[Farm93]

Actually, they had two cameras.  The first was in its normal position, up near the commentators at the top of the main stands.  But its view of the near sideline was blocked by the giant white tent that DAPER had put up over their central tables in the plaza.  So they put another camera under that tent, which I think was a fixed-field camera - they couldn't pan or zoom it at all, and it had one static shot that left out about a 15 yard radius around that corner flag.  So all the corner kicks and action in that space wasn't visible.  Troy actually joked about it, saying he'd have to become a radio play-by-play guy for game play in that space.

The bigger issue for me was the two ACC games we were completely blocked out of - (and for the people who had trouble getting the Pac-12 feed because of log-in issues.)  I think the NCAA may have to adopt some open-carriage policies (or whatever the correct word is) for their games, because it's a bit ridiculous that the coverage is now getting worse because of conference television packages.

VG

This seems like a very easy target to hit to get more revenue.   Kind of like taxing tourists.  If a few parents or alums from the visiting school pay for access, then great.   If they don't then no biggie, the channel wasn't really for them anyway.  

The problem for the NCAA is that building up the infrastructure for streaming is not free, and many schools don't have anything.   So it doesn't seem right to force those that have it to give away their most valuable Olympic sport content.

Stanford streaming is very generous with access, but I don't think the NCAA would or could mandate free access for everyone at every venue.

[Farm93]

Actually, they had two cameras.  The first was in its normal position, up near the commentators at the top of the main stands.  But its view of the near sideline was blocked by the giant white tent that DAPER had put up over their central tables in the plaza.  So they put another camera under that tent, which I think was a fixed-field camera - they couldn't pan or zoom it at all, and it had one static shot that left out about a 15 yard radius around that corner flag.  So all the corner kicks and action in that space wasn't visible.  Troy actually joked about it, saying he'd have to become a radio play-by-play guy for game play in that space.

The bigger issue for me was the two ACC games we were completely blocked out of - (and for the people who had trouble getting the Pac-12 feed because of log-in issues.)  I think the NCAA may have to adopt some open-carriage policies (or whatever the correct word is) for their games, because it's a bit ridiculous that the coverage is now getting worse because of conference television packages.

VG

This seems like a very easy target to hit to get more revenue.   Kind of like taxing tourists.  If a few parents or alums from the visiting school pay for access, then great.   If they don't then no biggie, the channel wasn't really for them anyway.  

The problem for the NCAA is that building up the infrastructure for streaming is not free, and many schools don't have anything.   So it doesn't seem right to force those that have it to give away their most valuable Olympic sport content.

Stanford streaming is very generous with access, but I don't think the NCAA would or could mandate free access for everyone at every venue.