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re: Why isn't the baseball tournament more popular?
Posted on 6/3/24 at 3:53 pm to Themicah86
Posted on 6/3/24 at 3:53 pm to Themicah86
This is more exciting for me than basketball because LSU doesn’t suck, but I agree, honestly. It’s not even easy to find game updates unless you know what to look for. I had my girlfriend try to find what time the LSU UNC game was yesterday while we were driving and she literally could not find it. You can’t get it on reddit streams very easily either, like you can with basketball or football so I had to pay for fricking ESPN+ again.
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Posted on 6/3/24 at 4:40 pm to Themicah86
I gotta thank this board for partially getting me into the CWS. This time 2 years ago, I was wondering why people actually gave a damn about it. I get it now. It’s a good product. I’ve really enjoyed watching all of the games this week. Shoutout to the champ streaming all this stuff from YouTube. frick paying for ESPN+. Gata looking like they’re gonna hang on.
This post was edited on 6/3/24 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 6/3/24 at 4:43 pm to Streetcleaner
Outside of Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas and a few of the Midwest and northeast cities, not that many people watch college basketball regularly.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 4:46 pm to Streetcleaner
You’re in the CWS? What time are you suiting up?
Posted on 6/3/24 at 4:52 pm to SaturdayNAthens
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What time are you suiting up?
Bout 10 minutes
I got a nasty eephus pitch. Tops out at 27 mph.
This post was edited on 6/3/24 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 6/3/24 at 5:09 pm to Streetcleaner
Impressive!
Posted on 6/3/24 at 5:21 pm to BigBlue8Titles
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Outside of Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas and a few of the Midwest and northeast cities, not that many people watch college basketball regularly.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 4:45 pm to BigOrangeBri
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College baseball ratings are way up this year and I’m willing to bet it will be the same with the tournament. It’s definitely growing in popularity.
Like I said and got downvoted for…….
Grow the Game
The 2024 Super Regionals averaged 501K viewers, up 22% YoY and the most-watched Super Regional round since 2009. The top two pre-College World Series games on record (among national windows) aired during the 2024 Super Regional round, with Georgia vs. NC State Game 3 and Clemson vs. Florida Game 2 both averaging 1.2 million viewers.
The regional round was the most-watched regional round on record, averaging 308K viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU – up 16% YoY and up 59% from two years ago.
The 2024 NCAA Baseball regular season finished as the most-watched season on ESPN platforms since 2013.
The 2023 MCWS Championship series was the most-watched on record, averaging 2.86 million viewers across the three games.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 6:15 pm to paperwasp
The big difference is most CBB programs make money. Most baseball programs don't. Even Arkansas and LSU baseball lost money.
Revenue
Arkansas Baseball: $5,617,093
LSU Baseball: $8,648,852
Ole Miss Baseball: $10,192,493
Expenses
Arkansas Baseball: $8,289,600
LSU Baseball: $8,715,254
Ole Miss Baseball: $10,026,367
Mississippi State Baseball: lost nearly $2.3 million
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Revenue
Arkansas Baseball: $5,617,093
LSU Baseball: $8,648,852
Ole Miss Baseball: $10,192,493
Expenses
Arkansas Baseball: $8,289,600
LSU Baseball: $8,715,254
Ole Miss Baseball: $10,026,367
Mississippi State Baseball: lost nearly $2.3 million
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Posted on 6/12/24 at 6:35 pm to Themicah86
I love the tourney
Lots of great games
Lots of upsets
Lots of great atmospheres
Lots of great games
Lots of upsets
Lots of great atmospheres
Posted on 6/12/24 at 6:40 pm to Themicah86
It’s a boring game
Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:07 pm to Themicah86
Baseball is just a boring sport to watch.
Posted on 6/13/24 at 5:21 am to Themicah86
Baseball is better live than on TV. You can see all the subtle things going on. That said, I’m one those people who will watch the CWS more than March Madness. I enjoy baseball way more than basketball. NBA is almost unwatchable these days. As I’ve gotten older sports are fun to me but not important. I will watch Auburn games but not much else unless a find a matchup interesting.
Posted on 6/13/24 at 8:10 am to Themicah86
Because baseball is cerebral....it is nuanced unlike basketball and football. Its fun to play, not so to watch for a sizeable portion of the human population. Its also not TV friendly.....football is tailor made for TV.
Posted on 6/13/24 at 8:13 am to Themicah86
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The remainder of the world get super interested in college basketball in march
I know I am not in the majority but I find college basketball less entertaining than watching the grass grow. I enjoy the NBA, can't watch more than a few minutes of college basketball. Just the opposite when it comes to football....
Posted on 6/13/24 at 8:15 am to Themicah86
The average person does not have the patience for baseball. The world has sped up a lot since baseball’s heyday. With TikTok and reels people are being entertained in less than a few minutes now and they have to wait three plus hours for the payoff from baseball
Posted on 6/13/24 at 9:15 am to TFH
You are right. At baseball games, everyone is on their phone. I don't notice that so much at football games.
Posted on 6/13/24 at 1:04 pm to scott8811
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Being on the terrible ESPN+ app doesn't help.
Most of the college baseball games wouldn't even be on TV without the ESPN apps,
Posted on 6/13/24 at 1:35 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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ESPN doesn’t push it. I can’t understand why they push softball so hard but not baseball
Because unlike most collegiate women's sports, college softball is watchable and entertaining.
It's a mix of advocacy and practicality. Whether or not ESPN should feel inclined to force women's sports on the public that really has very little interest in them is a fair debate. But once the decision is made to do that, and ESPN certainly has done that - then softball is a good option to throw support behind. And with the marketing blitz they do on softball and the reality that the softball tournament can be decent for casuals, you get reasonably good viewership.
ESPN at least gets some revenue from from a W sport and they get to virtue signal.
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