I have been trying to find out if there will be TV replays of the State Final Games. In the past, there was a station in Louisville that showed the entire games on a delayed basis but I can't find it.

 

Also, on the KHSAA website it looks like there might be a way to stream the games live but you have to register on a third party site and have a paid membership subscription to watch the games. It is confusing to me. If anyone has done this in the past, I would appreciate any information you have.

 

Thanks for the help.

I did it last year, you pay for a month of the service and get all of the games they stream including some good out of state games as well. Video and coverage is adequate...I liked it better when it streamed on YouTube Live...probably because it was free and I could put it on my TV. Without a way to stream video to your TV, you have to watch it on your laptop or phone.

Thanks for the info. So were you able to watch the games live or did you watch them on replay?

Thanks for the info. So were you able to watch the games live or did you watch them on replay?

 

Live, but there were a few disruptions.

Personally, I had nothing but problems with it in all the games I attempted to watch, especially the pikeville-beechwood game. Not sure if it was my broadband or not but I won't waste the 15 dollars again

I hate to waste money but I can't be in Bowling Green and would really like to watch the games live.

 

Does anyone know of other options to watch live. Thanks.

I liked the live showing through YouTube.

I hate to waste money but I can't be in Bowling Green and would really like to watch the games live.

 

Does anyone know of other options to watch live. Thanks.

 

I think they pay to be the sole supplier of video.

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You know I don't have a huge problem with how the KHSAA has had to handle the Finals Location, working around the WKU stuff, or when they choose to play the different Championships.

 

What I do have a problem with is the embarrassing way they broadcast the Finals and this whole "Pay Per View" thing they are doing.

 

I get it... Kentucky's geography and lack of venues makes it tough to find the right solution to make everyone happy. I get it that scheduling 6 different games is difficult. I even get it that this is not Texas and you aren't going to average 10,000 fans per game.

 

Yet I can watch the freakin' Iowa State Championships broadcast live on Fox Sports. I can watch the KYMSFA broadcast on Prepspin in sparkling HD Quality. I can even watch specific programs do a HD broadcast or replay... yet the State of Kentucky cannot get a live televised or free HD Stream?

 

Maybe I am spoiled? The Georgia High School Sate Finals are a thing of beauty. They are played at the Georgia Dome (mind you at less than 10% capacity usually for those wondering), they are well organized, broadcast in HD on the Georgia PBS Station, have AMAZING production value, and readily available for replay in HD as well. I don't have an issue with the crews broadcasting the game, in fact msot do an admirable job, but even before KY switched to the current set-up the production value of the video looked like amateur hour. The shot set back far from the field, a lack of camera views and replay angles, grainy quality video, just simply put... a second rate product.

 

The new set-up at least improves the video quality a little (if the stream works properly of course), but it still a crappy product that you are now paying for.

 

With the KHSAA understanding the issues of geography and the number of people physically unable to attend games that are over 4 hours away, you would think they would want to offer their grandest stage up for more people could enjoy it.

To illustrate my point of what I wish a KY State Final broadcast would look like, use this as a frame of reference

 

Be nice if wymt could show the finals for Eastern Kentucky teams.

After the KHSAA announced a "partnership" with Prepspin a couple years ago I thought maybe they would be broadcasting the finals. Hasn't happened and that is too bad because Prepspin does a fantastic job and the video quality is off the hook.

You're right. Prepspin does do a good job.

I think you're right @ATLCat, the KHSAA has a process to select the location and they are simply abiding by their contract concerning venue and logistics which is clearly a battle, but I think they have done the best they can with what they have been forced to do.

 

But the video THEY THEMSELVES choose that and with apathy I might add. This is just not caring in my opinion as the technology is there and other states already have a road map to follow on how to achieve a quality product.

 

A bread and water product remains.

 

I bought the package last year, but I'm not buying it this year. I'll go to the Sunday games instead.

To illustrate my point of what I wish a KY State Final broadcast would look like, use this as a frame of reference

 

 

Thats how you do it