Topic: HerdZone+ Information

[GoHerd35]

HerdZone+ Monthly Membership - $9.99
HerdZone+ Yearly Membership - $99.99

https://x.com/HerdZone/status/1811071738781859915

[Grazing Marco]

I?m going to give it a shot.

[svherd]

Be a nice carrot for join the Big Green.

[wesnky]

The University has been inept at running HerdZon.com.  Now they want you to pay for content that should already be readily available to the casual fan in order to facilitate interest, support, knowledge, ticket sales and ultimately donations.  IMO this pay for information platform is counter productive.

[whf]

The University has been inept at running HerdZon.com.  Now they want you to pay for content that should already be readily available to the casual fan in order to facilitate interest, support, knowledge, ticket sales and ultimately donations.  IMO this pay for information platform is counter productive.

Appreciate your opinion, but that wasn't going to happen (IMHO) in this financial climate.  Selling what should be common fan publication and marketing for interest is now commonplace.

Yet I think this is a big risk for the program, if the "take" isn't large enough, or if the information isn't "grand" enough, it could be bad publicity for the program in the days ahead.

I'll give it a try.

Additionally, the tie to the Big Green would convolute the NIL effort and standard scholarship effort. In the NIL, they can put the money in quantities they choose, to athletes they choose.

[chris88]

I tried multiple times to sign up for the HD $1 for 6 months deal and it failed repeatedly at the point where you pay. The value in either is for the offseason and preseason. Once you are in season you can watch the event and/or get the game recaps from multiple sources. The ACC does a nice job providing a highlight package for most of their events a couple days after on youtube for free (a couple of ads may pop up). Would be great if SBC could do same.

[carolinaherdfan]

Be a nice carrot for join the Big Green.

Help me out here.
I'm not certain I have the information to understand your statement?

[Thundering In MD]

This is revisionist history:  pre-Huff we had access to information.  Huff closed practices.  Huff contained the information to short press conferences and tweets.  You can polish MarkSnyder.com to infinity, but it still isn't what Herdfans deserve.  I predict it will work itself out in 4 months.

[svherd]

Help me out here.
I'm not certain I have the information to understand your statement?

My thinking was to use it as an incentive to join the BG. Join and get a 1 year subscription free. But it was pointed out that proceeds go to NIL, and couldn't be used in the manner I suggested.

[BigJimslade]

Before this type thing becomes attractive to this fan, some serious winning needs to occur

Like a conference championship

[MUther]

This is revisionist history:  pre-Huff we had access to information.  Huff closed practices.  Huff contained the information to short press conferences and tweets.  You can polish MarkSnyder.com to infinity, but it still isn't what Herdfans deserve.  I predict it will work itself out in 4 months.

I don't recall any information during Doc's tenure nor open practices.  I also don't recall a whole video series given by Doc 2 or three times a week during summer practice discussing the state of the team like we got from Huff, breaking down what we were doing by group or position.  They're just putting those videos behind a paywall, now, which why wouldn't they if there is demand for them and the program always needs money.

One of the biggest complaints about Doc was a lack of transparency.  Who cares whether Snyder was transparent or not?  He never won.

Talk about revisionist.

[elginherd]

I don't recall any information during Doc's tenure nor open practices.  I also don't recall a whole video series given by Doc 2 or three times a week during summer practice discussing the state of the team like we got from Huff, breaking down what we were doing by group or position.  They're just putting those videos behind a paywall, now, which why wouldn't they if there is demand for them and the program always needs money.

One of the biggest complaints about Doc was a lack of transparency.  Who cares whether Snyder was transparent or not?  He never won.

Talk about revisionist.

There are very few college football coaches that have policies of transparency.
Bob Pruett and Steve Spurrier were the exceptions, not the rule.

[GoHerd35]

This is revisionist history:  pre-Huff we had access to information.  Huff closed practices.  Huff contained the information to short press conferences and tweets.  You can polish MarkSnyder.com to infinity, but it still isn't what Herdfans deserve.  I predict it will work itself out in 4 months.

It may "work itself out", but I doubt you'll ever see fully open practices again, sans the spring game and a fan day.

Some places close their practices to media (except for official university HerdZone type media) so at least at Marshall the HD gets to report, whether it's watered down or not. You might be able to find a school here and there that'll allow fans, but those have to be few and far between, if any.

[coalherd]

Well, if Herd Zone is the official website of MU Athletics, where fans, future student athletes, etc., etc., could expect to REGULARLY get accurate and Up To Date information about "everything" pertinent in said MU Athletics, it currently leaves a lot to be desired.

Wouldn't expect to see too many in the General Public, the HERD FAN BASE as a whole, and certainly not student athletes in high schools, Jucos, etc., with no connections otherwise to MU, all willing to "shell out" $$$ to get info that should be "free content" on the regular Herd Zone site.

As for other "social media" filling in as "accurate" sources of such desired info, well just remember we just went through nearly a DECADE of So-So, barely above .500 Herd Basketball, and just how much on Social Media was about how GREAT the Team was looking in practice play, how So and So players were just "Killing It", blah, blah, blah!!!  How did that WORK OUT?????

[wesnky]

Appreciate your opinion, but that wasn't going to happen (IMHO) in this financial climate.  Selling what should be common fan publication and marketing for interest is now commonplace.

Yet I think this is a big risk for the program, if the "take" isn't large enough, or if the information isn't "grand" enough, it could be bad publicity for the program in the days ahead.

I'll give it a try.

Additionally, the tie to the Big Green would convolute the NIL effort and standard scholarship effort. In the NIL, they can put the money in quantities they choose, to athletes they choose.

Maybe you are referring to the Athletic and various streaming services tailored toward a specific conference or a specific program on a pay for view basis.  However  trying to get minimal revenue from the small MU fan base is counter intuitive.  The MU fans want current info related to their favorite sports or players to build interest.  A pay wall IMO turns off the casual fan.   Do you know of other schools charging the fans for basic info, I don't think this is a thing, but could be wrong.  Maybe an Ohio State , Bama, or ND, none of which we are in the same class.