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With the BB Tourney, is it really that bad for ratings when a Cinderella...

...makes it into the Final Four? I have no idea what the ratings look like, but if your team bows out early, but some school is still in there punching way above their weight and making it deep into the tournament, doesn't that draw the more casual eyeballs? So say Tulane had not just made it into the 12-team playoff, but won their way to the semifinals. I would be excited to see that, and would be rooting for the underdog.
Posted: 12/31/2023 at 01:32 PM ET
(In response to this post by Stech)

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Disney had the ESPN announcers say the 12 team has too many Conf Champions!
Stech • 12/31/23 08:44 AM ET
Yeah, they’re called talking points and they come from on-high.
YardBird • 01/01/24 05:22 PM ET
They have also been using the “character” line a lot today
HokieAl • 01/01/24 03:48 PM ET
Giving it All Up For the Team has Went out of Style
WarHog38 • 01/01/24 05:37 PM ET
One sleaze versus another.......
2hhoop3 • 01/01/24 03:53 PM ET
That would be damaging the conf championships.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:34 AM ET
Every conference champ means one less SEC team in the playoff.**
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 05:58 AM ET
Business **
VaTechHokiesACC • 12/31/23 09:56 PM ET
Certainly, it’s also why the Fortune 500 turns over so much, short term
Stech • 01/01/24 12:37 AM ET
The preferred systems would be to give
Vippie1 • 12/31/23 05:08 PM ET
One other thing makes me think they are trying to change things
HokieAl • 12/31/23 03:38 PM ET
With the BB Tourney, is it really that bad for ratings when a Cinderella... ◄
TVLander • 12/31/23 01:32 PM ET
Here are a couple of championship game ratings graphics that will help.**
Will StewartAdmin • 01/01/24 04:28 PM ET
I can't really see any patterns here...other than general drop in...
TVLander • 01/02/24 05:26 PM ET
I don't see patterns either. Thought I would but ... nope.**
Will StewartAdmin • 01/02/24 09:26 PM ET
What's the takeaway, no one wants to watch Kansas? **
Pride_and_Joy • 01/02/24 03:50 PM ET
Ugh. Will they call the #12 or #11 winners "Cinderellas"?
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:36 AM ET
Those big schools that get knocked out have larger alumni
VaTechHokiesACC • 12/31/23 09:46 PM ET
A strange phenomenon unique to March Madness is the magnetic lure of the
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:05 PM ET
The Cinderella aspect of basketball wouldn't be the same in football. But
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 03:46 PM ET
Totally agree, Disney thinks different from us, maybe it’s the short term
Stech • 12/31/23 02:42 PM ET
I really hope the next playoff contract is only partially ESPN
HokieAl • 12/31/23 12:51 PM ET
I Don't Buy Any Rhetoric the Corporate World Spiels These Days
WarHog38 • 12/31/23 06:25 PM ET
I think this is about Disney selling ESPN, it explains a lot, I guess we
Stech • 12/31/23 08:23 PM ET
I think it will be, I expect 🦊 to get in on at least the Final Four. My
Stech • 12/31/23 01:08 PM ET
Now that the Pac-12 is defunct, I doubt they give 6 AQs in next contract.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 12:29 PM ET
If ND and F$U's records were reversed, would ND have been bumped for...
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 06:00 AM ET
Not sure, but we should be trying to get ND into the ACC championship game.
Truthahn • 01/09/24 11:47 AM ET
In that case, the committee's collective heads would have exploded.**
Atlee Hokie • 01/01/24 08:32 PM ET
Absolutely, the first target will be dropping the PAC Conference Bid, but
Stech • 12/31/23 12:56 PM ET
Moving bowl games to the preseason will not work. The reason northern fans
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:23 PM ET
We can’t agree on everything 🤣, used to be limited bowls in warm climates,
Stech • 12/31/23 07:04 PM ET
Another thing is time off. Families can take the kids along because schools
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 09:34 PM ET
Well more and more end of season bowls are empty now, I think week 0 games
Stech • 01/01/24 12:27 AM ET
A reason a Week 0 game may do better is because most (maybe all) are played
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:07 PM ET
Good point, might have to do Labor Day weekend too which means moving NFL
Stech • 01/01/24 01:13 PM ET
The NFL doesn't have to change when it starts its regular season because
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:18 PM ET
It doesn’t have to, but I have heard repeatedly they want to move it back
Stech • 01/01/24 01:23 PM ET
I bet if the owners were willing to increase the salary cap and revenue
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 01:43 PM ET
No doubt owners want, the players are adamantly against health consequences
Stech • 01/01/24 02:33 PM ET
The Super Bowl could still be moved without moving the start of the regular
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 02:41 PM ET
Could change, but this battle has been going on for many years, if TV gets
Stech • 01/01/24 03:06 PM ET
Would schools be interested in playing games on Sunday in Week 2 though?
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 03:30 PM ET
If Virginia Tech is playing Auburn for football, I am there, but I believe
Stech • 01/01/24 04:44 PM ET
Yes, other sports do play games on Sunday. However, they don't play in
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 05:09 PM ET
Been to many Thursday night games sold out and even Boise on Monday night
Stech • 01/01/24 05:35 PM ET
It makes sense that a lot of NOVA fans could attend the Boise State game in
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 08:47 PM ET
We have Thursday night games in Blacksburg,and ugh even a Wednesday night
Stech • 01/01/24 08:58 PM ET
TBH, I'd rather just give everyone an extra game for the purpose of doing a
Maroon Baboon • 01/01/24 01:33 AM ET
I'm sure...
khakiblue • 12/31/23 08:11 PM ET
The argument against that is, of course, disparity. The NFL is about
Marooned • 12/31/23 05:18 PM ET
ND has the Nixonian Triangulation down to a T.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 01:10 PM ET
Speaking of ND. Another likely change will be for them, IMO.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:39 AM ET
Not to sound snippy but what new about that?
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:24 AM ET
Not snippy, accurate, I’m just pointing out the new level they are going to
Stech • 12/31/23 12:46 PM ET
After rigging the 2023 CFP, it was apparent Disney/ESPN would continue.
HOO86 • 12/31/23 11:18 AM ET
Herbie is just a mouthpiece for Disney...a shill of the worst kind.**
EDGEMAN • 01/01/24 06:03 AM ET
Professional Wrestling Model, just like NASCAR adopted. **
Stech • 12/31/23 12:42 PM ET
Some ACC school should start mouthing off about FSU being losers.
Truthahn • 01/01/24 10:45 AM ET
So for the next VT-FSU game do fans see JC Price roaming the sidelines with
VTHokie2000 • 01/01/24 03:46 PM ET
Folding chair**
King of Hokies • 01/02/24 11:06 PM ET
I'm drawing a blank on which wrestling manager regularly use a folding
VTHokie2000 • 01/03/24 07:41 PM ET
Yeah i heard that - unbelievable
Vippie1 • 12/31/23 10:36 AM ET
Yep, I knew it was coming, but during that game and that fast surprised me.**
Stech • 12/31/23 12:40 PM ET
IMHO big media wants to make more than conference championships irrelevant
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:28 AM ET
Not necessarily. Those media companies and their advertisers want to
33laszlo99 • 12/31/23 06:35 PM ET
That makes sense, just asking how they protect ND not playing n a Con Cham
Stech • 12/31/23 01:03 PM ET
TU**
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 01:56 PM ET
Why does college football have such an aversion to objectivity?
HokieNoVA • 12/31/23 10:34 AM ET
There has to be a layer of subjectiveness.
Atlee Hokie • 01/01/24 07:53 PM ET
Ratings equal money NOW! If you’re trying to sell the company NOW PROFTS
Stech • 12/31/23 12:39 PM ET
People get off on being empowered.
Maroon Baboon • 12/31/23 12:36 PM ET
Don't know, but a gaggle on this site believes committee > conf winners**
Vienna_Hokie • 12/31/23 11:41 AM ET
But results on the field over 3 months
VTCALS72 • 12/31/23 11:32 AM ET
System is joke .
MrFantastic! • 12/31/23 09:25 AM ET
Yeah the precedent set by excluding FSU should be troubling for any team
AbsolutVT03 • 12/31/23 08:57 AM ET
Not surprised they attacked Conference Champions, but how fast they did it,
Stech • 12/31/23 09:26 AM ET