An Apology From the HLN

[Glory Days]

From the Horizon League office...


Thanks to our viewers, the Horizon League Network experienced
unprecedented success during Thursday night's (Jan. 17) video
streaming schedule.

More than 10,000 people attempted to login to HLN between 7 and 9:30
p.m. ET, making this the Network's largest viewed date ever.

With that success comes a few growing pains, and HLN would like to
apologize to any viewers who had difficulty accessing the site or who
experienced slow load times that night. We are fully aware of the
problem and are doing everything to make sure that it will never happen
again.

"We are extremely excited about the increasing popularity of the Horizon
League Network and would like to thank the fans for making it a high-
traffic site," said Horizon League Commissioner Jon LeCrone. "With that
said, a quality viewing experience for our fans is HLN's top priority,
and we are working diligently so they can enjoy the games without any
issues each and every time they logon."

Fans are invited to tune in again this Saturday for a complete lineup of
five men's and five women's Horizon League basketball games.

[Big D]

rebel said:

More than 10,000 people attempted to login to HLN between 7 and 9:30 p.m. ET.

This is the main reason I dislike the HLN. Every time one of you wants to complain about our poor attendance, think about how many potential paying fans are no longer coming to the Nutter Center because of the HLN. I love being able to watch our away games on the HLN, but if the HL had any business sense whatsoever, they would be charging a fee to see the games. I paid to watch WSU play 3 NC road games this year. I would pay to watch our conference road games too. 10,000 fans just watched some great basketball and none of the HL teams benefited from it.

[Jazzfan]

I'd pay to watch the HLN.

[Nutt House]

It's nice to know the HLN is addressing problems. I hated CSTV last year.

[Willie]

I remember reading an article 2 years ago about the HL spending something like $200,000 to start up internet broadcasts on CSTV. I don't know what the cost is to run the HLN, but I would guess that it is more than what was spent on CSTV. I believe that money used to be used to televise games on Foxsports. It makes sense for the HLN to charge for broadcasts. If nothing else, we can offset some of the costs of running the HLN. Realistically, they should be able to bring in enough revenue to run the HLN and improve the quality of the video feeds. Optimistically, it could help bring in additional revenue to each of the HL member institutions.

[Pauley]

I'll pay a fee to watch the games. Maybe that is the plan in the next year or two after getting the wrinkles ironed out and more people are exposed to it.

[raiderrunt]

What does the HL need money for? The amount of money the HL would give to schools would be minimal when it gets divided by 10 schools. The only thing the HL might do with revenues generated by the HLN is reduce the ticket prices for the HL Tournament.

Probably best to keep it where it is. Everyone or every organiztion tries to squeeze every posible penny out of people. It is refreshing to see the HL take the high road and offer a free service.

[Big D]

raiderrunt said:

What does the HL need money for?

Salaries for:
Commissioner: Jonathan B. LeCrone
Senior Executive Assistant/Director of Administration: Cindy French
Senior Associate Commissioner/Chief of Staff: Alfreeda Goff
Associate Commissioner for Compliance and Legal Affairs: Stephanie Jarvis
Associate Commissioner for Communications and Multimedia: Will Roleson
Assistant Commissioner for Marketing, Licensing and Event Operations: Joel Barnhill
Director of Communications: Robert Hester
Coordinator of New Media and Technology: Nate Flannery
Assistant Director of Communications: Tom Symonds
Championships, Compliance and Communications Assistant: Brandy Ingles
Director of Finance: Beth Opell
Administrative Assistant: J.P. Snell
Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials: John Adams
Coordinator of Women's Basketball Officials: Patty Broderick
Coordinator of Men's and Women's Soccer Officials: TBD
Coordinator of Volleyball Officials: Diane Plas
Coordinator of Baseball Umpires: Richard Fetchiet
Coordinator of Softball Umpires: Art Hill
Officials
Office Space
The HLN website
The HL website
Staff members to run the HLN and HL websites
etc, etc

Currently, the HL uses our NCAA tournament winnings as it's primary source of income. All NCAA tournament money is divided into 12 portions. The team that goes to the NCAA tournament gets 2 portions. The other HL schools each get 1 portion and the HL gets 1 portion for operating costs. If the HL could support more of it's own operating cost, each member school could keep more of it's NCAA winnings.

[Glory Days]

The HL and HLN also have advertising budgets.