[WBB fan]

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Thanks. Will do in the future

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All of that [PAC-12 Network coverage] creates important benefits for the Olympic sports at Stanford that mitigates the concerns about distance from home, etc. etc.

Do you mean Olympic sports such as rowing, water polo, swimming & diving, wrestling, sailing, squash, field hockey, cross country, fencing, ...?  (Not to mention Winter Olympic sports!)
How often do you see those on PAC-12?

I will grant that PAC-12 does cover some of those up to a handful of times a year, which is better than before.  But it doesn't establish a fan base or let someone in the East follow a friend or family member at Stanford.

But, I believe the use of "Olympic sports" is misleading in that sentence.   I wish it were the case that more sports would be shown, but it will require vastly cheaper production costs.

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I can't read the article.  Did Tara mention the relationship between PAC-12 coverage and fewer fans at the games?

Tara didn't say anything about fewer fans linked to PAC-12 coverage. The thing she emphasized is the effect of the PAC-12 on recruiting, saying that it had had a major impact in keeping west coast kids in the west and making players in the rest of the country more willing to come west.

It's an interesting article, which I was able to read because I have a NY Times digital subscription. I wonder if there's any way that the FBC can get it up? Alternatively, it may appear tomorrow on the website  http://hoopism.blogspot.com.  [Sorry, wish I knew how to post a link into here] If you're not familiar with it, that's a women's BB site called "They're Playing Basketball." Really good, posts a great many newspaper articles from around the country, lots and lots about the PAC-12

The NY Times article is now indeed up on "They're Playing Basketball" -- link is http://hoopism.blogspot.com. Title of article is "U Conn Who? . . " Well worth reading.

[WBB fan]

To post a link, just be sure to include the http:// in front.

Thanks. Will do in the future

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All of that [PAC-12 Network coverage] creates important benefits for the Olympic sports at Stanford that mitigates the concerns about distance from home, etc. etc.

Do you mean Olympic sports such as rowing, water polo, swimming & diving, wrestling, sailing, squash, field hockey, cross country, fencing, ...?  (Not to mention Winter Olympic sports!)
How often do you see those on PAC-12?

I will grant that PAC-12 does cover some of those up to a handful of times a year, which is better than before.  But it doesn't establish a fan base or let someone in the East follow a friend or family member at Stanford.

But, I believe the use of "Olympic sports" is misleading in that sentence.   I wish it were the case that more sports would be shown, but it will require vastly cheaper production costs.

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I can't read the article.  Did Tara mention the relationship between PAC-12 coverage and fewer fans at the games?

Tara didn't say anything about fewer fans linked to PAC-12 coverage. The thing she emphasized is the effect of the PAC-12 on recruiting, saying that it had had a major impact in keeping west coast kids in the west and making players in the rest of the country more willing to come west.

It's an interesting article, which I was able to read because I have a NY Times digital subscription. I wonder if there's any way that the FBC can get it up? Alternatively, it may appear tomorrow on the website  http://hoopism.blogspot.com.  [Sorry, wish I knew how to post a link into here] If you're not familiar with it, that's a women's BB site called "They're Playing Basketball." Really good, posts a great many newspaper articles from around the country, lots and lots about the PAC-12

The NY Times article is now indeed up on "They're Playing Basketball" -- link is http://hoopism.blogspot.com. Title of article is "U Conn Who? . . " Well worth reading.