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Students living on campus should rest assured that they will be able to watch the remaining major league baseball games said Residents on Campus President Scott Reynolds.
On Oct. 8, University of Maine residents could not watch game one of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees American League Championship Series. Reynolds said residents receive the national Fox Net, but because the National League Championship Series game with the Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins was scheduled at the same time, it was broadcast on the national affiliate. He said the game was seen off campus by the local affiliate. FX carried the game that was not broadcast on Fox. Reynolds explained in an email to the resident halls since WFVX carried the Red Sox games, FX broadcasted the Cubs and Marlins game.
Reynolds said that no other broadcasting conflicts are sceduled. He said there has been a problem at colleges nation wide from Fox Net, local stations and FX.
Reynolds said he is in the beginning stages to try to expand sports television options. Both NESN and Fox Sports New England cover UMaine sports games, Boston Celtics and Red Sox games.
Reynolds said the television stations don’t have statistics on college students and try to lower costs. He said he wants to work on the national level with through NACURH.
The approach he would like to take with the television companies is to give them information about college students and the benifits of generating student-aged viewers for the future. Reynolds said to add the additional channels it would cost as much as the three ESPN existing channels which is about $40,000.
