{"id":9527,"date":"2017-07-25T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2017-07-25T21:36:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:36:43","slug":"something-interesting-actually-happened-at-caa-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9527","title":{"rendered":"Something Interesting Actually Happened at CAA Media Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9530\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?fit=600%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"schor wait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?fit=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?fit=600%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9530\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?resize=600%2C418\" alt=\"schor wait\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BryanSchorJamesMadisonvNorthCarolinaZdJWSDUl99Rl.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>CAA Football Media Day took place today in Baltimore. The <a href=\"http:\/\/caasports.com\/news\/2017\/7\/23\/jmu-picked-to-capture-2017-caa-football-title.aspx\">Dukes were picked to finish first<\/a>, because of course they were. Bryan Schor was tabbed as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Jonathan Kloosterman, Aaron Stinni, Andrew Ankrah, Raven Greene, and Robert Carter all joined him as preseason All CAA selections. Coaches spoke. Every team had a great summer, getting stronger and faster. The top teams think they&#8217;re ready to take the next step. The bottom teams like being underestimated. Blah. Blah. Blah. In short, it was like every other media day and you missed nothing from the official program. And based on the <del>tens of thousands<\/del> tens of people who bothered to tune into the broadcast, odds are you definitely missed it.<\/p>\n<p>But believe it or not, we did learn something interesting today. Of course it wasn&#8217;t from the official Media Day events. Instead, it came courtesy of some solid reporting from the DNR&#8217;s Greg Madia, who tweeted the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Commish Joe D\u2019Antonio: \u201cWe\u2019ve been in negotiation with CBS Digital and Twitter.\u201d \u2026 Says CAA is waiting on contracts to officially announce.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Madia (@Madia_DNRSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Madia_DNRSports\/status\/889835022655664128\">July 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now if you&#8217;ve been following along, you&#8217;re well aware that we&#8217;re a little over a month out from football season and there is still no CAA Football broadcast deal in place. The league&#8217;s contract with NBC Sports ended after last season. Since then there has been very little information about any other deal. At this stage, it was pretty clear that the odds of a television deal were slim. But many fans (us included) were anxious to learn about streaming broadcasts. Needless to say, today&#8217;s little nugget has us very excited.<\/p>\n<p>We have actually been hoping that the league would\u00a0move in the direction of streaming online. Yes, watching games online is still a hurdle for some who prefer traditional television broadcasts. The days of networks paying big rights fees are probably behind us for all but a few prized properties though. The league would be better off prioritizing maximum exposure though online platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC Sports package sounded better than it actually was frankly. The production value was nice, but most of the broadcasts were relegated down to regional networks. That typically worked out great for those of us in the Mid-Atlantic. It all but cut off Dukes fans living elsewhere many weekends though. Twitter on the other hand, essentially offers worldwide distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Some might scoff at the idea of watching a game through Twitter or CBS&#8217; digital platform, instead of on a traditional network. That&#8217;s foolish in our opinion. The quality is top notch and both platforms are easily accessible. Ask anyone who tuned into any of the Twitter&#8217;s NFL broadcasts last year, or watch March Madness online with CBS and they&#8217;ll tell you that they are top quality products.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great move for the CAA. We&#8217;d love it for the league to have the SEC&#8217;s deal with nationally broadcast games every Saturday. But that isn&#8217;t going to happen. Instead of going further down the television ladder, it sounds like the league wisely pursued more modern streaming platforms with far greater reach. If they&#8217;re able to close on the deal, it will be a win for the league, and a win for fans.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D9527&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAA Football Media Day took place today in Baltimore. The Dukes were picked to finish first, because of course they were. Bryan Schor was tabbed as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Jonathan Kloosterman, Aaron Stinni, Andrew Ankrah, Raven Greene, and Robert Carter all joined him as preseason All CAA selections. Coaches spoke. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1189,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1189","url_meta":{"origin":9527,"position":0},"title":"JMU is #15 in the First Preseason Poll","date":"August 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sports Network released its official 2010 FCS Football Preseason Poll and the JMU Dukes find themselves at number 15. I don't want to make too much of this, because the polls really don't concern me. Especially preseason polls. Obviously, it's where you finish, blah, blah, blah. In all seriousness\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;JMU Football&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7844,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7844","url_meta":{"origin":9527,"position":1},"title":"JMU Picked to Finish Second at CAA Football Media Day","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwmGcIP3BAc Another CAA Football Media Day has come and gone. Today's event took place at M&T Bank Stadium in lovely Baltimore, Maryland and it unofficially kicked off the 2015 CAA Football season. Or preseason. In any case, it's finally time to start talking football. 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