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SouthronCross said:
Good point. The negotiations in 2016 or 2017 could be a bit contentious, if they get the ratings I believe that they will.
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Just watch Time Warner and CBS. TW has gone to war - we'll see who blinks as the NFL season starts. There is no way the BTN is going to beat the NYC cable systems unless Jeremy Lin enrolls at Michigan.
 
whaler11 said:
Just watch Time Warner and CBS. TW has gone to war - we'll see who blinks as the NFL season starts. There is no way the BTN is going to beat the NYC cable systems unless Jeremy Lin enrolls at Michigan.
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Nobody talks about this but what happens when FOX forces the BTN with YES? Taking YES away will piss off a lot of Yankee fans
 
bobbyinaz said:
Nobody talks about this but what happens when FOX forces the BTN with YES? Taking YES away will piss off a lot of Yankee fans
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I've mentioned it a half dozen times that the BTN thinks they have leverage because of YES. I think in this very thread I said Delany needs the Yankees ratings to improve because pre A-Rod drama they were in the toilet. It wasn't a coincidence when they had him on this season.
 
bobbyinaz said:
Nobody talks about this but what happens when FOX forces the BTN with YES? Taking YES away will piss off a lot of Yankee fans
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Could backfire on Fox when the cable companies explain that YES wants each Yankee fan to pony up $1 more a month to watch B1G football and basketball.
 
upstater said:
Could backfire on Fox when the cable companies explain that YES wants each Yankee fan to pony up $1 more a month to watch B1G football and basketball.
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This is the one topic that upstater and I agree on. The battles in NY have been epic for MSG and NFL Network. And they have way more important programming than Rutgers.
 
whaler11 said:
This is the one topic that upstater and I agree on. The battles in NY have been epic for MSG and NFL Network. And they have way more important programming than Rutgers.
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I agree with you about the battles they have had over MSG & NFL but there are a lot more Yankee fans than Ranger & Knicks fans. Yankee ratings have sucked this year because the team has sucked. If they stay on the recent roll they are on I think the ratings will spike

I think The B1G is also counting on the Michigan, OSU, PSU etc. alumns to drive this as much or more than Rutgers fans/alumns
 
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bobbyinaz said:
I agree with you about the battles they have had over MSG & NFL but there are a lot more Yankee fans than Ranger & Knicks fans. Yankee ratings have sucked this year because the team has sucked. If they stay on the recent roll they are on I think the ratings will spike

I think The B1G is also counting on the Michigan, OSU, PSU etc. alumns to drive this as much or more than Rutgers fans/alumns
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When the BTN negotiation rolls around the Yankees are going to be terrible.

Penn State hasn't gotten the money for the BTN in eastern PA. Forget NYC.
 
whaler11 said:
Just watch Time Warner and CBS. TW has gone to war - we'll see who blinks as the NFL season starts. There is no way the BTN is going to beat the NYC cable systems unless Jeremy Lin enrolls at Michigan.
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TW has been pretty blunt about their POVs on this.
 
bobbyinaz said:
I agree with you about the battles they have had over MSG & NFL but there are a lot more Yankee fans than Ranger & Knicks fans. Yankee ratings have sucked this year because the team has sucked. If they stay on the recent roll they are on I think the ratings will spike

I think The B1G is also counting on the Michigan, OSU, PSU etc. alumns to drive this as much or more than Rutgers fans/alumns
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Those Yankee fans have to be rabid enough to say, of course we'll pay $1 more a month, put the Yankees on!
 
How hard is the climb.

Crowd goes wild, which I haven't seen but seems terrible had an audience yesterday of..... 29k. Which makes NBCS giggle.
 
Been watching NBC SN this morning doing Premier League games. I have to say, it's a big upgrade over Fox. Was a pleasure to watch. A lot of cameras following right behind players doing footwork in the corners. Never saw that with Fox.

It makes me think that Fox committed a colossal error when it allowed itself to be outbid on the Premier League. FS1 would've gotten a lot more credibility.
 
NBC has gotten a lot of buzz from the EPL. I'm curious to see if it sticks a few weeks from now once Saturday morning provides real completion.
 
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whaler11 said:
NBC has gotten a lot of buzz from the EPL. I'm curious to see if it sticks a few weeks from now once Saturday morning provides real completion.
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One neat thing about the EPL when it comes to people with families like myself who aren't out every Friday night is that we have Saturday morning get togethers at a local soccer bar here, and the people are already drinking beer by 7 am. I don't arrive until 10. It is a cool thing for the guys to get together for that. We may gather in my living room now with NBC SN, but with kids around, don't think it will be the same.

I think NBC has a really good thing going with this.
 
It's nice not having to drive to New Haven because Liverpool's game is only on Fox Soccer Plus. NBC has done a great job so far.
 
upstater said:
One neat thing about the EPL when it comes to people with families like myself who aren't out every Friday night is that we have Saturday morning get togethers at a local soccer bar here, and the people are already drinking beer by 7 am. I don't arrive until 10. It is a cool thing for the guys to get together for that. We may gather in my living room now with NBC SN, but with kids around, don't think it will be the same.

I think NBC has a really good thing going with this.
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I agree that NBC seems to have some momentum on this. Anyone have any numbers?

I actually bet a bunch of EPL games today. Took the big dogs and the 0-0 games killed me.
 
Awesome job by NBC. Well, maybe I would have been better off not watching that desultory Newcastle v West Ham match...

Anyways, Uverse has four Alt channels that broadcast NBC's EPL games on Saturday.
 
I caught a good amount of Sunday's coverage. NBCS is doing an incredible job. Their coverage is actually so good I look forward to seeing more. I'm not even really a club soccer fan.
 
whaler11 said:
I caught a good amount of Sunday's coverage. NBCS is doing an incredible job. Their coverage is actually so good I look forward to seeing more. I'm not even really a club soccer fan.
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They did show the wrong game though, by featuring Tottenham and Swansea. I can't blame them since Swansea has a lot more talent on the field than Cardiff. This would be the equivalent of featuring a Michigan State versus Virginia game rather than a Michigan versus Appalachian State game on the day Appalachian State upset Michigan.
 
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If the EPL coverage is any indication, the AAC missed the boat in allowing ESPN to match.

I know ESPN had the right to match. They could have worked out contract language to prevent that.
 
SubbaBub said:
If the EPL coverage is any indication, the AAC missed the boat in allowing ESPN to match.

I know ESPN had the right to match. They could have worked out contract language to prevent that.
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Six years from now and things will be very different for the AAC if they can produce on the field and in the stadiums. And for those football guys who don't follow bb SMU got a top ten high school bb recruit and took him away from Kentucky.

Man do I want UConn to beat Michigan, Maryland, Rutgers and Louisville in football this season and the men's bb team to get to the sweet sixteen or better.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Six years from now and things will be very different for the AAC if they can produce on the field and in the stadiums. And for those football guys who don't follow bb SMU got a top ten high school bb recruit and took him away from Kentucky.

Man do I want UConn to beat Michigan, Maryland, Rutgers and Louisville in football this season and the men's bb team to get to the sweet sixteen or better.
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Maryland is horrible...so that game is very winnable, Rutgers is very winnable...Louisville is winnable but tougher, and Michigan would be an upset.
 
NBC also missed the boat by underbidding. What were they thinking? They would have done a credible job. Their coverage looks like Olympic level stuff so far (and yes I'm watching Cycling).
 
upstater said:
NBC also missed the boat by underbidding. What were they thinking? They would have done a credible job. Their coverage looks like Olympic level stuff so far (and yes I'm watching Cycling).
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They were thinking UConn and Cincinnati had one foot out the door! Sad thing is if the BE never fell apart with the loss of Cuse and Pitt who knows how much NBC would have ponied up for the BE conference.
 
How hard is it? FS1 had lower ratings in Week 1 than Speed did.
 
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upstater said:
One neat thing about the EPL when it comes to people with families like myself who aren't out every Friday night is that we have Saturday morning get togethers at a local soccer bar here, and the people are already drinking beer by 7 am. I don't arrive until 10. It is a cool thing for the guys to get together for that. We may gather in my living room now with NBC SN, but with kids around, don't think it will be the same.

I think NBC has a really good thing going with this.
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quite the family man. stay home on Friday night to go boozing on Saturday morning. and somehow you make it all the way to 10:00am. Wow.
:)
 
upstater said:
They did show the wrong game though, by featuring Tottenham and Swansea. I can't blame them since Swansea has a lot more talent on the field than Cardiff. This would be the equivalent of featuring a Michigan State versus Virginia game rather than a Michigan versus Appalachian State game on the day Appalachian State upset Michigan.
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you can never go wrong showing the spurs. big following in ct :)

edit: only sorta kidding, i find a large following round here.
 
WestHartHusk said:
you can never go wrong showing the spurs. big following in ct :)

edit: only sorta kidding, i find a large following round here.
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It wasn't CT, it was national. I don't know much about the EPL but seemed strange to me - at least they got to extra time of the Manchester City game.

I was at Duke for UConn the day of the App St upset. Fairly sure that was BTN when no one saw had it and few witnessed it.
 
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