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[QUOTE="whaler11, post: 1716446, member: 676"]
There will never in a million years be a better revenue machine for college conferences than what has been in place the last decade.

Through the dominance of ESPN and the cable bundle there has been a $100 tax a year on the 80%+ of households that don't watch college sports.

The Pac 12 Network is dead - if it's such a winner Waylon why can't they find anyone to invest - when they are in the investment cradle of the world.

The OTA model was abandoned because it wasn't as lucrative as cable - note they are moving back to
OTA - so this whole direct streaming concept isn't exactly ready for prime time.

The SEC and Big Ten networks are built on the same concept as ESPN, they have the same risks and have enjoyed the same advantages that the networks have.

If you think you are going to stream games directly to peoples homes on a subscription basis and generate the kind of revenue these leagues have been making... I'm sorry but that is absurd.   Nobody is going to have demand at the required price points to even make that plausible.

For example for the Big 12 to collect the $23 million each a year through a streaming apparatus - would need probably 1.75 million subs at $200 a year.   Good luck with that.
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