One Home Friday Night Game every 3 years

[Nebraska Fan]

Don't go. If it is such a bad move several thousand empty seats should send that message pretty clearly. My guess is that the stadium will be full.

Boycott the concession stands would be effective.

 

[JaySker402]

Is there anyone on here associated with Nebraska High School Football?

Looks like they start the last week of august
http://nsaahome.org/calculate/showclassfbA.html

 

[cidsports]

As a side note just think what a Friday night game would do to commerce in Nebraska on a Friday. I live in Omaha and I would likely have to leave work at 2:00 to get ready to go and get to my parking space. UNL would pretty much have to cancel classes that day, and city owned parking lots in Lincoln would be a train wreck due to the normal day to day parking that's needed for downtown business then adding the football traffic to that would just be horrendous.

As was pointed out above some of the schools who do not get the attention and attendance that Nebraska has this is probably OK but not for Nebraska. BTW a friend of mine told me earlier this year, "just wait the day is coming when someone is going to want a Sunday game(s) on a network like NBCsN, TBS or the like and the money offered will be enough to give the schools pause on whether or not to say no".

NBC just terminated one station. Was it the.one you are taking about that re-aired Notre Dame games weekly?

 

[nwualum]

I wouldn't mind the home game at the start of the season, specifically the first Friday if it's the start of Labor Day weekend.

Really don't feel sorry for the NSAA here. They yip about colleges playing on Friday nights and then schedule state championships for Monday and Tuesday mornings???? They'll have plenty of time to adjust their schedules.

 

[Aksarben]

NBC just terminated one station. Was it the.one you are taking about that re-aired Notre Dame games weekly?

I have no knowledge of NBC cancelling an affiliation agreement with any TV station at this time (not saying it didn't happen just that I don't know of any), but to answer your question no, NBCsN is the NBC Sports Network that is carried on cable and satellite. My point was at some point in the future one of these networks is going to pop up and offer money for college games on Sunday.

 

[Tuco Salamanca]

Not sure what league will be jumping at the NBCSN. The games on CBSSN don't do much in terms of ratings. The Stanley Cup games on NBCSN get about half the viewers they do than when NBC carries the games. People are beginning to purchase Networks a la carte, and the P5 leagues are pretty much locked in for the next 8 years or so. Streaming capabilities and distribution will be more important in the next round of negotiations than cable buy rates.