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SOCON Cancels Media Day
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:32 pm
by Col Hogan
Citing the current economic situation, the Southern Conference has decided to cancel media-day for the up-coming football season...
Like most everyone, the Southern Conference is reacting to the tight financial times capturing the nation’s attention. The league announced several cost-saving efforts that include the elimination of the preseason media days that normally would be held before the 2009 football season and the 2009-10 basketball season. Also, the SoCon will not print media guides and will cutback on staff travel to games.
http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews. ... oun?blog=5
It's about halfway down the total article...
Re: SOCON Cancels Media Day
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:27 pm
by dbackjon
Interesting...
Re: SOCON Cancels Media Day
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:17 am
by travelinman67
Oooohhhh...
So they'll only publish the media guides as downloadable .pdf's?
Did they figure that one out on their own, or hire a consultant.
Re: SOCON Cancels Media Day
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:02 am
by ChetSteadman
travelinman67 wrote:Oooohhhh...
So they'll only publish the media guides as downloadable .pdf's?
Did they figure that one out on their own, or hire a consultant.
Considering we're talking about the SoCon here, I'm sure that several individual think tanks were involved in the cost-savings initiative. I'm sure that everyone was looking forward to visiting Birmingham during August, so this is a big kick in the crotch for all the humidity-loving fans of SoCon schools.