Who’s responsible for getting college tennis on TV?
There were two consistent topics of conversation on the grounds in Champaign, Illinois last month at the NCAA Tennis Championship: The facility (read: fence) Lack of TV coverage I’ve gone on record calling Illinois the “worst NCAA host site since 2010 ” and shared my disappointment with the lack of TV coverage this year, so I was probably hyper-focused on these two topics while on the ground in Champaign. Nevertheless, both topics are worth addressing more as we wrap the 2022 season. As expected, the Illinois facility was entirely unbecoming of a NCAA championship. The through-fence viewing is horrendous, rainy spring weather in the Midwest won’t allow for an outdoor championship, there was no pomp and circumstance befitting the apex of college athletics, and you could hardly even get concessions. All of that aside, we need to discuss the lack of TV broadcasting coverage for the event and where college tennis coverage fits in relative to other NCAA sports. College sports broadcast...