Hudl Fan: Find. Watch. Follow.

I have been using Hudl to keep up with my grandsons’ football games for several years. In the past, Highlight videos have been of good quality until this year. There are fewer video clips, even for games with many memorable moments. The most recent highlight video had 4 clips, with only one of them of the winning team, in a game where the final score was 35-21. Highlights films from previous years, had as many as 7 clips. Also, unlike previous years, there were no offensive or defensive leaders’ stats, no screen with total yardage information, and no Player of the Game. I used to look forward to the highlight videos every week. It was a great way to share game results with friends and family who were unable to attend the games. I am no longer sharing them.

The app is extremely inconsistent with being able to view games. For the team I like to follow, I usually can’t get a game to play, trying from multiple devices, until late in the first quarter. I have to normally find the game through the opposing teams HUDL page as it is not listed on the home teams page. Tonight the stream stopped at halftime. I like the thought of this app and am more than willing to pay to watch my nephew play from afar if I can expect some reliability. Also, I can only airplay the game to a tv from the website and not the app.

The app is worthless since you have to go online to purchase tickets. On a mobile device it can get confusing which you are on since the app and website present the same and the app does not present the option to purchase tickets nor direct you to the website to purchase. The entire app is poorly thought out. The only option given for “manage your account” l is to permanently delete it?!? “You don’t have access “messages rather than a link or redirect to online??? Unpaid intern work at its finest! And $2.73 processing fee to purchase a $6 ticket to a school game? Almost 50% processing fee for no service, no value added extra step?!? Price gouging at its finest because my school cannot hire people that can count to 10 and make correct change :(