coach said:
From what I have learned from the BU athletic department, the TV package that Bradley will have this season is perhaps the best they have had. There is no ill will between Bradley and WEEK, and the parting of the ways is mutual. So I do not believe there is any purpose to be served in appealing to WEEK regarding their decision. There are other TV deals in the works.

Bradley is aggressively pursuing other deals that will supplement the TV coverage they will have with the 5 games that are already scheduled to be part of the Missouri Valley TV Network deal. Negotiations are ongoing, and they hope Bradley fans will be patient. I am told the final TV package will be very good for fans.
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Well this is fantastic news, the more games broadcast, the better. Especially away games.
 
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