Streaming sports is still too painful from subpar production quality to the crap MLB is pulling and it's only going to get worse. If that's the future, then sports are screwed except for a very narrow minority of truly diehard fans who will jump through all of the hoops and pay up to see every game.
I've watched UConn baseball on UConn +. It's a decent broadcast. As streaming becomes more commonplace you will see better commentators and production values. UConn among many others, has shown it can be done.
I find the spreading out of games onto exclusive services the bigger pain which is what MLB is doing this season: some games on MLB.tv, some are just blacked out so you better have cable, some on Apple TV, some on Peacock, etc. I guess MLB makes more money by selling the parts than just selling the whole package of games. Reminds me of the B1G's new TV contract in spreading out the games to every major network because they could rake in more money than just selling half the games to ESPN and the other half to Fox/BTN.
That's the game. Production quality is fine if they want it to be. The issue is achieving universality of access. The network TV channels have it. ESPN has it. FSI falls just short of it. Everything else? Peacock isn't going to have it. Paramount+ isn't going to have it. Hulu isn't going to have it. Apple isn't either. Amazon is closer. The theory is: people want all of X team's games and so will sign up for 3-4 streaming services. No. They won't.
Yeah I hear you are. It certainly makes hopping around during the game a little more challenging. Eventually though they will all likely be part of your integrated television menu (without separate signs) and thus not harder to access than different channels on cable.
The world is changing quickly and I don't think people understand the changes. There are 200 million Amazon Prime members globally with ~150 million Prime members in the US. With Prime, you get Prime Video for free. There are approximately 124 million TV households in the US, so Prime Video already has the ability to reach at least the same number of TV households in the US.
Excellent description! Let’s hope someone at UConn is planning for this
Sure, and Prime got there because they offered free shipping on Amazon orders. That's how they built that subscriber base. But they also have a FireTV user base. Apple has an Apple TV user base and an Apple+ user base. What Apple and Amazon have in common is that they are platforms. You can get STARZ, BBC, AMC+, MAX, Showtime, and dozens more via Prime, plus rent movies in the rental market. Apple+ does the same thing. It's meant as a Hub for where you consume everything, not just Apple+. But Apple doesn't have the free shipping hook and other benefits (books etc.) that Prime has.
Why would they need a push?
Are they there yet? The way it looks to me is that every time we are about to get a bid it leaks and someone else jumps. Been like that since this all started. Especially with the Big 12. seems like that's their way of saying last chance to jump to anyone else that might be hoping for something bigger but maybe willing to jump if they get spooked as a last resort. It's not like anyone else from the PAC really was excited about the big 12. They went as far as saying they didn't want it then a few days later they were all over it.
exit fee
exit fees aren't an issue if there is a merger. but the exit fee for MW teams is much higher than it is for AAC teams so it only makes sense for the PAC 4 to merge with the MW and then poach 2-4 AAC teams.
Presumably they don't want Hawaii, San Jose State, etc.
Some of the MWC teams aren't good adds. Some of the AAC teams are. The challenge is avoiding the exit fee without taking say, Wyoming.
I mean why would the Pac4 teams need a push? If they were any hope of them receiving an invite, it would have already happened.
In my opinion, it hasn't happened because the 15th is tomorrow. Big12, and PAC rest, is waiting for what happens with the ACC. IF FSU suddenly leaves, that starts a whole boatload of dominoes falling so the Big12 is sitting pat until tomorrow. if everything stays as is we see what happens. But like the guy said there is no reason for the leak unless there's they are trying to accomplish something with it.
and presumably the PAC4 dont want charlotte, ECSU, north texas, FAU, etc. either
I mean if it works I will 1) laugh, 2) take it.
