ESPN has been making some questionable decisions as of late, and that strange string of choices continues with their most recent announcement involving college football games.
In partnership with the Theater Sports Network, ESPN has reportedly reached an agreement to air 75 college football games in select movie theaters across the country. Regular season ACC football games will be shown in theaters, as well as every game in the college football playoff this year.
Basically, if you don’t want to get ripped off by buying a $200 ticket to actually go to the game, then pay $16 per beer and $20 dollars for a chicken strip basket, you have another option for throwing your money down the drain.
Now, thanks to this deal with ESPN and the Theater Sports Network, you can go to another venue that is overpriced, pay to watch a game that you probably already get with your TV subscription, then still pay out the you-know-what for drinks and snacks.
Get your 🍿 ready!
ESPN has reached a theatrical distribution agreement with Theater Sports Network to make regular season @ACCFootball & @CFBPlayoff games available in movie theaters during the '23-'24 college football season
More: https://t.co/IFXJSBOtlv pic.twitter.com/VXhysU3HS2
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) August 29, 2023
It would seem weird to watch a sporting event in a movie theater, would it not? Sure it offers up a big screen, and a lot of theaters have pretty comfortable seats nowadays, but could you get rowdy in a place that you are usually told to be quiet in?
Plus, if you are looking to watch a game on a big screen surrounded by other people, you’d probably just go to a sports bar right? That way you’ll at least be in an environment that rivals the game experience, and you can get endless buckets of beer and wings for the same price that you would pay for a large Coke and a box of Sour Patch Kids at the movies.
Who knows, maybe I’m alone on this one and the idea will actually be a massive hit. I love going to the movies, but usually only for blockbuster movies. Not Syracuse versus Pittsburgh on a Friday night…
The news of the partnership has been met with mixed feeling online, with college football fans chiming in with thoughts like:
Rankings of where I'd prefer to watch college football games:
1. At the stadium
2. At home on my couch
3. A sports bar
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50. On my phone during a fall wedding
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100. A movie theater https://t.co/AFeOYQx8vD— Lucas Dolengowski (@LDolengowski) August 29, 2023
Tricking my partner into going to the theater for a good time, only to force him to watch GT play Boston College like the football sicko I am https://t.co/RIcoA8Y7i6
— Amber 🏳️⚧️ (@Beezy1080) August 29, 2023
I will not be quiet, my phone will be on, I will sneak beer in with my candy
— Only Funky Cocks Get Monkey Pox (@MitchyP_9) August 29, 2023
If I go, they better not expect me to be quiet when I'm watching the game! 🤣
— Jay Patel 🟧🏳️🌈 (@JackDoe351) August 29, 2023
Me watching virginia tech get their ass whooped in IMAXpic.twitter.com/XdUi1MWsxC https://t.co/83zgoR4mzv
— big virginia tech guy (@PryKnowsBall) August 29, 2023
cant wait to watch duke/pitt in a movie theater as god intended https://t.co/VedwlB0qmc
— Lucy Rohden (@lucy_rohden) August 29, 2023
