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« on: May 13, 2009, 02:10:12 PM » |
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Any word on cutbacks for upcoming conference football media days? We cover two leagues -- the ACC and the Big South. The ACC has moved its media days from Tampa to Greensboro to cut down on costs, but they'll still do the usual golf outing. The Big South has eliminated the golf outing because of costs, which means we'll only go down for one day now. That's fine. The golf was fun, but really served little purpose professionally.
Any other leagues cutting down to try to save some scratch?
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 02:16:11 PM » |
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I guess the parallel question is how many papers that used to staff these events won't be this summer. I'm not sure how mine will handle it ...
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2009, 05:00:41 PM » |
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We did basketball last year as a down and back. I haven't been allowed to stay overnight for anything since football season, the exception being when I crashed at a friend's place for a conference basketball trip.
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2009, 10:00:02 PM » |
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Good move by the ACC to move their thing to Greensboro. I can't imagine anybody would have gone to Tampa.
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2009, 11:51:49 PM » |
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Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2009, 12:03:35 AM » |
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The Southern Conference canceled its media days a few months ago. It's also doing away with media guides.
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« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2009, 12:06:52 AM » |
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Golf outing? Christ almighty.
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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2009, 12:13:58 AM » |
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Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
Southeastern Conference football?  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2009, 12:19:15 AM » |
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Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
Southeastern Conference football?  |
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« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2009, 12:52:45 AM » |
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Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
In your area? Yes. Our readers care about it. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2009, 01:01:00 AM » |
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"Big Ten teams in bowls."
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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2009, 01:02:06 AM » |
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I think the CAA is still doing their day at ESPN Zone in Baltimore in July.
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« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2009, 01:26:04 AM » |
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Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
Northeast Conference football. |
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« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2009, 04:30:36 AM » |
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Heart of America Athletic Conference football? Are there three more pointless words strung together than "Big South football"?
Northeast Conference football. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2009, 05:13:29 AM » |
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What would happen if a conference held a media day and no media outlets actually showed up?
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« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2009, 08:34:10 AM » |
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The Southern Conference canceled its media days a few months ago. It's also doing away with media guides.
Canceling media days, for a smaller conference, I get. But no media guides? Unreal. As far as the schools are concerned, those things are as much a recruiting tool as they are a service item. Are they at least going to publish an online media guide? |
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« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2009, 10:31:45 AM » |
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I can see these schools publishing a smaller number of hard copies for use with recruits and for sale to fans. They might just not have them available for free to the media when they can just point them to a URL.
Just curious -- does anyone know the base cost for a memory stick as opposed to printing costs on a 200-page media guide? Was wondering how much savings there is there ...
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2009, 11:51:09 AM » |
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I can see these schools publishing a smaller number of hard copies for use with recruits and for sale to fans. They might just not have them available for free to the media when they can just point them to a URL.
Just curious -- does anyone know the base cost for a memory stick as opposed to printing costs on a 200-page media guide? Was wondering how much savings there is there ...
Those memory sticks are pretty cheap by the bulk. Memory costs peanuts these days. I don't mind it at all. PDFs on a fast computer are more than fast enough and it saves you from lugging around 10 tons of media guides that will be so much useless trash in a year's time. |
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