Post by The Cats on Mar 9, 2024 10:17:06 GMT -5
How To Revitalize The FCS Kickoff
Remember when the FCS Kickoff was cool?
Week 0 was created to specifically spotlight the FCS. One college football game on the weekend before everyone else played. Two FCS teams. One national TV spotlight.
Then TV execs and FBS conferences realized there was money to be made playing on Week 0, taking away the lone FCS spotlight. Then ESPN found a sponsor for the FCS Kickoff and moved it to a neutral site, taking the game from sold-out home crowds to a 20% full stadium. The FCS Kickoff just isn’t what it used to be, something most FCS followers have echoed for years now.
The solution is simple: move the game back to home stadiums. If ESPN, who runs the FCS Kickoff, wants to or even cares enough to do this doesn’t seem to be as simple.
herosports.com/fcs-kickoff-portland-state-schedule-big-sky-vs-socon-bzbz/
Remember when the FCS Kickoff was cool?
Week 0 was created to specifically spotlight the FCS. One college football game on the weekend before everyone else played. Two FCS teams. One national TV spotlight.
Then TV execs and FBS conferences realized there was money to be made playing on Week 0, taking away the lone FCS spotlight. Then ESPN found a sponsor for the FCS Kickoff and moved it to a neutral site, taking the game from sold-out home crowds to a 20% full stadium. The FCS Kickoff just isn’t what it used to be, something most FCS followers have echoed for years now.
The solution is simple: move the game back to home stadiums. If ESPN, who runs the FCS Kickoff, wants to or even cares enough to do this doesn’t seem to be as simple.
herosports.com/fcs-kickoff-portland-state-schedule-big-sky-vs-socon-bzbz/
