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Sadly, Bill Oram of the Oregonian doesn't share your optimism. oregonlive.com/beavers/…
He feels there will be little audience for these CW games for several reasons.
"The two-team Pac-12 will be going head-to-head with games on CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, the Big Ten Network and SEC Network. Even with traditionally strong viewership,…
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Sadly, Bill Oram of the Oregonian doesn't share your optimism. https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2024/05/bill-oram-oregon-states-deal-with-the-cw-sounds-good-but-might-hurt-the-beavers-more-than-help.html
He feels there will be little audience for these CW games for several reasons.
"The two-team Pac-12 will be going head-to-head with games on CBS, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, FS1, the Big Ten Network and SEC Network. Even with traditionally strong viewership, what the Beavers do on The CW won’t resonate on your average Saturday."
He argues that the PAC 2 needed to make the departing teams sorry they left, and this isn't doing that. Time will tell, and the CW is better than streaming I guess.
I read his comments also but would be curious to read what John thinks about them. I think any move to streaming games leads to problems for folks who like to follow more than one game. Has anyone paid attention to how long it takes to load streamed games on your TV? It’s absurd!