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There is a lot more money for ads for the games being

played after the anticipated end of the VT/Fl game, particularly when the anticipated bad weather was going to stretch over into those time slots. So, the 10 AM game tomorrow might actually make more sense financially and exposure wise than not being televised.
Posted: 05/27/2022 at 09:33 PM ET
(In response to this post by JoesterVT)

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After decades upon decades of sports networks controlling
PhotoHokieNC 05/27/22 08:17 PM ET
Fair enough ..give me one (1), just one single example of it happening...
JoesterVT 05/27/22 08:21 PM ET
VT, playing at home, is kicking off against Wofford at 11am because of TV.**
Worldwide Hokie 05/27/22 08:50 PM ET
Yep. Otherwise it would be at a more reasonable time.
RJHokie 05/27/22 09:07 PM ET
Well yeah, that makes sense and is actually pretty awesome
JoesterVT 05/27/22 09:05 PM ET
BECAUSE TV. It's not that hard to figure this out. **
Worldwide Hokie 05/27/22 09:15 PM ET
There's a lot of money to be made selling ads for a 10am softball game?
JoesterVT 05/27/22 09:20 PM ET
Better than the softball replays they had originally scheduled.
Worldwide Hokie 05/27/22 09:40 PM ET
There is a lot more money for ads for the games being
RJHokie 05/27/22 09:33 PM ET
Just because.......
2hhoop3 05/27/22 08:44 PM ET
In essence, the fact that ESPN disappointed a lot of
PhotoHokieNC 05/27/22 08:51 PM ET
You never even felt it going in. How could you not?**
PhotoHokieNC 05/27/22 08:23 PM ET
Look...just because I'm not as smart as you is no reason to poke fun
JoesterVT 05/27/22 08:37 PM ET
I’m not poking fun at you and I make no claim for any
PhotoHokieNC 05/27/22 08:54 PM ET
You are correct that today’s events are messed up.
RJHokie 05/27/22 08:51 PM ET
Correct. The playing date for this game was today. ESPN decided they
pharlap_99 05/27/22 11:09 PM ET