ACC Media Days are closing fast. Oops, sorry. It’s actually called the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff. In just ten days. (Man, do I need to finish with all the old links and stuff.)
The ACC released the list of players who will be in attendance. Two per team is the rule. No surprise that for Pitt it will be Aaron Donald and Devin Street. These are the two best players on each side of the ball. Both are seniors. Both are needed/expected to be team leaders.
The ACC also announced that they have a deal in place to have YES in the NYC market to carry football and basketball for the upcoming season.
The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country the past 10 years, has reached an agreement with FOX Sports Media Group by which YES will televise live Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball and football games and Big East basketball games beginning this fall.
As part of the deal, YES will televise up to 10 ACC football games and up to 23 men’s ACC basketball games, as well as select women’s basketball and Olympic sports.
I like the chances of more Pitt games showing up in this package.
Locally, Pitt football games will be on WTAE (ABC) as well as some of the basketball games. Root Sports also has a deal in place to show Pitt/ACC games.
It’s looking like it won’t be too difficult to find Pitt on TV even with the Raycom factor.
ACC affiliation just keeps getting
better and better. Lets go Pitt!!
I would think these regional networks would know what school’s teams will draw good ratings in their geographic footprint.
This isn’t Rocket Science !
Including basketball is a big move in the Pgh market for TAE.
They have to give up network programming and thus sponsors.
That tells me that local advertising dollars are either interested or TAE feels strongly they can sell the ads.
Very good move for Pitt. It will help drive PSU out of the picture from December and further isolates WVUlgar. No one wants to advertise during the Hoopie v T tech hardwood struggle.
More importantly, it will help NYC recutuing efforts in BB … this should be music to our ears. I believe it is the flagship for Yankee baseball so I assume it gets much viewership