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CL82 said:
Lol, I want to be critical of your last sentence, but, man, she was abysmal wasn't she? :D
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I don't even want to be critical of her -- I have heard her call a basketball game and she is competent. I am amazed that CBS would put someone who had never called a game anywhere else on the air without adequate testing and training just because they had hired her to do some basketball.
 
UConnJim said:
That is the only reason the ACC is looking at Stanford/Cal/SMU. They are additive to the linear ACC Network. I think it is short sighted, but that’s the driver.
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Apparently, for reasons I don't understand, they are not willing to change their strategy 180 degrees just because Muntz thinks they're stupid. Go figure.
 
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CTFAN4LIFE said:
Whether you call it boomer or not, the reality is that cable still outperforms streaming and it likely will until a tipping point in another 3-5 years. People with the means will continue to want cable and a conventional large screen for the ease of it and channel surfing. Media strategies have to embrace both until technology advances make streaming more user-friendly.
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I am saying that where you are on the cable dial has become completely irrelevant. Most people don't know and don't care what channel they are watching when they watch a game. The days of surfing through channels and stopping on ESPN are over.

Just out of a desire for survival, at some point cable is going to morph into something that looks a lot like streaming. The key point is that ESPN's monopoly on access will be broken. That is all we really need, because then it becomes a free-for-all for viewers, and I like UConn's odds in that scenario.
 
Beachview said:
I can’t see the higher ups at uconn doing anything this stupid..i can see them doing a money grab for all sports and a full share at the expense of our basketball
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I would love it. Just so i could see the heads of people like you explode.
 
businesslawyer said:
There is a long line of teams. But none of them are programs we are emulating or striving to be. Yes, Georgia State and Toledo and San Jose State would all take our home football exposure and money. And?
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Duh, why would we emulate anyone who is striving to achieve what we already have? I bet that sounded a lot more insightful in your head.
 
businesslawyer said:
I don't even want to be critical of her -- I have heard her call a basketball game and she is competent. I am amazed that CBS would put someone who had never called a game anywhere else on the air without adequate testing and training just because they had hired her to do some basketball.
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I'm sure they have their reasons, whether it was a desire to have their announcing staff look more inclusive, or maybe just take a talented commentator and expand her range, but I agree with you she was terrible and didn't seem thoroughly unprepared.
 
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Exit 4 said:
And what he outlines certainly fits the narratives we have seen. Zaga/UConn has probably been the B12 preferred goal the entire time as BB only. We are the ones slowing it down- holding out for the full ticket.
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Beachview said:
I can’t see the higher ups at uconn doing anything this stupid..i can see them doing a money grab for all sports and a full share at the expense of our basketball
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I have a different opinion. I say take it as long as a football alliance is included. We can be the ND of the B12. It must run through the same timeline as the current B12 media contract. Then we will “invest” in football like there is no tomorrow. Cheat, steal, whatever it takes. It gives us 5-6 years to get this the ship turned around.
 
Blades said:
SO true...... it's like they enjoy the carnage, SMH !
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This does go to the point that all the major conferences have a few teams who the media partners know bring zero value by themselves but rather just serve as fodder and programming hours for the teams who do bring value.
 
Big Loubowski said:
Honest question though: if the endgame is to be fully part of a conference, and they agreed join a big conf in bball only and FB scheduling preference, that conf has no financial incentive to add them as a full partner in the future even if FB gets better. Why would they? The conf is getting a better product for nothing. I get the risk of getting completely left without a conf. though. Not sure what is realistic anymore.
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how about if there is an end game - full membership after a set period of time
 
HuskyinWRNY said:
how about if there is an end game - full membership after a set period of time
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Would be nice, but what incentive does the conf have to agree to that? In theory they could add them later if UConn FB improved. This arrangement is one sided, and imo you only consider doing something like this if you are out of options (they might be), and there is no hope of a better situation in the future.
 
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Big Loubowski said:
Would be nice, but what incentive does the conf have to agree to that? In theory they could add them later if UConn FB improved. This arrangement is one sided, and imo you only consider doing something like this if you are out of options (they might be), and there is no hope of a better situation in the future.
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thats the point. it cant be one sided
 
NBC gave up on their sports cable channel. They didn't even bother to have a goodbye sendoff. It just died after an auto auction one night.
 
ZooCougar said:
Once you one button types die Cable is dunzo.
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Sorry, but I stream more than I watch via cable... If you're running a media company now and gun is to your head, where do you put your less than 3 year business strategy?
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Sorry, but I stream more than I watch via cable... If you're running a media company now and gun is to your head, where do you put your less than 3 year business strategy?
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Networks that are affiliated with YouTube TV and Fubo. Stuff like that.
 
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ESPNs future is kind shaky. College Basketball is the one sport they have really stopped covering, and I think that continues. They overdo women’s basketball because it is cheap.

ESPN is in an era of consolidation of content, not grabbing content. Eventually, I think Apple or ALPHABET will buy them, or as Iger said, they will reach out to major sports league as equity partners. The TV channel is so poorly run right now I can’t deal with it.

They are, clearly, out of the news business. It costs so much to break news, and news travels fast it is impossible to monetize. Just no value in sports news.

get ready for content on gambling, non-stop.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Yeah I'm not sure where FSU thinks it's going to go to make more money. The B1G is probably closed for business at this point. The SEC is not in any rush to expand, and have always taken a slow measured approach to realignment. Go ahead FSU. Leave your safe harbor in the ACC and get humbled. You're not worth what you think you are, and a lot of power schools will face this harsh reality in the coming years.
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Original SEC schools like Florida have a veto over another school from the same state being admitted to the conference.
 
baggerbob said:
Original SEC schools like Florida have a veto over another school from the same state being admitted to the conference.
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I guess it comes down to whether or not Florida would exercise that veto, or could they use it to extract some beneficial concessions though I don't know what those would be in a conference where everyone seems happy and making boatloads of money.
 
JohnFSilver said:
ESPNs future is kind shaky. College Basketball is the one sport they have really stopped covering, and I think that continues. They overdo women’s basketball because it is cheap.

ESPN is in an era of consolidation of content, not grabbing content. Eventually, I think Apple or ALPHABET will buy them, or as Iger said, they will reach out to major sports league as equity partners. The TV channel is so poorly run right now I can’t deal with it.

They are, clearly, out of the news business. It costs so much to break news, and news travels fast it is impossible to monetize. Just no value in sports news.

get ready for content on gambling, non-stop.
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What you say makes sense. Incoming recession or not there's just a lot of money being thrown at college sports that I can't see it continuing.
 
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