Madness, coming to a computer near you
The best news that I've heard in several weeks came out this morning, as CBS announced that it would be making live feeds of the NCAA tournament available for free starting in 2006.
As any sports fan knows, the first weekend of the NCAA tournament constitutes the best four days of the year. The sheer volume of games (four at a time for the first two days) is overwhelming, meaning that there's always going to be at least one good game on. There are the tight games and the potential for epic upsets. There's always the 15 or 16 that gets up on the 2 or 1 and makes you think that maybe....just maybe....this could be the year that a 1 loses in the first round.
And then there are the upsets that happen. The games where Bucknell is up on Kansas late, and it looks like the can pull it off. All over America (save for Lawrence, Kan.), everyone is rooting for David to beat Goliath, for Cinderella to find the glass slipper.
Ah yes. Forget Christmas. March Madness is "the most wonderful time of the year."
Of course, the volume of games has always created a problem. CBS can only broadcast one game at a time. They choose which game to show based on regional preferences, popularity of the teams, and the presence of other great games.
As a Michigan State fan living in New York, this poses a problem. It is difficult to find Spartans games in the first two rounds, as there are too many east-coast teams which CBS would rather show. So State fans are left to find a sports bar broadcasting the game, or paying for a subscription to watch the games online.
Not anymore. Now, all the games from the first three rounds of the tournament will be available for FREE online. Ahhh....the glory of it. I can hardly wait for the tournament to start, and it's only December. I can sit in front of my TV, watching whatever game is on broadcast, while also pulling up other interesting games on my laptop.
And I will be able to know I can see MSU's every game. Yup, life is good.
As any sports fan knows, the first weekend of the NCAA tournament constitutes the best four days of the year. The sheer volume of games (four at a time for the first two days) is overwhelming, meaning that there's always going to be at least one good game on. There are the tight games and the potential for epic upsets. There's always the 15 or 16 that gets up on the 2 or 1 and makes you think that maybe....just maybe....this could be the year that a 1 loses in the first round.
And then there are the upsets that happen. The games where Bucknell is up on Kansas late, and it looks like the can pull it off. All over America (save for Lawrence, Kan.), everyone is rooting for David to beat Goliath, for Cinderella to find the glass slipper.
Ah yes. Forget Christmas. March Madness is "the most wonderful time of the year."
Of course, the volume of games has always created a problem. CBS can only broadcast one game at a time. They choose which game to show based on regional preferences, popularity of the teams, and the presence of other great games.
As a Michigan State fan living in New York, this poses a problem. It is difficult to find Spartans games in the first two rounds, as there are too many east-coast teams which CBS would rather show. So State fans are left to find a sports bar broadcasting the game, or paying for a subscription to watch the games online.
Not anymore. Now, all the games from the first three rounds of the tournament will be available for FREE online. Ahhh....the glory of it. I can hardly wait for the tournament to start, and it's only December. I can sit in front of my TV, watching whatever game is on broadcast, while also pulling up other interesting games on my laptop.
And I will be able to know I can see MSU's every game. Yup, life is good.
posted by N at 11:35 AM
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