ESPN has to stay true to their shareholders.

Mar 18, 2023
3:31:32pm

akbarishiwatsu Starter

ESPN doesn't own broadcast rights to men's tourney games. CBS, TNT, TBS, and truTV do. Asking why ESPN doesn't show men's tourney games is like asking why they didn't show the Super Bowl.

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akbarishiwatsu

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Messages

Author

Time

Has ESPN forgotten their audience?

JamieTartt

3/18/23 1:25pm

Cbssports.com for tournament news

Swish

3/18/23 1:27pm

About 10 years ago

NWCoug

3/18/23 1:27pm

During the most popular sporting times they decide to go with womens hoops.

Ojiisan

3/18/23 1:28pm

Yah. I noticed that.

Squirt

3/18/23 1:29pm

They don’t show any tournament games.

JuicyJam

3/18/23 1:29pm

Because men’s tourney games aren’t on ESPN but women’s are

Martin Van Nostrand

3/18/23 1:31pm

I use the NCAA March Madness app, it's honestly perfect

BYUCougarsFan

3/18/23 1:32pm

It’s second only to Masters app.

pink22

3/18/23 1:37pm

Can’t find any NCAA tournament coverage in the Masters app.

TwinsRight

3/18/23 1:55pm

In this case, it actually makes sense. Thierry current customers ACTUALLY ARE

fattycoug

3/18/23 1:42pm

Their customers are sports fans regardless of who’s broadcasting which game.

TwinsRight

3/18/23 1:56pm

Except they’re broadcasting the women’s tournament.

Kdubb

3/18/23 2:04pm

Why would you turn to ESPN for March madness when CBS owns it?

fattycoug

3/18/23 2:11pm

I think most people don’t care who owns the broadcast rights, especially for checking for updates online.

TwinsRight

3/18/23 3:51pm

Do you not use the espn tournament challenge app? Also a better place to go than

fattycoug

3/18/23 4:50pm

Their thought is the women’s tourney isn’t as popular because it doesn’t get as

Warner

3/18/23 1:53pm

ESPN has the rights to the Women's Tournament, why not boost own ratings

Zoobieman

3/18/23 2:02pm

ESPN has to stay true to their shareholders.

akbarishiwatsu

3/18/23 3:31pm

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