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The AAC would have received substantially less than $7 million per school for (say) a hypothetical four year contract. ESPN was paying for stability. Besides which, the schools in the AAC have nowhere else to go. There is no viable realignment scenario that sees any of them moving to a P5 conference. So the choice for the AAC was a smaller amount of money for a shorter time or a larger amount of money for a longer time. Take your choice which is better.
 
zls44 said:
honestly, its funnier when they don't realize it
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I know you work for ESPN, but honestly who cares other than you? You could be sweeping the floors there for all we know. Working at a company tied to cable companies for your revenue doesn’t make you an expert on the subject. Personally (and I’m not saying this sarcastically or to be a jerk) I hope you keep your resume updated and ready to go. ESPN has fallen on some hard times the past 3-5 years and its only going to get worse in the short term. If you want to place a very large wager on whether there will be more than 86 million cable subscribers for ESPN in 2-3 years please send me a PM so we can work out the details.
 
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crewbear742 said:
The AAC would have received substantially less than $7 million per school for (say) a hypothetical four year contract. ESPN was paying for stability. Besides which, the schools in the AAC have nowhere else to go. There is no viable realignment scenario that sees any of them moving to a P5 conference. So the choice for the AAC was a smaller amount of money for a shorter time or a larger amount of money for a longer time. Take your choice which is better.
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That doesn't take into account the $7M received years 5-12 is worth a lot less then, than now.

A four year contract, with less money, but not having to lock us into ESPN+ would have been worth it.

Even if you say it would be $5M/team, that's essentially what the worth of our payouts in the later years are going to be worth anyways.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
what type of soccer fans? Most of the international leagues are on NBC sports.
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Hmm I’m honestly not a soccer fan but I thought I saw that ESPN signed a deal to show some sort of big time league (Series A? Or something like that) on ESPN+
 
Hurleyman216 said:
Finally someone who gets it. Yes, right now ESPN has 86 M subscribers, but that number is going to 0 sooner than most realize. I’m not saying ESPN+ will have 86 million subscribers, but cable is going away and streaming services will replace it. ESPN+ will be part of those newer streaming services, but in what form we don’t know yet.
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The predictions from people in my industry are that this era will be more disruptive than the internet was in the 90's and early 2000's. 5G, Edge computing and a data driven economy. It won't happen overnight, and cable companies won't just pull the plug on their investments anymore than ATMs made bank tellers obsolete. The old will still be around for awhile. I'm not in media or telco, but those are my customers.

ESPN has massive value, but they will monetize it differently. Cable gives you very little information about who is really watching, when they are watching etc. The ability to target ads on that streaming app is infinitely greater than via TV. Targeted ads are far more valuable. Ask Google about that. As I type this, there's an ad for Sling to my right. That's no accident. It's spooky, but it isn't a coincidence.
 
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Guapo said:
Hmm I’m honestly not a soccer fan but I thought I saw that ESPN signed a deal to show some sort of big time league (Series A? Or something like that) on ESPN+
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90% sure it's Series-A which is Italy's league. That's Juventus (Christiano Ronaldo), Inter, AC Milan, Napoli, Lazio, Roma, Fiorentina... the rest of the league is pretty much a miss.

I THINK La Liga is on there, too - but i'm not sure. I know they're on BeIN sports, but the broadcast is terrible compared to the Premier League stuff on NBC and Bundesliga stuff on Fox Sports. So I dunno how much 'ESPN' Series-A will have in it - and if it's not a branded package of their own. Varies from league to league.
 
upstater said:
Reading comprehension is important.
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I just absolutely missed the part where UConn won’t be involved in the streaming service. I read that the AAC will broadcast the “majority” of its men’s basketball on ESPN+ and missed the part where UConn is not included in this majority. I assumed wrongly if you are trying to get subscribers you put your top product that has agreed to it there. My bad.
 
Pudge said:
Woooooah

That’s a BIG head you’ve got.

12 years? Stomp and whine. But I have seen enough Term contracts; what’s the penalty or the exit conditions if/when you leave. If you have to guarantee some revenue stream or pay a fee to exit ... that’s one thing. Like any business, thing happen. Aresco and attorneys have something in their head on how to exit. 12 years may not be 12 years.
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lol sure they do. im sure the whole aac can take the money for a few years, walk away from the contract and negotiate something totally different.

folks the twelve years is fine because a contract isnt always a contract in commercial real estate.

do you do anything but talk out of your arse?
 
ClifSpliffy said:
like 9ish large all in on espn, 6 large on the img thing, a couple on women/sny thing? that's like 16+ million per annum. since college sports cash is football, and espn owns college football, and this deal is with espn, well, then good on that for husky football too. unless I missed something on the math, what else could a husky fan say but 'noice.' but let's see what our partners think. ya know, they get way over a million viewers on some of their aac football games?
The American’s New TV Deal Is Out. Here’s What It Means for UCF.
my bad. over 3 million viewers. that's like a lot more than the big villanova - creighton football game gets, I think.
UCF Draws Huge Audience For ESPN College GameDay and ABC Saturday Night Football
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still waiting for a confirmation or refutation on the 16m per year revenue opinion. any informed thoughts out there? mebbe one of you big leasters perchance?
 
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whaler11 said:
lol sure they do. im sure the whole aac can take the money for a few years, walk away from the contract and negotiate something totally different.

folks the twelve years is fine because a contract isnt always a contract in commercial real estate.

do you do anything but talk out of your arse?
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Trying to understand why i got an alert saying you quoted my post that links to this.
 
whaler11 said:
I have every option. Apple TV. Amazon Fire. Roku2 and Roku TV. Kodi.

The one that actually works and is awesome. X1. Spoiler alert: it’s the expensive one.

My Roku TV is second. If you have fast enough internet Roku TV is decent.

Also key is if you can get OTA networks. If you can get network OTA and get 100+MB from Cox or Comcast you can go with a Roku TV, OTA ant, netflix, hulu and whatever skinny bundle you like and get to about $150.

I have X1 with every station, 5 HD televisions, HBO and every station under the sun and 100 mb download for $250.

So you can get 90% of the product with 60% of the efficiency and save $115. I can see how that is attractive - but I’d rather be able to change the station without a 30 second lag or read twitter during a game and not have it filled with spoilers.
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What is x1? I prefer the Amazon fire TV experience over RoKu and chromecast for sure. I also prefer PSVue to YouTube, Philo, and Sling. The best of part of the streaming experience is no contract and no rental equipment fees. Didn't think you were a kodi fan.
 
do people honestly believe anymore that there'll be an escape pod to a major conference? Seems like fairy tales at this point, I think we're stuck forever in the AAC conference.
 
noeynox said:
What is x1? I prefer the Amazon fire TV experience over RoKu and chromecast for sure. I also prefer PSVue to YouTube, Philo, and Sling. The best of part of the streaming experience is no contract and no rental equipment fees. Didn't think you were a kodi fan.
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It’s Comcast Xfinity. I’d rather stare at a white wall than use Kodi.
 
I’m confused. The article in today’s courant said that uconn men’s hoops games wud be affected and relegated to some games on espn +. I don’t really care about football or the women’s games as much. Am I going to be able to watch the uconn men’s hoops games on regular espn, eson2 , espnu, or espn news or do I have to purchase espn+. Article was unclear That’s all I care about
 
There is so much on this thread that I don't understand or care to understand I can't even begin. I know two things. First, I am technologically dumb, but I get ESPN + and have no problem using it. Second, the $5 a month also includes ESPN Insider, which many were paying for even without + content.

I also know I don't actually pay anything because I use one of my son's access codes in return for all the access codes I supply him.

As for the contract itself, I'll wait to see it to be happy or sad. But I do know that those who say we should have just gotten better terms without knowing what the trade off would be are just talking out of their behinds.
 
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Guapo said:
Interesting things of note in here:

A) The AAC is listed as a mid-major
B) The AAC championship game was higher rated, and more watched, than the NBE’s (both were relatively minuscule)

Ratings: Big 12, Pac-12, Big East and Mid-Major Title Games
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Regardless of SMW classification of major vs mid-major, the fact that more people watched Cincy/Houston ON ESPN than watched Villanova/Seton on FOX is a huge win for the AAC. FOX is network over the air and that naturally boosts ratings by a lot.
 
U think people like my dad who is almost 70 is going to purchase espn + to watch the men’s games? Not gonna happen. This sucks because normally every uconn game is on tv. No matter how obscure cbssportsnetwork, espnu or sny are on the channel lineup , at least people kno they can get it on regular cable. Especially old people. Ridiculous
 
Slasher said:
Regardless of SMW classification of major vs mid-major, the fact that more people watched Cincy/Houston ON ESPN than watched Villanova/Seton on FOX is a huge win for the AAC. FOX is network over the air and that naturally boosts ratings by a lot.
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It’s almost like big public schools have more fans
 
Slasher said:
Regardless of SMW classification of major vs mid-major, the fact that more people watched Cincy/Houston ON ESPN than watched Villanova/Seton on FOX is a huge win for the AAC. FOX is network over the air and that naturally boosts ratings by a lot.
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Guapo said:
It’s almost like big public schools have more fans
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Then again, the A-10 (on CBS*) outrated both so
 
JB75 said:
U think people like my dad who is almost 70 is going to purchase espn + to watch the men’s games? Not gonna happen. This sucks because normally every uconn game is on tv. No matter how obscure cbssportsnetwork, espnu or sny are on the channel lineup , at least people kno they can get it on regular cable. Especially old people. Ridiculous
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My Dad turns 80 this year. I am sure he will buy ESPN+. Probably will make things easier for him.
 
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I want all of you to go back to the old “prediction” thread for how much the AAC GoR will net each school.

Then I want you to block any moron who was over $6 million+ off. It’s an easy way to filter out who has a head on their shoulders and who is a gtcam on this board pretty easily.
 
Just completed my first week of youtubetv. Couldn’t get it on the firestick so I got new Rokus. Have Netflix and Philo for my wife. I hope they add the UCONN ESPN+ but the’ll probably charge for it. A lot of people will not be getting the games I guess and frankly that’s quite sad.
 
If the deal was 5 years that's one thing, but 12? That's not right. Unless.... Aresco foresees a collapse of revenue for collegiate sports and wanted to lock the AAC in on a guarantee for as long as possible. With the slow but steady growth in conversation about the actual value of a four year degree he may be onto something. With the FBI looking into collegiate sports, increasing scandals of the affluent buying their kids way onto the college campus and the fact that tech school grads can easily out earn their collegiate peers you have to wonder how all that will erode the casual fan viewership and eventually derail the TV gravy train.
 
jibsey said:
Just completed my first week of youtubetv. Couldn’t get it on the firestick so I got new Rokus. Have Netflix and Philo for my wife. I hope they add the UCONN ESPN+ but the’ll probably charge for it. A lot of people will not be getting the games I guess and frankly that’s quite sad.
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We are investigating cutting the cord from directv. I'm trying Hulu. I am so used to the guide for channel surfing, it's not that easy with Hulu.
 
FriarJ said:
We are investigating cutting the cord from directv. I'm trying Hulu. I am so used to the guide for channel surfing, it's not that easy with Hulu.
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I love Hulu Live. Although prices just went up. Still much better than full blown DTV.
 
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