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Post by themick on Jul 6, 2017 10:55:08 GMT -5
Is the cutting the cord phenomena with cable TV part of the reason why the Power 5 conferences seemed to have stopped dead in their tracks as far as expansion goes? After the explosion of expansion a few years ago I was expecting four 16 team conferences by now. Instead they have maintained a pretty much status quo. Our conference networks less desirable to Cable TV providers than the Power 5 conferences were banking on. If people are fed up with paying fees for ESPN if they are not sports fans how do they feel about paying of The Big 10 Network or the PAC 12 Network, or the Longhorn Network etc... Just some questions I have right now I don't think it is being fed up with ESPN or sports programming in general. I think it is being fed up with cable subscription fees and the fact that you are required to take ESPN & TNT as basic cable. These are the two most expensive channels for rights. It's around $$10-12 a month for these two alone. The other networks you mention are probably part of a premium "sports package" subscription, not basic cable.
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Post by craigl79 on Jul 6, 2017 11:27:20 GMT -5
Ok I get it now. I thought the big push to get into large tv markets by these conferences was because they would be getting almost mandatory revenues from cable companies from a basic cable package, like espn does. Instead it is more like ESPN U where you get a choice whether or not to pick up additional sports channels
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Post by themick on Jul 6, 2017 18:00:08 GMT -5
Ok I get it now. I thought the big push to get into large tv markets by these conferences was because they would be getting almost mandatory revenues from cable companies from a basic cable package, like espn does. Instead it is more like ESPN U where you get a choice whether or not to pick up additional sports channels Probably both right depending on the metro....The Longhorn Network may be on basic in Austin as an example
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Post by bigsnoop on Jul 6, 2017 20:36:32 GMT -5
The new Big 10 contacts starts in September, and between Fox, ESPN, and the Big 10 Network, fully vested members will get close to $50 million per year. Their next contact will be in 2023, and I agree with Flyerlax that there is a good chance of expansion then, most likely at the expense of the Big 12. I wouldn't be surprised if Oklahoma and Texas or Kansas jump at that time.
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Post by themick on Jul 6, 2017 21:22:43 GMT -5
The new Big 10 contacts starts in September, and between Fox, ESPN, and the Big 10 Network, fully vested members will get close to $50 million per year. Their next contact will be in 2023, and I agree with Flyerlax that there is a good chance of expansion then, most likely at the expense of the Big 12. I wouldn't be surprised if Oklahoma and Texas or Kansas jump at that time. It'll be fascinating if the rights fees continue to rise....
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Post by flyerlax06 on Jul 7, 2017 8:26:59 GMT -5
Have to keep an eye on non-traditional companies becoming involved in rights deals like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, etc. It's already started a bit with the NFL.
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Post by bigsnoop on Jul 7, 2017 21:43:33 GMT -5
Have to keep an eye on non-traditional companies becoming involved in rights deals like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, etc. It's already started a bit with the NFL. Conference USA will be broadcasting at least 15 football games on Twitter this fall. There have been rumors for a while that Amazon, with 85 million Prime families, is looking to grab an exclusive make sports contract.
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Post by friarj on Jul 10, 2017 15:19:51 GMT -5
Info, If it was just a cap you could pay your guys based on value. Cap is $100 million for example. Pay LeBron $50 a year and spread the rest amongst the rest of the team based on ability. In that case, a role player earns his $2-$5 million a year. Because of the max deals, LeBron can't make more than $35 million a year. Now your role players make $10-$15 million a year. In today's NBA, the superstars are underpaid vs value and role players are significantly overpaid vs value. I know, James Harden seems seriously underpaid.
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