BTN will air more soccer than ever before

thanks btn. you just keep getting better and better.

so much for 60 matches being televised. it shows 13 matches for each gender (total of 26 matches). they then proclaim to show each round of the conference tournament. little do they know, that there’s also a Quarterfinal round, which is exempt from the TV schedule (as it only shows the semifinals and final being televised). this sounds like the same coverage as any other ordinary year, while the Pac-12 networks will have almost 100 soccer matches televised of both genders combined. Hmmmmm?

Alright, the Nudge understands more clearly now. The Nudge is okay with this.
I’m not too familiar with the Student U initiative, because it’s delayed and not broadcast live on the television, but it seems like a good investment in the students from the conference. Major kudos to the Big Ten for allowing students this opportunity to get off to a good start in their media careers. Hopefully the conference continues to showcase the Student U initiative, and even innovate and expand it further in the future. More sporting events and overall conference games broadcast during non prime-time hours on the network is a lot better than running continuous redundant programming straight down our throats (i.e. re-runs that we’ve seen a thousand times already). Take it from a critic like me, as the Student U initiative is still better in investing in the student body for media/television than what any other conference is doing. The Pac-12 can have their western ivory towers and their glamor of seven networks showing every single intramural varsity club ping-pong match, and when they get their 8th regional network soon (after further expansion to 16 teams in the conference), then we’ll call it “Pac-12 regional network # 8 – “The Ocho”. And Pac-12 shuffleboard will rule supreme on that network, in addition to West Coast Dirt Bike, which is a club sporting event out there, and that will also be shown on “The Ocho”. The Big Ten will have no more than two networks in the future. The Big Ten Leaders Network, and the Big Ten Legends Network. Coming soon. Can’t wait. “Think Big, Dream Big, Go Big, Achieve Big – That’s the Big in the Big Ten”. -Nudge

Big Ten Women’s Soccer Final on Friday? Must be a misprint!