Prep Football Sections

Outside of Texas, does anyone do prep football preview sections anymore?

 

We did one at my old shop in Illinois, and we do a "Fall sports" preview section where I am now, which is 80% football.

We're actually already starting work on it, which makes me very happy.

 

We do. Ours was 30 pages last year. I'd imagine it'll be closer to 20 this year.

 

32-64 pages here in Ohio

 

somewhere around 80-90 for us

 

ours was 48 pages last year, down six pages from the year before. Likely will stay the same this year.

 

We do a 24-page broadsheet for a 16K daily. Our advertising was up 14 percent from my first year to second year here. I have no idea what it'll be like for the third year.

 

Of course. We have done a combined high school/college tab in recent years that has ranged from 56 to 72 pages.

This year, there's some talk of breaking them up with a total page count in the 72-76 range.

 

We've tried to revive ours, but no one wants to buy ads to support it. Oh wait! Maybe our ad department sucks!

 

48 page fall preview that has football and pres on the other fall sports.

 

Yea, if an ad department can't sell a football tab, they just ain't trying.

I could walk down any main street in any town (especially the smaller towns) and sell enough ads to make it work.

Sounds like your ad department was just like my last one, do as little work as possible.

 

I'm actually going to crib some notes for ours in a week or so. Never too early.

Which reminds me, will there be another tab trade set up this season? Tremendously happy with the turnout on here last year.