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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4670957, member: 833"]
Let's look at what happened with TV.  35 years ago, there were three (soon to be 4) networks, and a bunch of local channels showing reruns.  I have no idea how many outlets are producing original video content today, but it is a huge number.  The idea that a handful of schools will consolidate all the power seems unlikely when there is no way to consolidate access to content.  ESPN held life and death sway over the Big East 20 or 12 years ago.  Now?  They are just a glorified production company with a few middle aged exjock talking heads tacked onto each end of the sports broadcast.  ESPN's per box lifeline is drying up.  That carriage fee both enabled ESPN to pay a lot for content, and created a huge incentive for ESPN to maintain its semi-monopoly position in sports broadcasting.  That is over.

I think every major content provider will at least look into reselling sports, but long-term, I think the sports content producers (i.e. the leagues or schools themselves) are going to be selling their own content directly.  That could take a while though.
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