Flo Sports

[WUPHF]

Interesting. That's down from last year when it was $8.99/mo ($107.88 billed annually), and even less than the $9.99/mo ($119.88 billed annually) that they were trying to get last year's subscribers to renew for.

I thought you had to have an .edu from college or university that is a member of a Flo Sports conference to get that rate.

[DagarmanSpartan]

I have such an address and signed up with it.

[y_jack_lok]

Interesting. That's down from last year when it was $8.99/mo ($107.88 billed annually), and even less than the $9.99/mo ($119.88 billed annually) that they were trying to get last year's subscribers to renew for.

I thought you had to have an .edu from college or university that is a member of a Flo Sports conference to get that rate.

Oh, good point. Do you have such an email address and is that the rate you get?

[y_jack_lok]

I have such an address and signed up with it.

It's making more sense now. Seems like I am wrong that Flo might be lowering prices to attract new subscribers.

[IC798891]

I have such an address and signed up with it.

It's making more sense now. Seems like I am wrong that Flo might be lowering prices to attract new subscribers.

I would bet almost everyone here can get an .edu address. Most colleges have options for alumni to either keep/reactivate their email from their student days or sign up for an alumni specific one. I would 100% recommend contacting your alumni office and finding out before signing up at full price.

[WUPHF]

This has surely been discussed elsewhere, but Pat Coleman interviewed Dwayne Hanberry from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and asked about Flo Sports at the the thirty minute mark.

Lots of hope and hopefully heading into 2026-2027, the third season of the relationship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5taC4C_J0

[Hawks88]

The CCS is not included in the USA South flosports deal. Our home event streams will still be free.

[y_jack_lok]

This has surely been discussed elsewhere, but Pat Coleman interviewed Dwayne Hanberry from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and asked about Flo Sports at the the thirty minute mark.

Lots of hope and hopefully heading into 2026-2027, the third season of the relationship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt5taC4C_J0

I'm sure many conference commissioners have answered a few questions about Flo. I'm really hoping that there will be some way to have one on a podcast exclusively devoted to Flo so that a lot of unasked (and thus unanswered) questions can be addressed.

[Ralph Turner]

Talk about FloSports begins about 30:15.

He talks about getting conference members on the same software, the same hardware, the same procedures and same protocols. Since the SCAC plays postseason tourneys at a pre-selected, frequently neutral, site, he has money and resources for use at that site. I get the impression his expectation is better quality in year 3 uniformly across the whole conference than last year.
Of course when Trinity is in the neighborhood, the competition is tough.

An excellent podcast!

[DagarmanSpartan]

This may not mean anything to some, but I just discovered that that $5.99 per month FloSports subscription that gets me CWRU sports broadcasts also gets me AHL hockey.

Watched a Cleveland Monsters AHL playoff game rerun this afternoon.

[WUPHF]

This may not mean anything to some, but I just discovered that that $5.99 per month FloSports subscription that gets me CWRU sports broadcasts also gets me AHL hockey.

Watched a Cleveland Monsters AHL playoff game rerun this afternoon.

That was part of the promise.

A Cleveland Monsters fan will notice that the Case Western Reserve throwback game against the University of Rochester game is up next and think wow, Spartans basketball, where have you been all my life, I really want watch that and so on.  Fans in the Flo Sports ecosystem will naturally watch all manner of sports they would not watch otherwise.

[KnightSlappy]

I can't lie though.  I'm a little bummed that the D3 sports action that I used to stream in for free will now actually cost something.  I hope that the athletic department at CWRU sees at least some of that money.

I agree that most of us feel "a little bummed" about costs, but IF broadcasts improve under Flo and IF athletic departments see the revenue increase it could be a good (or at least neutral) thing for D3.

My concerns are:

• I have personally seen little evidence that broadcast quality/consistency improves a measurable amount under these deals.
• I'm not convinced the deals with conferences are for "enough money" to improve hardware and increase staffing to sustain improved quality (much less increase wider department staffing).
• I see it as a limiting factor to the potential exposure of D3 athletics to the wider sports audience.

Flo has said that:

"Beyond live competition, FloSports will also invest in original content and storytelling initiatives online and across social media aimed at elevating the profile of student-athletes and institutions"

But I have largely not seen that to be the case.

[WUPHF]

Flo has said that:

"Beyond live competition, FloSports will also invest in original content and storytelling initiatives online and across social media aimed at elevating the profile of student-athletes and institutions"

But I have largely not seen that to be the case.

As I have said many times.

Flo promised original content and storytelling, but so did a number of conference commissioners. I find the latter part more frustrating.

Interestingly, when they do something, it is on platforms that cover other conferences including Division I and Division II, so blink and you miss it.  Not to mention the relative poor quality of the work.

[Patrick Coleman]

I've seen some good content on the biggest stories in D-III Flo conferences, but if you're not NYU women's basketball or Mount Union football, not sure if you're feeling the benefit.

[y_jack_lok]

KnightSlappy said: "I see it as a limiting factor to the potential exposure of D3 athletics to the wider sports audience.

I think that is the primary concern.

However, as WUPFH said, it was part of the promise that: "Fans in the Flo Sports ecosystem will naturally watch all manner of sports they would not watch otherwise." So, is that happening and if so does it in any measurable way offset loss of previous viewers who have chosen not to subscribe? And if it does, who are the new viewers?

These are the kinds of questions I'd like to see asked of some conference commissioner.