DBC10 wrote:whitehops wrote:the media day interviews were filmed, this:
https://www.youtube.com/@DETROlTPlSTONS youtube channel with 34 subscribers at least had most of the interviews (tech issues meant they lost the early ones), it's pretty much inexcusable for the team's media content to not post it, even if they didn't want to livestream it.
the team was terrible last season and a lot of fans lost the wind out of their sails, getting media content out there to drum up any kind of excitement would benefit the team. it's been bad for years though, they've had press conferences with literally no link to the livestream to it on their website, twitter, instagram, etc.
comparing it to the minnesota vikings (and i'm pretty sure every other NFL team) it's a really shoddy production.
Call it for what it is, the Pistons are cutting (aka cheapening out) costs on their marketing/media budget. The fact that the Pistons couldn't get a pair of interns from their marketing to just stick with a few of these guys and film is silly. Or better yet, give some media day passes to bloggers and Pistons loyal youtubers? Those people will do it free no questions asked. That's quite literally how a few national correspondents in NBA media got their starts
No need to even subscribe to the DFP or DMT for access to that. Considering how dead print media is, that's not even an option nowadays
It is embarrassing. Coming at it from a different angle, most will understand, the Pistons are a franchise, just like as any Dominos Pizza is, that is independently owned. National commercials for your product(NBA/Dominos corporate)will only push your product so far. You need to get out, on the ground and do
local advertising, that push the product.
It really isn't much to ask that the independently owned franchise, broadcast, and air media covering their own franchise. In this case, more local advertising, means your going to move more merchandise, which is a massive market.
If I'm Gores, I revamp my media/marketing team pronto.
"First off, teams get to keep the revenue they collect from ticket sales, concessions, parking, and merchandise sold at, and often around, the arena, subject to the terms of their lease with the arena owner."Everything else is pooled. Can't sell a billion Cade jerseys, if no one even knows who he is locally. The market from casual sales of jerseys, is going to be higher then from people like us, once a player hits the "cool factor". Media days help with this.
Maybe Gores is fine with it. Just saying it really doesn't take much to push your message/product.
