I don't have TV. So when I want to watch sports, I can go to my friend's house to watch the game, or I can go watch then stream live thru ESPN 360. ESPN "get's it" when it comes to sports. CBS will always fail because they don't understand fans. I, for example, am a tennis fan. I was looking forward to catching the semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer live online. However, CBS carried the match, so I was unable to watch it. I went to CBSSPORTS.com, and looked for a live stream..... Nothing.... so, I listened to it on the radio at www.usopen.org. USOPEN.org is not allowed to carry streams of the games that are hosted by CBS sports, however, they do stream all the matches that are hosted by ESPN.com. So I was unable to watch the match because I refuse to pay for TV (mostly because it is seriously dangerous to one's health to watch). I listened to the radio broadcast, then, and Roger Federer made what he called the greatest shot he had ever made. I was glad to be listening to it on the radio. However, when I went to see that actual video at CBS sports.com, I couldn't see the video. The best example I could find was a crappy youtube video taken by someone. Whatever it is you do... in order to please your customers, you need to give them what they want. CBS failed at this and ESPN continues to succeed because it really understands sports, the players, and most importantly the fans. I'll be watching the finals streaming live at espn360 tomorrow at 4pm.
Oh.. in case you want to see the shot....
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This same principle applies to the Armed Forces Network. The sports affiliate fails to understand the nature of sports and fans. The NFL and college football are the sports with the most rabid fan bases. Most people congregate to watch games,, even games containing teams they may not follow, because they like the sport. Instead of tape delaying the games, and playing them at their normally scheduled time (in the respective time zone), they play the games live. Only serious fans (like me) will stay up to watch a Nebraska-Vtech game that will begin at 10:30 pm.
So no one gets to watch it. The same holds true for the NFL,, except that the night game is sometimes on if you happen to be a POG who lives in a place that has a gym with a tv.
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