The Athletic Department announced the football television schedule today, with the Quakers appearing on Comcast Sports Network against Villanova (Sept. 19), Yale (Oct. 25) and Princeton (Nov. 7). In addition to those three home games, Penn's Sept. 26 game at Lafayette will air on RCN and, with a tape delay, on MASN.
What's interesting, though, is who will not carry these games: VERSUS. Before the 2008 season, the Ivy League began a partnership with the former Outdoor Life Network and current home of the NHL (insert joke here). Last year's Penn-Brown Homecoming game reached VERSUS's 73 million-home audience, even if none actually tuned in. And last year, all eight schools received a national TV showing. (Because of The Game, Harvard and Yale each got on twice.)
No love for Penn (or Columbia, or Dartmouth) so far this year. The only confirmed games on VERSUS are Cornell at Yale on Sept. 26, Princeton at Brown on Oct. 17, and The Game on Nov. 21.
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August 19th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
The suits in charge of Versus dont want to air an inferior product
with arenas/stadiums which are 3/4 empty.
Franklin Field, Palmer Stadium, and the Yale Bowl are wastelands
full of empty ugly hard bleachers on a fall Saturday afternoon.
I applaud this decision.
On another note, I would think that campus leaders such as
Amy Guttmann consider this another knock on Steve Bilsky
as an incomptent Athletic Director.
"So, Stevie... how come under your watch as an AD, did a network
pull the plug on showing our games" ?
"Well Judy, er, Amy....Its Amy right? I dont know... We tried and
we polled our constituents like John Rockwell and Jim Dunning,
and they couldnt come up with a valid reason. So as always, I
did what they wanted to since I am unable to do anything on
my own. So I really dont think its a big loss. We are doing alot
to regain momentum at Franklin Field. We are building a new
weight room so we can cram more people into a smaller area. And
Mike De Felici is working on re-upping the Abner's contract. Hope
you can get to a game this year. In return, I might even come
into College Hall for a meeting. Just fax the directions to my staff.
Dont call or email or Tweet me. Fax them. I love receiving faxes.
Sincerely yours. Steve"
September 20th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
something like that. Kann ich an Ihrer Post an meine