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'Live TV' to be Clarified at SEC Hearing (TYLER LEE-COLERAIN)
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit is front and center when Cincinnati Colerain coach Kerry Coombs (left) and Tyler Lee coach Mike Owens mee
07/29/2005
The University Interscholastic League's State Executive Committee will make a decision Wednesday on whether the Tyler Lee-Cincinnati Colerain game on September 9 in Columbus, Ohio, may be televised live on ESPNU.
The 11-member State Executive Committee (SEC) will hear a presentation from Ohio-based FSM Group, which contracted defending Texas state champion Tyler Lee (5A, Div. I) and defending Ohio state champion Cincinnati Colerain (Div. I) to participate in the inaugural Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge. The first game of the event will include Columbus-area rivals Westerville North and Westerville South before the much-anticipated interstate finale, which is set for a 9:15 PM (Eastern) kickoff.
The doubleheader from Columbus Crew Stadium will occur less than 24 hours before collegiate powers Texas and Ohio State meet for the first time down the road at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, in a game set for national TV by ABC.
Herbstreit, a former Ohio State (1989-92) quarterback and now nationally-renowned college football analyst for ESPN's Game Day show, is thrilled to assemble a premier high school event on the eve of what is perhaps the nation's most anticipated college football game of the year, Texas vs. Ohio State.
"It's Texas vs. Ohio, North vs. South, the tradition of Texas high school football against the tradition of Ohio high school football. It doesn't get any better than that," Herbstreit said. "The eyes of the football world will descend upon Columbus, Ohio, that weekend, and I'm extremely thrilled to be part of it.
It is Herbstreit's goal to make the event an annual showcase of national high school football, and at his urging FSM Group purchased a three-hour block on ESPNU ESPN's newest network -- to showcase the marquee game in the inaugural event.
When FSM Group conducted press conferences in Tyler in May and in Columbus in June alongside Tyler Lee coach Mike Owens and Colerain coach Kerry Coombs to officially announce the event, FSM Group announced that the Tyler Lee-Colerain game would be nationally televised by ESPNU, provided both the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the University Interscholastic League voted to make exceptions to their respective state's guidelines barring live TV on Friday nights.
The UIL Football Manual, and not its constitution, includes the following ruling for live TV on Friday nights: "UIL member schools shall not have a live telecast or video webcast/live videostreaming of a Friday night regular season football game when other schools are having interschool football games in the telecast area."
While the OHSAA voted and granted FSM Group a waiver for live TV of the Tyler Lee-Colerain game in June, the UIL cannot change its Football Manual without an approval or interpretation from its SEC. Following a 45-minute presentation from FSM Group on Wednesday, the SEC will then determine whether ESPNU televises the game live, or on tape delay.
We clearly understand the situation and we respect the rules of both the OHSAA and the UIL, said Ken Halloy, vice president of FSM Group. We bought the time on ESPNU and whether the game is televised live or on tape delay has no financial implications on us it's just the access we care about for those fans in Tyler and across Texas who cannot make it to Ohio.
We're coming down for the fans in Tyler and the fans of Texas high school football. We're putting together what we believe to be one of the biggest games in high school football history, and we want the Lee High School community and everyone else that wants to watch this game live to have the opportunity.
Halloy said the OHSAA was confronted with a similar dilemma of live TV for the Tyler Lee-Colerain game's possibly affecting attendance at local high school games.
I think simply they understood the magnitude of the event -- that was it, Halloy said. They understood it was a great, great event for Ohio high school football to be showcased.
FSM Group is expected to convey the following points:
According to ESPN officials, ESPNU's reach in Texas is extremely limited with no cable operator in the Lone Star State yet to add ESPNU to its subscriber lineup, making ESPNU only available via satellite dish. The number of satellite subscribers in Texas who can access ESPNU is 130,000, according to ESPN. With research indicating that four million Texans attend high school football every Friday night, the impact that ESPNU's reach will have on affecting attendance at Texas high school football games on September 9 is less than one percent if 10 percent of every satellite dish owner stayed home from attending a local high school game to watch the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge;
UIL athletic director Charles Breithaupt is a supporter of Texas high school football being televised live on Friday nights notably this event provided the clearance is to a national audience instead of on a localized TV network. Moreover, Breithaupt is concerned that if more and more state associations deny their high schools from live national TV on Fridays, ESPN and its competitors will continue pushing colleges to expand their Friday night schedules - a definite taboo for high school coaches and state associations from California to Texas to Maine. Last fall, when Miami and Florida State were forced to move their college football game to a Friday night due to inclement weather, the Florida High School Athletic Association reported that attendance for its member schools that night across the Sunshine State dropped by nearly 45 percent; and
Ronnie Gage, president of Texas High School Coaches Association, has also conveyed his support of live TV for the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge. I wouldn't have a problem with it. That's great exposure for Texas high school football, Gage said.
Notably, ESPN and its family of networks is slated to televise as many as five high school football games during the 2005 season after televising one each of the past two years, including Southlake and Denton Ryan last October -- which was moved up 24 hours to a Thursday night to satisfy the UIL's Football Manual for live TV.
FSM Group opted against a Thursday kickoff for the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge, because it would have forced Tyler Lee's student-athletes from missing a third day of school during game week, and Colerain student-athletes would likely miss a portion of a day of school. A possible kickoff on Saturday was also out of the question with FSM Group's sensitivities to having Tyler Lee's traveling party (because of flight schedules from Ohio to Texas) unable to fly out until September 11 the four-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States.
The only regional high school game on ESPN's family of networks this fall is Jenks (Okla.) at Springdale (Ark.) on September 17. ESPNU will telecast the game.
Fox Sports Net may televise as many as five high school football games across its regional networks during the 2005 season. FSN, which was plagued by programming gaps last fall due to the NHL strike, televised a handful of high school games nationally during the 2004 season, including rivals Midland Lee-Odessa Permian.
Among the FSN lineup for 2005: Longview at Tyler Lee on October 7 and Southlake Carroll at Denton Ryan on October 14. Expect both games to move forward 24 hours to October 6 and 13, respectively.
In Dave Campbell's Texas Football's preseason top 25, Southlake Carroll is rated No. 1, Tyler Lee at No. 3, Longview at No. 6 and Denton Ryan at No. 18. Southlake Carroll won USA Today's mythical national championship last season en route to collecting 5A, Div. II Texas Bowl hardware. Tyler Lee won the 5A, Div. I state championship the previous week in the 32-team bracket of the state's largest high schools.
In Street & Smith's 2005 College Football Yearbook , Cincinnati Colerain and Tyler Lee are among the nation's top 25 programs to watch this fall, joining Southlake Carroll, Longview and Springdale. Also on the list: Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade Prep, which will open its season against Tyler Lee in the East Texas Football Classic at Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium in Tyler on August 27.
The 2005-06 State Executive Committee is comprised of the following 11 members:
Richard Avila, Corpus Christi
Paul Galvan, Athletic Director, Fort Worth ISD
Kerry Hansen, Superintendent, Troy ISD
Pamela Harrison, Superintendent, Temple ISD
Terry Long, Austin
Ruth Meredith, Horseshoe Bay
Mike Motheral, Superintendent, Sundown ISD
Robert Payton, DeSoto
David Seago, Superintendent, Rains ISD, Emory
William Smith, Superintendent, Greenville ISD
Ryder Warren, Superintendent, Marble Falls ISD
(By TITUS Sports Marketing, which is a content contributor to Texasfootball.com.)
'Live TV' to be Clarified at SEC Hearing (TYLER LEE-COLERAIN)
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit is front and center when Cincinnati Colerain coach Kerry Coombs (left) and Tyler Lee coach Mike Owens mee
07/29/2005
The University Interscholastic League's State Executive Committee will make a decision Wednesday on whether the Tyler Lee-Cincinnati Colerain game on September 9 in Columbus, Ohio, may be televised live on ESPNU.
The 11-member State Executive Committee (SEC) will hear a presentation from Ohio-based FSM Group, which contracted defending Texas state champion Tyler Lee (5A, Div. I) and defending Ohio state champion Cincinnati Colerain (Div. I) to participate in the inaugural Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge. The first game of the event will include Columbus-area rivals Westerville North and Westerville South before the much-anticipated interstate finale, which is set for a 9:15 PM (Eastern) kickoff.
The doubleheader from Columbus Crew Stadium will occur less than 24 hours before collegiate powers Texas and Ohio State meet for the first time down the road at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, in a game set for national TV by ABC.
Herbstreit, a former Ohio State (1989-92) quarterback and now nationally-renowned college football analyst for ESPN's Game Day show, is thrilled to assemble a premier high school event on the eve of what is perhaps the nation's most anticipated college football game of the year, Texas vs. Ohio State.
"It's Texas vs. Ohio, North vs. South, the tradition of Texas high school football against the tradition of Ohio high school football. It doesn't get any better than that," Herbstreit said. "The eyes of the football world will descend upon Columbus, Ohio, that weekend, and I'm extremely thrilled to be part of it.
It is Herbstreit's goal to make the event an annual showcase of national high school football, and at his urging FSM Group purchased a three-hour block on ESPNU ESPN's newest network -- to showcase the marquee game in the inaugural event.
When FSM Group conducted press conferences in Tyler in May and in Columbus in June alongside Tyler Lee coach Mike Owens and Colerain coach Kerry Coombs to officially announce the event, FSM Group announced that the Tyler Lee-Colerain game would be nationally televised by ESPNU, provided both the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the University Interscholastic League voted to make exceptions to their respective state's guidelines barring live TV on Friday nights.
The UIL Football Manual, and not its constitution, includes the following ruling for live TV on Friday nights: "UIL member schools shall not have a live telecast or video webcast/live videostreaming of a Friday night regular season football game when other schools are having interschool football games in the telecast area."
While the OHSAA voted and granted FSM Group a waiver for live TV of the Tyler Lee-Colerain game in June, the UIL cannot change its Football Manual without an approval or interpretation from its SEC. Following a 45-minute presentation from FSM Group on Wednesday, the SEC will then determine whether ESPNU televises the game live, or on tape delay.
We clearly understand the situation and we respect the rules of both the OHSAA and the UIL, said Ken Halloy, vice president of FSM Group. We bought the time on ESPNU and whether the game is televised live or on tape delay has no financial implications on us it's just the access we care about for those fans in Tyler and across Texas who cannot make it to Ohio.
We're coming down for the fans in Tyler and the fans of Texas high school football. We're putting together what we believe to be one of the biggest games in high school football history, and we want the Lee High School community and everyone else that wants to watch this game live to have the opportunity.
Halloy said the OHSAA was confronted with a similar dilemma of live TV for the Tyler Lee-Colerain game's possibly affecting attendance at local high school games.
I think simply they understood the magnitude of the event -- that was it, Halloy said. They understood it was a great, great event for Ohio high school football to be showcased.
FSM Group is expected to convey the following points:
According to ESPN officials, ESPNU's reach in Texas is extremely limited with no cable operator in the Lone Star State yet to add ESPNU to its subscriber lineup, making ESPNU only available via satellite dish. The number of satellite subscribers in Texas who can access ESPNU is 130,000, according to ESPN. With research indicating that four million Texans attend high school football every Friday night, the impact that ESPNU's reach will have on affecting attendance at Texas high school football games on September 9 is less than one percent if 10 percent of every satellite dish owner stayed home from attending a local high school game to watch the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge;
UIL athletic director Charles Breithaupt is a supporter of Texas high school football being televised live on Friday nights notably this event provided the clearance is to a national audience instead of on a localized TV network. Moreover, Breithaupt is concerned that if more and more state associations deny their high schools from live national TV on Fridays, ESPN and its competitors will continue pushing colleges to expand their Friday night schedules - a definite taboo for high school coaches and state associations from California to Texas to Maine. Last fall, when Miami and Florida State were forced to move their college football game to a Friday night due to inclement weather, the Florida High School Athletic Association reported that attendance for its member schools that night across the Sunshine State dropped by nearly 45 percent; and
Ronnie Gage, president of Texas High School Coaches Association, has also conveyed his support of live TV for the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge. I wouldn't have a problem with it. That's great exposure for Texas high school football, Gage said.
Notably, ESPN and its family of networks is slated to televise as many as five high school football games during the 2005 season after televising one each of the past two years, including Southlake and Denton Ryan last October -- which was moved up 24 hours to a Thursday night to satisfy the UIL's Football Manual for live TV.
FSM Group opted against a Thursday kickoff for the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge, because it would have forced Tyler Lee's student-athletes from missing a third day of school during game week, and Colerain student-athletes would likely miss a portion of a day of school. A possible kickoff on Saturday was also out of the question with FSM Group's sensitivities to having Tyler Lee's traveling party (because of flight schedules from Ohio to Texas) unable to fly out until September 11 the four-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States.
The only regional high school game on ESPN's family of networks this fall is Jenks (Okla.) at Springdale (Ark.) on September 17. ESPNU will telecast the game.
Fox Sports Net may televise as many as five high school football games across its regional networks during the 2005 season. FSN, which was plagued by programming gaps last fall due to the NHL strike, televised a handful of high school games nationally during the 2004 season, including rivals Midland Lee-Odessa Permian.
Among the FSN lineup for 2005: Longview at Tyler Lee on October 7 and Southlake Carroll at Denton Ryan on October 14. Expect both games to move forward 24 hours to October 6 and 13, respectively.
In Dave Campbell's Texas Football's preseason top 25, Southlake Carroll is rated No. 1, Tyler Lee at No. 3, Longview at No. 6 and Denton Ryan at No. 18. Southlake Carroll won USA Today's mythical national championship last season en route to collecting 5A, Div. II Texas Bowl hardware. Tyler Lee won the 5A, Div. I state championship the previous week in the 32-team bracket of the state's largest high schools.
In Street & Smith's 2005 College Football Yearbook , Cincinnati Colerain and Tyler Lee are among the nation's top 25 programs to watch this fall, joining Southlake Carroll, Longview and Springdale. Also on the list: Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade Prep, which will open its season against Tyler Lee in the East Texas Football Classic at Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium in Tyler on August 27.
The 2005-06 State Executive Committee is comprised of the following 11 members:
Richard Avila, Corpus Christi
Paul Galvan, Athletic Director, Fort Worth ISD
Kerry Hansen, Superintendent, Troy ISD
Pamela Harrison, Superintendent, Temple ISD
Terry Long, Austin
Ruth Meredith, Horseshoe Bay
Mike Motheral, Superintendent, Sundown ISD
Robert Payton, DeSoto
David Seago, Superintendent, Rains ISD, Emory
William Smith, Superintendent, Greenville ISD
Ryder Warren, Superintendent, Marble Falls ISD
(By TITUS Sports Marketing, which is a content contributor to Texasfootball.com.)