- Jun 29, 2013
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Just a thought as Im not a TV guy, but I hear people saying, look...darts and cornhole are on Tv, why cant softball. I think these niche sports on TV isn't because there
are millions of viewers...its because its probably very easy to televise and cheap to do so as opposed to a team game with many players, announcers, camera angles, sound guys...yada yada.
A lot of the time, announcers are back at the station, not even at the event for these things.
Plus, I believe these things are space fillers for ESPN.
Again, just kinda guessing here at some stuff...because I am pretty certain cornhole isn't on ESPN because of popularity or money it brings in.
100% agree on this. Cornhole is slightly less of a sport than a farting contest, but it's easy to televise, easy to put on tv at 10:00 am on a Saturday in the summer, and nobody is really waiting to see which two contestants advance to the finals. Most of us here aren't going to wait until 3-5 weeks after a softball game to watch the game, as softball is an actual sport that people care about. Just not enough people like us to make a market for it.