Six Man Broadcasts have been dropped"

Texlonghorn75

Texlonghorn75

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Is it just me but there seems to be a large drop off in the number of broadcasts on our favorite six man football teams this season, both in video and radio coverage? I know Strawn lost their Microplex connection but other schools seem to have lost their coverage too. What gives?
 
GetARealProblem said:
I was just thinking the same thing. I watch very little TV but enjoy any 6 man game I could watch.
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Texlonghorn75 said:
Is it just me but there seems to be a large drop off in the number of broadcasts on our favorite six man football teams this season, both in video and radio coverage? I know Strawn lost their Microplex connection but other schools seem to have lost their coverage too. What gives?
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There’s drastically less games on NFHS, and the ones they say should be there many times don’t work! I cancelled mine because of it. I know UIL stopped a bunch of the streams because they couldn’t make their $ and the fee they charge is not cheap at all to get permission to do live video
 
Texas6Man said:
There’s drastically less games on NFHS, and the ones they say should be there many times don’t work! I cancelled mine because of it. I know UIL stopped a bunch of the streams because they couldn’t make their $ and the fee they charge is not cheap at all to get permission to do live video
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Actually seen this on Facebook, and it’s not just a 1A issue, it’s affecting the other classifications.
My opinion is that the UIL is overstepping their bounds on this, they get enough money from the schools as it is, the rights and what streaming services used should be entirely up to the schools.
 
I'm not sure its the same in football but UIL no longer gets money from basketball playoff games so I'm not sure why they care about streaming unless NFHS is just throwing a ton of money at them so the playoffs have to be done through them.

We've never been denied when requesting streaming rights, using NFHS, when we host playoff basketball games. The problem is, so many people are making the switch to Hudl and the Hudlfan service that it's creating an issue if those stadiums don't have the capability to go through NFHS.
 
D.F.G. said:
Actually seen this on Facebook, and it’s not just a 1A issue, it’s affecting the other classifications.
My opinion is that the UIL is overstepping their bounds on this, they get enough money from the schools as it is, the rights and what streaming services used should be entirely up to the schools.
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Totally agree!! The charges per game are insane.
 
Yes, it is $500 per game, in the playoffs to stream video independently. The UIL, NFHS and Dave Campbell's (who, if you ask me, doesn't pay enough attention to sixman) all have a stronghold on the school's broadcast rights.

The other option is to partner with Dave Campbell and NFHS and have everyone pay the subscription to watch. We like making it available to everyone for free, so I really hate that idea. Plus, the stream only works half the time, apparently.

I could be wrong, but I thought the UIL even made it harder to nearly Impossible for student run media groups to broadcast and stream playoffs.
 
Gooney said:
Yes, it is $500 per game, in the playoffs to stream video independently. The UIL, NFHS and Dave Campbell's (who, if you ask me, doesn't pay enough attention to sixman) all have a stronghold on the school's broadcast rights.

The other option is to partner with Dave Campbell and NFHS and have everyone pay the subscription to watch. We like making it available to everyone for free, so I really hate that idea. Plus, the stream only works half the time, apparently.

I could be wrong, but I thought the UIL even made it harder to nearly Impossible for student run media groups to broadcast and stream playoffs.
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However, before COVID, no one could stream live video on any Friday games at all, regular season included. But I still think it should be up to the schools.
 
Gooney said:
Yes, it is $500 per game, in the playoffs to stream video independently. The UIL, NFHS and Dave Campbell's (who, if you ask me, doesn't pay enough attention to sixman) all have a stronghold on the school's broadcast rights.

The other option is to partner with Dave Campbell and NFHS and have everyone pay the subscription to watch. We like making it available to everyone for free, so I really hate that idea. Plus, the stream only works half the time, apparently.

I could be wrong, but I thought the UIL even made it harder to nearly Impossible for student run media groups to broadcast and stream playoffs.
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I think Greg Tepper genuinely cares about Six man football. I would think that DCTF as a whole makes their money off the larger classification and larger metro areas (Dallas, Houston, Austin, etc...) hence you have to cater to tour audience. I bet if we asked him he'd love to do more, like when DCTF and their crew went to Bluff Dale a few years ago, but you have to go where you're making the bang for your buck.
 
Just so we all know, and I got this from a great source, but the UIL changed the streaming rules this year. Victory has exclusive rights to any game they choose (4 per week and the State Championships), so if Victory asks to stream it they get it as an exclusive.

After that it goes NFHS, then Texan Live, which are 2nd and 3rd in priority.

Independent streamers and schools who stream have two options. First, they can sign up as a streaming partner of NFHS and then they get paid $500 for every game they do on NFHS. They can still run local ads, but need to run the UIL public service announcements.

If independent streamers choose to not stream on NFHS they are last in priority, so if a partner gets selected to do the game, then the independent isn't getting to broadcast it. If a game isn't picked up by anyone an independent streamer can do the game provided they pay the $500 rights fee to the UIL.

Radio broadcast rules have not changed.
 
Because even if you (like me) love six man football, I’m not willing to pay the expense to watch a very unexciting, lopsided game that lasts until half.
If my team is still in the hunt then I’ll pay to watch them play. Deep in the playoffs as a persons hometown gets knocked out then that segment of the paying public loses interest.
Gordon has a good team and Jayton has a good team, but neither of those teams are my home town so I’m not paying the money to watch a game that lasts until half.
 
bigbadwolf said:
Because even if you (like me) love six man football, I’m not willing to pay the expense to watch a very unexciting, lopsided game that lasts until half.
If my team is still in the hunt then I’ll pay to watch them play. Deep in the playoffs as a persons hometown gets knocked out then that segment of the paying public loses interest.
Gordon has a good team and Jayton has a good team, but neither of those teams are my home town so I’m not paying the money to watch a game that lasts until half.
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