New Cornell Athletics Website

[CornellFan]

http://cornellbigred.com/

No more affiliation with CSTV.

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[Al DeFlorio]

Thanks.  Let's hope that means a different webcast provider for the next academic year.

[Edit:  Well, here's a teaser: http://cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/Redcasts.asp?tab=multimedia ]

[Beeeej]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Thanks.  Let's hope that means a different webcast provider for the next academic year.

[Edit:  Well, here's a teaser: http://cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/Redcasts.asp?tab=multimedia ][/quote]

The main ICS story, http://cornellbigred.com/News/general/2007/7/31/ICSLaunch07.asp?path=general  also says: "The introduction of REDCASTS[/u], enhanced audio and video that will provide the best streaming experience possible for the fans. Improved support, using the newest technology to increase reliability and customer friendly subscription options available on all[/u] platforms highlight the new service."

[RichH]

As one of the biggest critics of the cstv site designs, my first impression (consisting thus far of 20 seconds of looking and clicking) is that this is a HUGE improvement.  Great, clean look.  No popups or flashing ads.  Easy to find links on team pages.  So far, so good.  

Thank you to those involved.  Let's hope the webcast service adds to this precedent of improvement.

[Scersk '97]

I agree with Rich.  Generally cleaner and, therefore, more useful.

Notice that ICS (Internet Consulting Services) is a local (Syracuse) company.  Syracuse, Colgate, Ithaca College, RPI, RIT, and Clarkson are some of their other clients.  One hopes that a local company will be more responsive to Athletic's needs.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Scersk '97]One hopes that a local company will be more responsive to Athletic's needs.[/quote]
And ours.

[Robb]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote Scersk '97]One hopes that a local company will be more responsive to Athletic's needs.[/quote]
And ours.[/quote]
Heck, let's just be greedy and hope that this is a sign that Athletics has recognized that our needs ARE their needs...

[David Harding]

The new site is generally a big improvement.  It loads faster without all the commercial junk.  To my eyes the text frames are a little too wide for the font size.  

Poking around, I found copy of the Ivy League admissions statement, which I found interesting.  I don't remember ever having heard of a "likely letter" before.  I had wondered about commitments by athletes reported long before normal applicants receive notice of admission.  

[q]# Admissions Offices at each Ivy school may offer some athletic and other candidates a "likely" letter, which has the effect of a formal letter of admission provided the candidate continues to have a satisfactory secondary school experience. Coaches may initiate the requests for these letters, but only the office of admission can issue a "likely" letter.
# Admissions decisions will be communicated only by official written notification from Admissions Offices, by notification in Early Action, Early Decision or "regular" processes, or by "likely letters" after October 1, which are confirmed by one of those notifications. No other indication of a possible positive admissions result is or should be considered reliable. [/q]

[ebilmes]

Any cause for concern that Cornell athletics' split with CSTV might hurt chances of getting Big Red hockey games televised on that channel?

[KeithK]

[quote David Harding]TPoking around,I found copy of the Ivy League admissions statement, which I found interesting.  I don't remember ever having heard of a "likely letter" before.  I had wondered about commitments by athletes reported long before normal applicants receive notice of admission.[/quote]
I received a "likely" letter a couple months before the real thing when I applied for purely academic reasons.  So it's not just an athletics thing.

[nyc94]

[quote KeithK][quote David Harding]TPoking around,I found copy of the Ivy League admissions statement, which I found interesting.  I don't remember ever having heard of a "likely letter" before.  I had wondered about commitments by athletes reported long before normal applicants receive notice of admission.[/quote]
I received a "likely" letter a couple months before the real thing when I applied for purely academic reasons.  So it's not just an athletics thing.[/quote]

I got one of those too.  I have this recollection that it was mainly an engineering college thing although it could just be that I only had this conversation with other freshmen engineers.

[David Harding]

[quote nyc94][quote KeithK][quote David Harding]Poking around, I found copy of the Ivy League admissions statement, which I found interesting.  I don't remember ever having heard of a "likely letter" before.  I had wondered about commitments by athletes reported long before normal applicants receive notice of admission.[/quote]
I received a "likely" letter a couple months before the real thing when I applied for purely academic reasons.  So it's not just an athletics thing.[/quote]
I got one of those too.  I have this recollection that it was mainly an engineering college thing although it could just be that I only had this conversation with other freshmen engineers.[/quote]When I showed an interest in Cornell, I was actively recruited for academics, but that was 40 years ago.

[David Harding]

I had a nice e-mail from Jeremy Hartigan this afternoon (Sunday) in response to my e-mail with comments on the new web site.  He promised to consider my suggestions, along with all others.  He commented that they are very happy about the tremendous flexibility they have to make changes, in contrast with the CSTV site.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote David Harding]I had a nice e-mail from Jeremy Hartigan this afternoon (Sunday) in response to my e-mail with comments on the new web site.  He promised to consider my suggestions, along with all others.  He commented that they are very happy about the tremendous flexibility they have to make changes, in contrast with the CSTV site.[/quote]
I also emailed Andy Noel about how much better it is. I'd suggest others do as well. Our complaints will be better heard if we also give compliments.

[billhoward]

So Cornell can tell shit from shinola after all. About time. Thank goodness.

CSTV has a good idea, a couple people got rich off selling it to CBS (more power to them), and somewhere along the way they or CBS or their successors forgot about customer service.