r/NAU • u/BPgorilla • 9h ago
We Want more College Games Broadcast Free!
It's Saturday night. You want to watch your team play—the university you went to, the one your family supports, the program you've followed for years.
Then you find out it's only on a streaming service you don't subscribe to. And next week? Who knows where that game will be. ESPN+, some cable channel, another app entirely. Following a full season means juggling multiple services just to find where the game is. Arizona fans deserve better than this.
Here's what we found: ASU, University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University all score poorly for public access. Meanwhile, Arizona's pro teams—the Cardinals, Suns, Mercury, and Diamondbacks—have made sure games are available over the air. Our public universities, supported by Arizona taxpayers and alumni, should lead the same way.
• Conference agreements limit what universities control, and we respect that
• We're asking them to prioritize access when they can—and to be clear about where games actually are
• This matters because these are our teams, representing our state
We're bringing together Arizonans who believe that if your university's team represents Arizona, it should be accessible to Arizona. If this feels right to you, we'd love to have you join us. Anyone else frustrated by the guessing game of finding where the next game is?