pakapablo Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/co...9B?OpenDocument Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmolina Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I'm told CSTV put a price tag on Charter Cable they couldn't afford to pick up. Here's the portion of the P-D story concering SLU: __________________________________ >>While Mizzou and the Big 12 are all over the airwaves (most of the Tigers' other games are carried on FSN Midwest), SLU remains a relative unknown on local television. In recent years, many of the Billikens' games were carried by Charter cable. But the Atlantic 10 Conference, of which the Billikens are a member, has sold its TV rights to CSTV (College Sports Television). That cable-satellite network did not reach an agreement this season with Charter. "It was up to CSTV to renew it, but it didn't get it done,'' SLU acting senior associate director of athletics Doug McIlhagga said. Five Bills games from the league's syndicated package will be picked up by KPLR (Channel 11) starting with the Jan. 20 contest at Fordham. Also, the Feb. 1 game, at 7:30 p.m. vs. St. Joseph's, will be on ESPN2. But that's piddling compared to the TV schedule in recent years. "St. Louis U. did its best to try to save the local package,'' said Frank Cusumano, who did the play-by-play on the Charter games. "It's devastating in this special year not to have any local telecasts. I feel really bad for the players and the program that they're not getting the exposure they deserve. But I'm confident we'll be back next year.''<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Direct TV with the Sports Pack is the only way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 If one of the reasons kids pick a school is to advance to the next level, and that advancement is promoted by who sees you and how many times they see you, no local exposure plu sno national exposure puts SLU even further down the list of lucrative places to play (not that we're too high right now). Heck, even some of the really low mid-majors and high low-majors get to play on "Bracket Buster Weekend.' We do not. Hmmmmmmm ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 No NFL netowrk, no CSTV, and no Super Bowl in HD. What a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakapablo Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 No CBS-HD as of yesterday. I agree. Charter is really making it hard for me to stick with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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