Forcing ads into everything.

[TrailCy]

This came up a bit in the game day host thread, but I'm getting pretty annoyed at the ads for everything. If there is a square inch of space there's an ad. A fun or light-hearted activity during a break? Ad. Posters and marketing material? Ad.

Everyone needs money, of course, but it seems like the purpose of football now is to sell ads and everything else is secondary. And on top of these ads, we're now expected to give even more money to collectives and NILs.

One final thought.... Please, please please don't START a TV timeouts after an injured player gets up. Nothing pisses off my section more than the player walking to the sideline and then the TC timeout guy comes out.

/Rant

 

[werdnamanhill]

okay I'll email jamie

 

[Cyclonsin]

...but it seems like the purpose of football now is to sell ads and everything else is secondary...

 

[ClubCy]

You know we are 1-2 years or less from having to play the players right?

 

[JM4CY]

Need more, honestly.

 

[TrailCy]

You know we are 1-2 years or less from having to play the players right

As long as they have contracts, fine

 

[ClonesFTW]

As long as they have contracts, fine

That's how all the transfer and poaching BS ends. I'm ready for it.

 

[Chipper]

I thought this was about the site

 

[besserheimerphat]

If you want to enjoy football for football's sake, you pretty much have to watch high school at this point. The college football TV experience is awful right now from ads to bad hosts to networks blatantly catering to the SEC/B1G.

 

[Cyclonsin]

If you want to enjoy football for football's sake, you pretty much have to watch high school at this point. The college football TV experience is awful right now from ads to bad hosts to networks blatantly catering to the SEC/B1G.

My favorite is when ESPNU gets a matchup between schools like Akron and Toledo only to spend the entire halftime show talking about what teams are going to make the CFP. It's insanely bad.

 

[CyCrazy]

If you want to enjoy football for football's sake, you pretty much have to watch high school at this point. The college football TV experience is awful right now from ads to bad hosts to networks blatantly catering to the SEC/B1G.

But Ames is so bad at football. Which I dont get because bball is always solid or great?

 

[Malty Flannel]

I thought this was about the site

I came here expecting to be able to complain about Marci Whatsherface trying to sell me tampons every time I listen to a podcast

 

[TrailCy]

My favorite is when ESPNU gets a matchup between schools like Akron and Toledo only to spend the entire halftime show talking about what teams are going to make the CFP. It's insanely bad.

A TV producer I know said halftime shows on networks are almost always the same for games and they record or cut in as needed based on varying game times

 

[BCClone]

You know we are 1-2 years or less from having to play the players right?

Wait, have we been playing the fans and the players in are the stands????? Well, that explains why we sucked for so long!!!

 

[rosshm16]

The worst is the Touchdown --> Full set of commercials --> Kickoff --> Another full set of commercials sequence.

 

[ClubCy]

Wait, have we been playing the fans and the players in are the stands????? Well, that explains why we sucked for so long!!!

Cut me some slack it’s Mond- ope Tuesday!

 

[theshadow]

The worst is the Touchdown --> Full set of commercials --> Kickoff --> Another full set of commercials sequence.

That'll happen when you have 4 contracted breaks per quarter, and one team eats 11 minutes of that on one drive.

 

[NoCreativity]

This came up a bit in the game day host thread, but I'm getting pretty annoyed at the ads for everything. If there is a square inch of space there's an ad. A fun or light-hearted activity during a break? Ad. Posters and marketing material? Ad.

Everyone needs money, of course, but it seems like the purpose of football now is to sell ads and everything else is secondary. And on top of these ads, we're now expected to give even more money to collectives and NILs.

One final thought.... Please, please please don't START a TV timeouts after an injured player gets up. Nothing pisses off my section more than the player walking to the sideline and then the TC timeout guy comes out.

/Rant

It's not just football, I attended a concert a couple weeks ago at Vibrant in Waukee. I got a survey the next day that was about 50% asking me if I was more likely to buy all these "brands" that were advertised at the venue.

I didn't pay one bit of attention to any of them. I'm kind of old school I guess in that I go to concerts to listen to music, not switch my cell service to Verizon.

 

[BCClone]

It's not just football, I attended a concert a couple weeks ago at Vibrant in Waukee. I got a survey the next day that was about 50% asking me if I was more likely to buy all these "brands" that were advertised at the venue.

I didn't pay one bit of attention to any of them. I'm kind of old school I guess in that I go to concerts to listen to music, not switch my cell service to Verizon.

You should say, I avoid the ones that advertise at places.

 

[JM4CY]

I came here expecting to be able to complain about Marci Whatsherface trying to sell me tampons every time I listen to a podcast

If you can feel it, it's not in far enough.