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Post by camkerr on Oct 20, 2014 8:43:39 GMT -5
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Post by SportyBucky on Oct 20, 2014 8:56:40 GMT -5
Idiocy. I have had issues with many of the changes suggested to "improve" the game. Pure idiocy. These nets have nothing to do with the ability to market VB as sport. They have everything to do with using a sport to market, and do so poorly, I might add.
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Post by itsallrelative on Oct 20, 2014 9:16:08 GMT -5
I thought the tighter mesh, with white advertising on the net, was okay, while still providing a marketing opportunity.. not a fan of LED nets.
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Post by rockhopper on Oct 20, 2014 9:17:42 GMT -5
I'm also not a fan. Seems like a distraction.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 9:33:14 GMT -5
I assume the lights / advertising would be displayed between points / sets and not during play, or am I being naive again?
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 20, 2014 10:05:33 GMT -5
FIVB seems to think that volleyball is actually a boring, stupid sport, which desperately needs to be "fixed" into something completely different that it now is.
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Post by camkerr on Oct 20, 2014 10:20:37 GMT -5
I assume the lights / advertising would be displayed between points / sets and not during play, or am I being naive again? That's what I assumed too. I highly doubt they will have them on during play.
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Post by SportyBucky on Oct 20, 2014 10:50:42 GMT -5
Between points or after points, it's pointless. It won't entice viewers. It won't entice sponsors. Sponsors don't want sports few watch. TV networks don't want sports that aren't sponsored and are of indeterminable length. Leave it alone. It is what it is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 10:56:09 GMT -5
Quite apart from the aesthetics, which are highly questionable IMHO, I guess I am puzzled why anyone thinks it's a good idea to advertise on a surface that runs perpendicular to most people in the stands and at home watching on TV--at least how the game is currently televised, for the most part. That doesn't seem very effective to me.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 20, 2014 11:02:02 GMT -5
Quite apart from the aesthetics, which are highly questionable IMHO, I guess I am puzzled why anyone thinks it's a good idea to advertise on a surface that runs perpendicular to most people in the stands and at home watching on TV--at least how the game is currently televised, for the most part. That doesn't seem very effective to me. But it's electronic! It's computerized! It's *this* century! It's a chance for LED net manufacturers to drop a donation into the pockets of the FIVB!
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Post by camkerr on Oct 20, 2014 12:12:19 GMT -5
Quite apart from the aesthetics, which are highly questionable IMHO, I guess I am puzzled why anyone thinks it's a good idea to advertise on a surface that runs perpendicular to most people in the stands and at home watching on TV--at least how the game is currently televised, for the most part. That doesn't seem very effective to me. Ya, that's what I was saying when talking about viewing angle. I'm not joking when I say that if we finally get an end line master tv view for all of televised volleyball because of this awful net, I'll accept it.
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Post by joetrinsey on Oct 20, 2014 12:40:45 GMT -5
Seems like it would be much cheaper and less-intrusive to just put a big sticker on the floor...
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Post by Not Me on Oct 20, 2014 18:36:35 GMT -5
Between points or after points, it's pointless. It won't entice viewers. It won't entice sponsors. Sponsors don't want sports few watch. TV networks don't want sports that aren't sponsored and are of indeterminable length. Leave it alone. It is what it is. This is for the FIVB, not the NCAA. In other countries people do watch volleyball and the tv networks do have sponsors.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 20, 2014 19:45:22 GMT -5
Who would have thought that the NFL would use the net behind goal posts as an ad vehicle. But they do.
I see bigger issues with the durability of the net and the LED lights. Nets take some pretty hard hits, during serves and during practice and warmups.
What happens when part of the lights stop working...or worse, suddenly can't be turned off. Or the control room intern, jumps the gun and turns on the lights right in the middle of a key play in a tight match.
There are so many better ways TV networks could insert ads. Why screw with the net?
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Post by alpacaone on Oct 20, 2014 19:58:12 GMT -5
Why mess with it? Because they can. It's a gimmick. Watching the Duke North Carolina match at Duke with the basketball teams state of the art courtside light boards made for a dynamic vOlleyball venue.
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