tv coverage for 08 campaign

MSG signed a two year deal to broadcast the games. This is the 2nd of the two year deal. So as of right now they will be the clubs home based broadcaster. As of away matches I would have to assume that they will be on the road this time, because when the contract was signed it was a very short ammount of time between the broadcasting contract and the start of the 2007 season. They had to chop off pre-game, weekly show & staying in the studios of MSG for road matches. Now that they have enough time to sell ads and to get new or re-up with old ones, I would like to think they will go on the road, but we will have to wait and see.

 

I don't think road coverage had anything to do with time necessary for preparations. Otherwise, they could have easily changed course mid-season last year and sent a broadcast team to away games with pre-game reports and highlight shows and everything. MSG agreed to do the bare minimum when MLS games turned from a time buy to a rights fees situation, and the bare minimum is what I think we'll be stuck with for another season.

 

Have to agree with Roehl; not sending the broadcasters on the road was all about the $ and (presumably) nothing's changed in that regard.

I thought it was a crappy, money-grubbing idea; but it worked out better last season, IMHO, than I would ever have imagined

 

This is somewhat in the same vein of this conversation, but when does MLS generally release the full season schedule for all games? I'm just anxious to see when all the teams are playing and when the Red Bulls are coming out to Columbus so I can go to that game in some Red Bull regalia.

 

I don't really care too much if the announcers go on the road or not at this point. My main concern is that every game be on TV live, or at the very least, one or two on tape delay.

They can keep their pre-game shows and highlights and whatever else, just show me the game.

I'll get all my other info online, so I dont need no extras....

 

Im with metro1026 on this one.

I dont even care if there is commentary, just show me the game when I am NOT at the game and I'll be okay.

 

When the broadcasts went from time buys to out of pocket expense for MSG, they probably took one look at the near invisible ratings and figured cut the loses where they could. Announcers actually being at the game doesn't matter to me because after the first few minutes I tend to tune them out anyways. I rarely watched the pre-game show or the MSG Soccer Report so I didn't really miss them last year.

 

Once they turned MSR into "the-guy-from-Survivor show" I stopped looking for it.

MSG didn't even have playoff coverage last year (maybe one or two tape delay viewings), so if all the other stuff doesn't bother fans, missing out on the end of the season should.