Collegefanz.com, a news and social website dedicated to collegiate sports and their fans founded in 2007 by the founder of ESPN, Bill Rasmussen is is expanding its three-year-old online college-sports community with video offerings, starting with one live NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) football broadcast each week. The games will all be available free of charge at www.CollegeFanz.com.

“The NAIA just doesn’t get very much exposure — you might even say none — from a TV point of view,” Rasmussen says. “We’ll go to each campus, and it will be an event when we come in. Our van is all wrapped with College Fanz branding, and sponsors and the students otherwise don’t get to experience this.”

The game broadcast, complete with pre- and post-game shows produced live on location, will use nine cameras housed in a modified 16-foot Wells Cargo trailer, which serves as an innovative mobile broadcasting unit.

“Everything today is miniaturised, so we’ve outfitted a van with a production trailer,” Rasmussen explains. “Our van carries nine cameras, and we’ll do pre-game, halftime, and post-game shows. We’re going to do real, live television on all of these campuses.”

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