SDHSAA to provide internet coverage of more sports activiies
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PIERRE — Starting in the next school year, high school sports fans separated by distance from their favorite team will be able to follow the postseason action on the Internet.
On Monday the South Dakota High School Activities Association entered a five-year agreement with NFHS Network to provide Internet coverage of sub-state postseason games. South Dakota Public Broadcasting will continue its exclusive coverage of state tournaments.
For the rights to those games, the NFHS Network will pay the association $35,000 a year, according to chief executive officer Mark Koski. A fan logging in to the NFHS Network would pay $9.95 which allows for a month of viewing.
Koski said the network has broadcast more than 250,000 events. Statistics show that 80 percent of the network’s viewers are located an average of 150 miles from the site of the game. Koski said most viewers are grandparents, parents who are overseas or casual fans from outside the state.
Board member Steve Moore of Watertown wondered how the new relationship would change the way games are currently broadcast in his town where radio stations and the newspaper offer those games on the Internet.