Thursday, January 06, 2005
LA REVOLUCION
Two things, television-related.
-- The Rams/Seahawks game WILL be televised on Saturday. KJR purchased 1000 of the remaining tickets and will have them at FX McRory's tomorrow from 3-7pm, and they're collecting $10 minimum donations on every ticket to help out the tsunami victims.
-- Mike Gastineau just had a hilarious rant about how neither of the Husky men's basketball team's games this weekend at USC and UCLA will not be televised. He ripped the Pac10 mercilessly for having the "logic" to put on Arizona/Cal in the Seattle market even though the local team is playing that night. Similarly, a bullcrap occurrence is that Fox Sports West is showing Arizona/Cal to the greater Los Angeles area, but Fox Sports West 2 is showing Washington/USC. Gastineau exclaimed, "double standard!!" It really is. It's true; Pac10 people bitch about "our teams don't get any respect from the big media types!" Well guess what? Every other big conference has a better TV deal than this conference. Gastineau says he can watch a bad Indiana team on his TV set, but the team that plays four miles from his house is on TV less than Indiana. Similarly, Gonzaga is on ESPN and ESPN2 every time you turn around these days, and they'll be on the Deuce tonight.
So yes, a game that would get way better than Arizona/Cal, and involving a popular local team, will not be seen tonight. The hilarious thing is that Gastineau was ranting about this even though the fact that the games won't be on television actually helps KJR because they're the only ones in the Seattle area broadcasting the Huskies tonight, but on radio.
Basically, the Seahawks' revolution will be televised, whereas the Huskies' revolution will not be televised. At least not this weekend.
-- The Rams/Seahawks game WILL be televised on Saturday. KJR purchased 1000 of the remaining tickets and will have them at FX McRory's tomorrow from 3-7pm, and they're collecting $10 minimum donations on every ticket to help out the tsunami victims.
-- Mike Gastineau just had a hilarious rant about how neither of the Husky men's basketball team's games this weekend at USC and UCLA will not be televised. He ripped the Pac10 mercilessly for having the "logic" to put on Arizona/Cal in the Seattle market even though the local team is playing that night. Similarly, a bullcrap occurrence is that Fox Sports West is showing Arizona/Cal to the greater Los Angeles area, but Fox Sports West 2 is showing Washington/USC. Gastineau exclaimed, "double standard!!" It really is. It's true; Pac10 people bitch about "our teams don't get any respect from the big media types!" Well guess what? Every other big conference has a better TV deal than this conference. Gastineau says he can watch a bad Indiana team on his TV set, but the team that plays four miles from his house is on TV less than Indiana. Similarly, Gonzaga is on ESPN and ESPN2 every time you turn around these days, and they'll be on the Deuce tonight.
So yes, a game that would get way better than Arizona/Cal, and involving a popular local team, will not be seen tonight. The hilarious thing is that Gastineau was ranting about this even though the fact that the games won't be on television actually helps KJR because they're the only ones in the Seattle area broadcasting the Huskies tonight, but on radio.
Basically, the Seahawks' revolution will be televised, whereas the Huskies' revolution will not be televised. At least not this weekend.
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