Bad decision
June 18th, 2007, 5:47 pm · Post a Comment · posted by scottbordow
I know ESPN pays a pretty penny to televise the College World Series and can dictate the starting times of games, but it was ridiculous to start Monday’s Arizona State-Oregon State game just 50 minutes after the end of the UC Irvine-Cal State Fullerton marathon.
The 50 minutes weren’t enough time to clear the stadium of the fans who watched the afternoon game, then get the evening’s fans in. As a result, thousands of people were still outside the stadium or stuck in a traffic jam on the concourse when the game began.
ESPN got what it wanted — an earlier starting time — but CWS officials did a disservice to the fans. Shame on them.