Big Ten coverage of wrestling?

[hunter78]

Whats the deal why can't they have these meets live? Screw these tape delay meets.

 

[Mac50702]

There are two women basketball games on during that time. And like the other thread says. Wrestling takes a back seat, unfortunately even to womens bball.

 

[IowaboyinNC]

Whats the deal why can't they have these meets live? Screw these tape delay meets.

I hear ya Hunter! But living out here in NC I'm just happy to see IOWA Wrestling on the BTN no matter when they show it.

 

[Hawks1]

just wondering if it wasn't iowa, maybe a osu that was a dominate wrestling team do you think there would be different coverage?

 

[pumpdog20]

We just need to show the BTN that there is an audience for wrestling. This means larger attendances and more interest in the sport. There was a nice effort to get the Iowa/PSU meet to show tape delay same day instead of having to wait a couple of days.

It will take efforts like this to accomplish this. The support needs to come from more than just Iowa fans. It needs to be a concerted effort by fans of other teams as well.

 

[fufred]

just wondering if it wasn't iowa, maybe a osu that was a dominate wrestling team do you think there would be different coverage?

No because 99% of OSU fans don't give a crap about wrestling.

 

[Hawks1]

No because 99% of OSU fans don't give a crap about wrestling.

you don't because you suck at it

I really didn't mean to go there but I did

 

[fufred]

you don't because you suck at it

I really didn't mean to go there but I did

no OSU is good at women's bball and no one cares about that either.

 

[Hawks1]

what ever

 

[Mac50702]

what ever

Fuf may be an as$, but he is right. The wrestling fan base is so small that about 95% of sports fans dont care about it. Thats why when we have attendance numbers of 8,000 its considered great.

 

[ibahawkeye]

Be glad you get you see the match at all. Without the BTN you wouldn't be watching at all.

 

[Mac50702]

Be glad you get you see the match at all. Without the BTN you wouldn't be watching at all.

Dont forget about IPTV

 

[pumpdog20]

Don't be happy with what we have now. If you want more wrestling, get more people interested in the sport.

 

[IH8IAST8]

My complaint is not the coverage but why the hell do they need an intermission on TV, when the match is tape delayed? My DVR missed the HWT match because of this bullsh$t. Intermission is bad enough to sit through in person, edit it out of the tape delay!

 

[goiahawks]

I agree. I forced myself to go all day on the Sundays that we wrestled Minn or PSU so that I could watch the meet "live".

 

[GravyJones]

My complaint is not the coverage but why the hell do they need an intermission on TV, when the match is tape delayed? My DVR missed the HWT match because of this bullsh$t. Intermission is bad enough to sit through in person, edit it out of the tape delay!

Yeah, that bugs the hell out of me.

 

[twade70]

I sent an email to bigtennetwork.com asking about online streaming for Quarters and Semis at Big 10s. If anyone else want to contact them, here's the link:

Contact Us - Big Ten Network

 

[pin2win]

we have more coverage than ever before because of big ten network so not much complaints coming from me!

 

[GravyJones]

I guess I should also state that I can't complain too much about the delay since it's better than not getting to see them at all. I often have too many things going on during the weekends to catch them live, so I'd watch it delayed regardless.

 

[IowaboyinNC]

Dont forget about IPTV

I don't get IPTV out here in North Carolina.