I assume these questions are being asked because the Athletic Dept. is looking at a way to save money and yet still broadcast our games. I further assume it is cheaper for the Athletic Dept. to cobble together the live stream we have been getting these last three games on the Athletic Dept. website than it is to broadcast via ESPN3. I do not know this for a fact but am merely speculating. Although the live streams have not been too bad relatively speaking, unless there is some compelling reason such as finances, I would rather see the games on ESPN3 as it is easier to pick up the games and I believe ESPN3 games get us more exposure on a national level. Many people will "surf" the ESPN platforms and watch games they would otherwise not view by taking the time to purposely hunt up our Athletic Dept. website to find the game. I know that I will go to the ESPN platform and "surf" different games for the fun of it. However, if I was not a fan of ORU as well as an alum, I would probably never hunt up our website to try and find our games. Again, if the game is available on those ESPN platforms the casual observer will watch.
One final thing if the Athletic Dept. is monitoring this. I was at our game in November with Penn State. I had people sitting around me from New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland all of whom were ORU alums or fans or both. To a person we all talked about how nice it was to be able to see our games by watching the ESPN platforms. We also talked about how nice it was to watch the baseball team as well. My point is this, unless there is a serious financial problem using the ESPN platform, please do not substitute the Website for ESPN. There are a lot of people who are watching our programs from afar. It is easy for us to do this if they are on a platform like ESPN.