Comments on: C-BS http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/ The Most Comprehensive Georgetown Basketball Website Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:19:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Paul H. http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4571 Paul H. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:36:23 +0000 http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4571 Also, is there ANYthing basketball fans can do to encourage a different network (i.e. ESPN) to buy up the Tournament contract from CBS.? I've had exactly the same thoughts as Mike re: broadcasting games on multiple networks. And although CBS isn't known for their collection of sister networks, isn't CBS a viacom station, and could thus broadcast other games on many cable stations (MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nickolodeon come to mind)? Also, is there ANYthing basketball fans can do to encourage a different network (i.e. ESPN) to buy up the Tournament contract from CBS.? I’ve had exactly the same thoughts as Mike re: broadcasting games on multiple networks. And although CBS isn’t known for their collection of sister networks, isn’t CBS a viacom station, and could thus broadcast other games on many cable stations (MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nickolodeon come to mind)?

]]> By: Paul H. http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4569 Paul H. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:29:03 +0000 http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4569 The most infuriating part about CBS coverage year after year is they always switch to the interesting match-up too late, i.e. after the underdog team has made a run and then been pushed back, or they fail to show you the underdog run as it is occuring then insist on show the last minute of a game which is made up of fouling. The one advantage of course is that CBS gets to show even more damn commercials. Speaking of commercials, a good 60% of the time that CBS would switch to a new game, they would do so coming out of the commercial break of the game you were watching. They would then switch you to a NEW game that would go to their commercial within seconds of the switch over. It happens so often I have begun to suspect that it is done on purpose. The most infuriating part about CBS coverage year after year is they always switch to the interesting match-up too late, i.e. after the underdog team has made a run and then been pushed back, or they fail to show you the underdog run as it is occuring then insist on show the last minute of a game which is made up of fouling. The one advantage of course is that CBS gets to show even more damn commercials. Speaking of commercials, a good 60% of the time that CBS would switch to a new game, they would do so coming out of the commercial break of the game you were watching. They would then switch you to a NEW game that would go to their commercial within seconds of the switch over. It happens so often I have begun to suspect that it is done on purpose.

]]> By: Zo http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4566 Zo Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:07:29 +0000 http://hoyahoops.com/2008/03/26/c-bs/#comment-4566 They probably have an actual person (or group of people) deciding when to change away from regional coverage. That person should understand basketball better than they do...although so should Greg Gumbel and Seth Davis and Billy Packer and Jim Nantz and so on and so on. Clark Kellogg is OK. They probably have an actual person (or group of people) deciding when to change away from regional coverage. That person should understand basketball better than they do…although so should Greg Gumbel and Seth Davis and Billy Packer and Jim Nantz and so on and so on.

Clark Kellogg is OK.

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