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ThabeetDown said:
Ya'll complaining about ESPN+ need to relax. Yes, it's $5/mo, so have one less Starbucks for the month. The amount of games you get on there is well worth it (many college sports, Serie A soccer, etc.). If you want to complain about the years/amount of cash, go for it, but ESPN+ should not be something to cry over.
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It's not about how we watch, this matters mostly in recruiting. Why would a recruit want to get buried on ESPN+ playing at UConn when they can go to some shhithole like Cuse and play 99% of their games on ESPN or ESPN2? Kids care about exposure
 
There has to be more to this story this makes little sense, what is there to brag about? That we can keep our rights? Cool?
 
ThabeetDown said:
Ya'll complaining about ESPN+ need to relax. Yes, it's $5/mo, so have one less Starbucks for the month. The amount of games you get on there is well worth it (many college sports, Serie A soccer, etc.). If you want to complain about the years/amount of cash, go for it, but ESPN+ should not be something to cry over.
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It's about exposure, not the $5/mo for us fans.
 
aburks41 said:
It's not about how we watch, this matters mostly in recruiting. Why would a recruit want to get buried on ESPN+ playing at UConn when they can go to some shhithole like Cuse and play 99% of their games on ESPN or ESPN2? Kids care about exposure
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A lot of those games are now going to be on the ACC network. How widespread will the distribution be? Who knows.
 
So, the $7M is just from the TV deal and excludes the bowl games, NCAA tourney credits, etc.?

I recall in the other thread, we were anticipating the $7M to have included all of that.

My biggest gripe, aside from everything being relegated to ESPN+, is the length of the deal. How could they possibly agree to punting a ton of their content on a service we have no idea will even be relevant?
 
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ThabeetDown said:
Ya'll complaining about ESPN+ need to relax. Yes, it's $5/mo, so have one less Starbucks for the month. The amount of games you get on there is well worth it (many college sports, Serie A soccer, etc.). If you want to complain about the years/amount of cash, go for it, but ESPN+ should not be something to cry over.
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For the rabid fan, it's no big deal. But it will be hard to grow the fanbase and more importantly recruit being shown on an app that most of America won't have.
 
aburks41 said:
It's not about how we watch, this matters mostly in recruiting. Why would a recruit want to get buried on ESPN+ playing at UConn when they can go to some shhithole like Cuse and play 99% of their games on ESPN or ESPN2? Kids care about exposure
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How do people not get this?
 
superjohn said:
It's somehow made even more pathetic that the commissioner was going around bragging about this.
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Well DC on the football team just left just like that, so... get off the ship while you can.
 
Slasher said:
A lot of those games are now going to be on the ACC network. How widespread will the distribution be? Who knows.
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The games that matter will be on ESPN & ESPN2, it's the same thing for the SEC network the games that matter are on regular ESPN.
 
aburks41 said:
It's not about how we watch, this matters mostly in recruiting. Why would a recruit want to get buried on ESPN+ playing at UConn when they can go to some shhithole like Cuse and play 99% of their games on ESPN or ESPN2? Kids care about exposure
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You think playing on CBSSN is much better? Besides, the big games will still be on ESPN/ESPN2/CBS. Who cares if playing UMKC is on ESPN+? We're not gonna land a recruit because UMKC is on ESPN+? Ok.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
So, the $7M is just from the TV deal and excludes the bowl games, NCAA tourney credits, etc.?

I recall in the other thread, we were anticipating the $7M to have included all of that.

My biggest gripe, aside from everything being relegated to ESPN+, is the length of the deal. How could they possibly agree to punting a ton of their content on a service we have no idea will even be relevant?
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Yes, all of that is on top of.

7M media deal
1-2M NCAA tourney
1-2M Bowls
4M apparel contract (i don't remember the exact #)

Then obviously all the self-generated revenue stuff, tickets, merch, etc.
 
Kenny11 said:
I have espn+. It is great and I have no problem with our games being on it. Traditional cable is dying...but I was hoping for at least 10 million per school since this deal will probably look very cheap after the first few years.
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After the first few years?
 
superjohn said:
How do people not get this?
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Idk, but I really cannot see UConn or Cincy being put on ESPN+. We draw too many eyes (which actually may be a reason to put us on ESPN+ lol) but ESPN knows Hurley is a big name and will want to keep him on cable TV, even if that means were on ESPNU a bunch
 
I really hate that we went with ESPN. Wish we could have went a little outside the box and tried to attract a big contract from Twitter, Youtube, or Amazon who might have wanted to dive into college sports.
 
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8893 said:
It's about exposure, not the $5/mo for us fans.
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calluke said:
For the rabid fan, it's no big deal. But it will be hard to grow the fanbase and more importantly recruit being shown on an app that most of America won't have.
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Again, the big games will not be on ESPN+. Who cares if a bad game like Tulane or ECU is? If a recruit isn't coming because the Tulane or ECU game is on ESPN+ we have much, much bigger problems.
 
Slasher said:
CBS is a separate contract, but the value has to be tiny, they only do a handful of games a year.
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Previous years ESPN peddled the games to CBS sports. I am fairly certain I remember reading that.
 
ThabeetDown said:
You think playing on CBSSN is much better? Besides, the big games will still be on ESPN/ESPN2/CBS. Who cares if playing UMKC is on ESPN+? We're not gonna land a recruit because UMKC is on ESPN+? Ok.
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Perception matters. Do you think ESPN would ever put UK or Duke on ESPN+ if they were playing UMKC? No. IDK about you, but I believe UConn was on the same level as Duke and probably even better than UK from 1999 through 2014. There is no reason why we should expect Hurley to not be able to get us back there - that's what we are paying him for.
 
ThabeetDown said:
Ya'll complaining about ESPN+ need to relax. Yes, it's $5/mo, so have one less Starbucks for the month. The amount of games you get on there is well worth it (many college sports, Serie A soccer, etc.). If you want to complain about the years/amount of cash, go for it, but ESPN+ should not be something to cry over.
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It takes it away from millions of passive viewers and puts it behind a paywall that has a potential audience that is 1/20th the size at best.

I already have it and like it but the diehards paying $5 isn’t the big deal.
 
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Slasher said:
Yes, all of that is on top of.

7M media deal
1-2M NCAA tourney
1-2M Bowls
4M apparel contract (i don't remember the exact #)

Then obviously all the self-generated revenue stuff, tickets, merch, etc.
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That is marginally better from a revenue standpoint than we thought, but the lack of exposure from having to play ESPN+ could be a death sentence, particularly to football.

I want to wait to see the exact breakdown of games being kicked to ESPN+ before going ape, because this year we played about half our games (~15 games) on SNY/CBS Sports Network, the rest being on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN News, and CBS. I would imagine that SNY/CBS Sports Network likely get more eye balls than ESPN+, just by the sheer chance of people channel surfing.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
So, the $7M is just from the TV deal and excludes the bowl games, NCAA tourney credits, etc.?

I recall in the other thread, we were anticipating the $7M to have included all of that.

My biggest gripe, aside from everything being relegated to ESPN+, is the length of the deal. How could they possibly agree to punting a ton of their content on a service we have no idea will even be relevant?
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8.5 million included the tourney credits and bowl revenue in the Memphis presentation. Guessed 6.5 for TV based on that.
 
Madmannsucks said:
Previous years ESPN peddled the games to CBS sports. I am fairly certain I remember reading that.
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AAC wasn't getting paid extra for those games. They were part of the ESPN contract. It sold some of the rights to CBS. There is a totally separate CBS contract for a handful of select games on CBS. Cincinnati played Houston on CBS, there were a few others.
 
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I’m going to withhold judgment until more details come out around ESPN+. The way the article was phrased made no sense. If most games are still on ESPN/2/U and we get baseball and soccer on + then that’s good. If more than a couple b-ball and football games are on ESPN+ each year then that’s bad.
 
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