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A story from the Omaha paper about the Big East spring meetings that you might find interesting.

TV schedules, possible stipends among Jays’ concerns at talks

http://www.omaha.com/article/20140519/B ... s-at-talks

"Tweaking the men’s basketball broadcast schedule to reduce the inequity in preparation times that were experienced during the first season of competition."

Yeah this past year since everything got started so late Fox Sports 1 made the schedule with out input from the schools. That won't happen this time so the schedules should be more even.

I would have thought they already had a good idea, at least for the coming year, of the conference schedule.
X scheduled the UC game in the middle of February, so they had to know something.

paulxu wrote:I would have thought they already had a good idea, at least for the coming year, of the conference schedule.
X scheduled the UC game in the middle of February, so they had to know something.

It does seem like there is still a great deal of disorganization. Hopefully, that is mostly due to the late start and lack of a commish for most of last summer.

For the sports outside of men's basketball, we need to make decisions that can derive a little money. For example, the soccer tournament and baseball tournament have the potential to generate some revenue, but they need to be located in the proper places.

hoyahooligan wrote:"Tweaking the men’s basketball broadcast schedule to reduce the inequity in preparation times that were experienced during the first season of competition."

Yeah this past year since everything got started so late Fox Sports 1 made the schedule with out input from the schools. That won't happen this time so the schedules should be more even.

We may get more input- but the fact remains that FS1 has needs and with only 10 teams- the schedule isn't going to look that much different. Going to still be a fair number of 9pm starts. Still going to be some Saturday/Monday or Thursday/Saturday turnarounds.

Bluejay wrote:

paulxu wrote:I would have thought they already had a good idea, at least for the coming year, of the conference schedule.
X scheduled the UC game in the middle of February, so they had to know something.

It does seem like there is still a great deal of disorganization. Hopefully, that is mostly due to the late start and lack of a commish for most of last summer.

For the sports outside of men's basketball, we need to make decisions that can derive a little money. For example, the soccer tournament and baseball tournament have the potential to generate some revenue, but they need to be located in the proper places.

The BE schedule always comes out comparatively late because most of the schools do not own their arenas so have to wait for NBA, NHL, and other schedules have to come out before schedules can be finalized.

hoyahooligan wrote:

Bluejay wrote:

paulxu wrote:I would have thought they already had a good idea, at least for the coming year, of the conference schedule.
X scheduled the UC game in the middle of February, so they had to know something.

It does seem like there is still a great deal of disorganization. Hopefully, that is mostly due to the late start and lack of a commish for most of last summer.

For the sports outside of men's basketball, we need to make decisions that can derive a little money. For example, the soccer tournament and baseball tournament have the potential to generate some revenue, but they need to be located in the proper places.

The BE schedule always comes out comparatively late because most of the schools do not own their arenas so have to wait for NBA, NHL, and other schedules have to come out before schedules can be finalized.

Georgetown, Villanova, and St. John's have to be the most flexible with the use of arenas in this league because they are third priority behind both an NBA team and an NHL. Seton Hall shares the Prudential with the New Jersey Devils, and Marquette shares the Bradley Center with the Milwaukee Bucks. The other five arenas are either school owned or have the schools as primary tenants. Either way, all 10 schools have to work around NBA and NHL schedules in order to complete the oeague schedule.

As for baseball/softball/ other sport tournaments, it's hard to make money. The goal is likely to break even or at least limit costs. I suppose the best way to drive attendance would not be to try for some central location since college baseball rarely draws many traveling fans, but rather to go somewhere with a good minor league & college sports culture. Just a guess, but i think Pawtucket, Indianapolis, and Omaha would make the most sense. The league would likely have to compete with the Big Ten for Omaha, though, because Omaha is like the Rose Bowl or Madison Square Garden of college baseball. Indy is a great college sports city and has a very nice downtown stadium, and Pawtucket is home to a popular Red Sox affiliate.

I think right now the league wants exposure more than anything else. Putting the Tennis Championship at the National Tennis Center probably got us at least a little more notice than if it were somewhere else. Having the baseball championship at MCU Park in Brooklyn is another place where the league gets some exposure. On the secondary sports I think revenue is a secondary concern.

The only championship site I really disagreed with was for baseball but that wasn't the Big East's fault. The Big Ten already signed up TD Ameritrade for this year. I hope next year, we can get the Big East baseball championship at TD Ameritrade and atleast alternate it. I guarantee there will be better attendance at those games than in Brooklyn this year. Same with soccer, alternating it with east coast and midwest (Morrison Stadium) would be nice.

Jet915 wrote:The only championship site I really disagreed with was for baseball but that wasn't the Big East's fault. The Big Ten already signed up TD Ameritrade for this year. I hope next year, we can get the Big East baseball championship at TD Ameritrade and atleast alternate it. I guarantee there will be better attendance at those games than in Brooklyn this year. Same with soccer, alternating it with east coast and midwest (Morrison Stadium) would be nice.

Big East Tournament games at TD Ameritrade would fill up nicely when Creighton plays, but what about when they don't? What if they go 2 and out? Big East officials likely had a good idea of who the four tournament teams would be before they selected a venue and it played out as expected, so I think MCU Park was a solid choice for this year because it guarantees at least 4 games with a local school playing (St. John's and Seton Hall).