Watch it from the couch
Hillsdale partners with B2 Network to offer football and volleyball games online
Kaitlyn Buss
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: Sports
Starting this semester, the Hillsdale College athletic department is global. The department recently partnered with B2 Networks to broadcast Charger games online.
B2 Networks, who has worked with other GLIAC schools, is currently providing football and volleyball games.
One game costs $6, which can be paid online with a credit card, said Nicole Noel, a B2 Networks sales executive. A season pass to watch all football games costs $30.
"This is a great service for families and fans," Noel said. "And you've got parents who
can't see games every night. It's just like watching TV but on your computer."
Brad Monastiere, sports information director, said this service would be particularly helpful for students who live far away.
"With so many out-of-state student athletes on our rosters, this allows their families to follow their children and teams as closely as possible," he said.
Sophomore Kittrick Smith, a member of the volleyball team who lives in Colorado, agreed and said her parents would probably use broadcasts.
Smith said she thinks the service will get a lot of use as the season continues.
The broadcasts work on any computer with current Windows Media Player and a high-
speed internet connection, Noel said.
B2 offers the service to the school for free, and the school receives half of the funds each customer pays.
Noel called this form of broadcasting "the wave of the future," and said the company will also be showing men's and women's basketball games when their seasons begin.
B2 Networks, who has worked with other GLIAC schools, is currently providing football and volleyball games.
One game costs $6, which can be paid online with a credit card, said Nicole Noel, a B2 Networks sales executive. A season pass to watch all football games costs $30.
"This is a great service for families and fans," Noel said. "And you've got parents who
can't see games every night. It's just like watching TV but on your computer."
Brad Monastiere, sports information director, said this service would be particularly helpful for students who live far away.
"With so many out-of-state student athletes on our rosters, this allows their families to follow their children and teams as closely as possible," he said.
Sophomore Kittrick Smith, a member of the volleyball team who lives in Colorado, agreed and said her parents would probably use broadcasts.
Smith said she thinks the service will get a lot of use as the season continues.
The broadcasts work on any computer with current Windows Media Player and a high-
speed internet connection, Noel said.
B2 offers the service to the school for free, and the school receives half of the funds each customer pays.
Noel called this form of broadcasting "the wave of the future," and said the company will also be showing men's and women's basketball games when their seasons begin.
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