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AAC Media Contract

whaler11 said:
The language in the story changed:

. Football, along with men's and women's basketball, will remain on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, but the majority of basketball games and a significant number of the football games will go to ESPN+.
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The point is a large number of basketball games are already on ESPN3 or CBS SN. These will go to ESPN+. It looks like football will be about the same as it was. The questions will ESPN+ pick up the low draw school basketball games that are not currently televised?
 
UConnJim said:
The point is a large number of basketball games are already on ESPN3 or CBS SN. These will go to ESPN+. It looks like football will be about the same as it was. The questions will ESPN+ pick up the low draw school basketball games that are not currently televised?
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I know they changed the language on football for ESPN+ from half to significant amount in the story.
 
Look at BC, which is the ACC. How many ACC basketball games did BC have on an ESPN network last year? Seven! Out of 18 conference games!
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
There's virtually no one who is going to or already has cancelled their ESPN in favor of ESPN+. ESPN+ is at best a tertiary option for the consumer. And that's where this deal falls woefully short - the average sports consumer will not add it to their streaming services and AAC teams will not get the same level of exposure as those on ESPN/ESPN2.
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I agree with the bulk of your point, but note this: I cancelled cable a long time ago and will pay for ESPN+ before the season starts. I'm not alone in cancelling cable, and I think ESPN+ is a good thing (in general), but a disaster for the conference.
 
whaler11 said:
is it really any worse than this morning?
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I could definitely think of a few ways to better spend $60 annually than to see us get whacked by the likes of Tulsa and Tulane.

That's all I got.
 
JMick said:
anyone that doesn't see this as a death sentence isn't paying attention
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I totally disagree. You are not comparing the current contract between ESPN and the AAC and this contract. The coverage is very similar. The reason you may not think so is that many of the schools in the AAC already have many of their basketball games on ESPN3 and, unlike UConn, they don't have all of their games on TV. Yes, we will probably have no games on CBS SN. Basically, we will still see the same amount of UConn football and basketball games on ESPN networks as we do now.
 
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I negotiated a Million dollar deal for myself ... it’s a $1 a year for a million years. Aresco sucks. Anything less than $10 Million a year makes the AAC totally uncompetitive second rate conference. I’m sure the deal structure maximizes his bonus compensation.
 
ESPN+ will tap out long before the ESPN subscriber base stops dropping. Only one in four cable subscribers even watches ESPN. The number of people who will pay for a separate service is below that. Yet ESPN needs that huge base to maintain their contract numbers. So eventually ESPN will have to jack up rates on their streaming service or cut content. Will people pay $40/month for ESPN? Nope.
 
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gwhuskyfan said:
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We already were a mid major. We do lead the other G5's, so in the immortal words of Anthony Michael Hall's character in "Sixteen Candles", we are the king of the dipshits.
 
crewbear742 said:
ESPN+ will tap out long before the ESPN subscriber base stops dropping. Only one in four cable subscribers even watches ESPN. The number of people who will pay for a separate service is below that. Yet ESPN needs that huge base to maintain their contract numbers. So eventually ESPN will have to jack up rates on their streaming service or cut content. Will people pay $40/month for ESPN? Nope.
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Agree. The ESPN networks have declining subscribers and ESPN is trying to grow revenue by going to more streaming (ESPN+) or conference networks (ACCN). The only question is when does the ESPN channel revenues start to decline as they have been holding the revenues by jacking up the price.
 
Well yeah this isn't a + for football recruiting, but then again there were over 20 G5 schools in 247's top 100 football recruiting class this year vs our ranking which was worse than 120 (I wont say how much worse). This isnt a problem for football if we had some sort of guarantee that at least 50% of our games were on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU.
 
UConnNick said:
We already were a mid major. We do lead the other G5's, so in the immortal words of Anthony Michael Hall's character in "Sixteen Candles", we are the king of the dipshits.
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Referring to your twitter post from BC fan...so a guy born on home plate decides to through sand.
 
Hurleyman216 said:
This is what all the dinosaurs on this board don't get. 5 years from now there will likely be more people watching content "streaming" than subscribing to cable.
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At that point, they will move the AAC to ESPNNews.

I subscribed to ESPN+ for several months before I quit. The tech was wonky (I would have to sign in each and every time) and there would be frequent blackouts for SNY (which I couldn't even get). And I'm a Roma soccer fan (Serie A is on +) and I still couldn't deal with it.
 
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This is just depressing and this is what happens when you chase a P5 Football dream in an area of the country that doesn't care for it and the area kids won't stay and play in.

It's time to cut the Football cord and save the Basketball brand. I know some will say keep up with the status quo until the next round of realignment but the writing is on the wall we aren't getting a P5 invite we need to be proactive in our mission to save the basketball program or risk becoming nothing more than an ESPN 30 for 30 in a few years.
 
BY06518 said:
This is just depressing and this is what happens when you chase a P5 Football dream in an area of the country that doesn't care for it and the area kids won't stay and play in.

It's time to cut the Football cord and save the Basketball brand. I know some will say keep up with the status quo until the next round of realignment but the writing is on the wall we aren't getting a P5 invite we need to be proactive in our mission to save the basketball program or risk becoming nothing more than an ESPN 30 for 30 in a few years.
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So how smart will we feel 10 years from now when Buffalo, Old Dominion, Coastal Carolina or any number of G5 schools is eight years into enjoying our slot in the AAC?

Our problem is as much about people in CT hung up on themselves than about anything else. If Hurley got us into the tournament this year we'd hear a lot less drop football tantrums.
 
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whaler11 said:
LOL - ok chief.

Was Andre Drummond your source and the games all start at 11:11 on ESPN+?

The more ESPN+ subs than ESPN is going to age about as well as your ten million dollar guarantee.

Amazon - lol.

Does this mean the Memphis FOIA leaks weren’t fake? Remember I don’t know how that works...
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whaler11 said:
LOL - ok chief.

Was Andre Drummond your source and the games all start at 11:11 on ESPN+?

The more ESPN+ subs than ESPN is going to age about as well as your ten million dollar guarantee.

Amazon - lol.

Does this mean the Memphis FOIA leaks weren’t fake? Remember I don’t know how that works...
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whaler11 said:
Have fun moving the goalposts - are you CL82’s son?

We’ve always been talking about the TV contract - not tourney credits or bowl money.

If you want to believe that they had options for money with someone like Amazon but took a deal on ESPN+ for exposure... please stop insulting others as that’s an absurd fantasy that exists nowhere but in your mind.

This is the Boneyard - not the Penthouse Forum.
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Whaler did you get picked on as a kid ?
 
Exit 4 said:
So how smart will we feel 10 years from now when Buffalo, Old Dominion, Coastal Carolina or any number of G5 schools is eight years into enjoying our slot in the AAC?

Our problem with is as much about people in CT hung up on themselves than about anything else. If Hurley got us into the tournament this year we'd hear a lot less drop football tantrums.
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Indifferent? Why would we give one iota about those schools in the AAC?
 
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