Better Marketing the FCS Through TV
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By Chuck Burton
Publisher/Managing Editor
College Sports Journal
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — One of the biggest complaints coming from the mouths of FCS football fans is the lack of "exposure" of their teams on TV.
Frequently teams have their own local TV deals, like Lehigh with Service Electric 2 in the Lehigh Valley, national TV deals, like Liberty and their Flames Sports Network, or a sort-of consortium of public broadcast stations in the state, which is the case for Montana and North Dakota State.
There has to be an easier way for these teams to get some of that precious TV time - with a little creativity.
FCS In the NFL - 2013 Edition
By Chuck Burton
Publisher/Managing Editor
College Sports Journal
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — CB Robert Alford, selected with the 28th pick in the second round by the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, was the first FCS player taken in the NFL Draft this season.
The 5'10, 186 lb Alford, who was College Sports Journal's FCS Defensive Player of the Year in 2012, was one of 17 FCS players represented in the NFL Draft and one of many FCS players who will be entering training camps this summer looking to win a role on an NFL team.
Below is a list of all the FCS players who will be attempting to turn pro this coming summer.
Those Predicting The Demise of FCS Ought to Read Their History Books
By Chuck Burton
Publisher/Managing Editor
College Sports Journal
PHILADELPHIA, PA. — Two years ago, the "end of days" was predicted in regards to one very big and very powerful FBS conference.
The Big XII had just lost Nebraska and Texas A&M, and the conference was predicted by many so-called smart people to go the same way as the carrier pigeon and the dodo bird into extinction.
Two years later, many so-called smart people, including some people whose jobs are to cover the subdivision for a living, are saying that it's the end of FCS football as we know it, simply because a few schools have chosen to eschew championships for lower-tier bowls.
Here's a news flash - that's not happening.
Many, many people have predicted the end of the FCS in the past, claiming that bowls are the only way to balance the books, or that the big-money BCS or big conference schools are scheming to destroy the subdivision.
It would be foolish to think that nothing is happening in the upper echelons of the FBS. But then, as now, the would-be Nostradami are wrong.
Read more: Those Predicting The Demise of FCS Ought to Read Their History Books
CONTEST: The NCAA FCS Men's Pick 'Em Game
Welcome to the inaugural 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament FCS challenge, brought to you by the College Sports Journal!
The object of the contest is simple - pick the winners of the NCAA tournament games which happen to involve schools that host an FCS football team. Each game is weighted differently with a maximum number of 8 points per win.
This page will be updated with the leaders and the updated games to pick as the NCAA tournament proceeds. For Round 1 you have up until tipoff to pick the first game.
Good luck!
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