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TRest said:
From what I recall about the RU rationalization, the B10 network gets $ from each cable subscriber in a state the B10 has a school in, as long as the cable provider carries the B10 network. So the game is to compile potential tv households, not actual tv viewers. And NY state has got em.
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But of course the truth is that states like PA (and let's say PSU is more popular in PA than RU is in NJ) the BTN is not on basic or the first tier of cable. The BTN hasn't struck gold in PA. yet.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
This is true to an extent. They do get money per subscriber, but if the product isn't worth it, such as, if they took Albany, the cable companies won't agree to the charge. So, the cable companies must agree that its worth the charge. Would Comcast Boston agree BC is worth X number of $$ for the BTN? Who knows.
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My understanding is that its partnered with Fox(?) or another heavyweight and gets shoved down their throats. I know it's available to me on comcast xfinity, but I don't pay for the extra sports package so I can't watch it. But instead of getting a couple of bucks a month for the subscription, the B10 still gets like 50 cents just for being there. I may be talking out of my ass at this point, but it sounds incredible.
 
TRest said:
My understanding is that its partnered with Fox(?) or another heavyweight and gets shoved down their throats. I know it's available to me on comcast xfinity, but I don't pay for the extra sports package so I can't watch it. But instead of getting a couple of bucks a month for the subscription, the B10 still gets like 50 cents just for being there. I may be talking out of my ass at this point, but it sounds incredible.
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I get BTN on my cable in Boston as part of a premium sports package. We also get random western fox sports networks as well.
 
TRest said:
My understanding is that its partnered with Fox(?) or another heavyweight and gets shoved down their throats. I know it's available to me on comcast xfinity, but I don't pay for the extra sports package so I can't watch it. But instead of getting a couple of bucks a month for the subscription, the B10 still gets like 50 cents just for being there. I may be talking out of my ass at this point, but it sounds incredible.
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Fox produces it and takes half the profits. That's the beauty. The Big10 doesn't even run it. They just sit back and allow the cash to roll in. They don't have to get involved in hiring broadcasting pros, no equipment or offices to purchase, none of that.
 
I have BTN on my Uverse U300 package. I watched quite a bit of women's softball last spring.
 
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I get BTN in Boston and I don't have any premium packages. It's nice -- it means an extra FB game to pick from when I'm flipping the dial on Saturdays.
 
I get HD BTN on fios in the Boston burbs, and it's not even the extra sports package. My extra sports package would include Yes, SNY etc.
 
The Viking said:
For what it's worth, Syracuse has the 81st ranked TV market while Hartford/NH as we know by now is 30th. Boston is 7th.
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It's not that simple.
  1. Market penetration. 90% of the #50 market > 5% of the #10 market
  2. Demographics. What are the ratings for males 18-49? What are the ratings among high income folks?
  3. Potential. How much is the size of the market expected to grow, and how much could ratings grow within that market?
  4. Ratings in ancillary markets. Syracuse, for example, probably does well in Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany.
  5. National. Nobody cares that Notre Dame is from the tiny South Bend market. But it attracts fans and haters and casual observers from across the country.
 
claver2010 said:
I think there are two camps, the chicken littles that think BC is going to be with Holy Cross, Fordham, Stony Brook and the like and those that realize the ACC isn't dead because a bottom feeder that wasn't a big television draw left.

But in reality more are focused on the most important hiring process in a while that's starting in about 72 hours.
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Bottom feeder? That's pretty funny. BC has hockey, MD lacrosse. But both are bottom feeders otherwise, especially in football. The only difference is some in Maryland care about terrapin sports, and hardly anyone in Boston knows when bc plays.
 
RMoore1999 said:
Bottom feeder? That's pretty funny. BC has hockey, MD lacrosse. But both are bottom feeders otherwise, especially in football. The only difference is some in Maryland care about terrapin sports, and hardly anyone in Boston knows when bc plays.
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Take it easy, man. Claver seems decent enough.
 
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zls44 said:
Take it easy, man. Claver seems decent enough.
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He certainly could be. I actually like very much most I know from bc. But a bc fan labeling Maryland a "bottom feeder" certainly is hilarious in my book.
 
vowelguy said:
It's not that simple.
  1. Market penetration. 90% of the #50 market > 5% of the #10 market
  2. Demographics. What are the ratings for males 18-49? What are the ratings among high income folks?
  3. Potential. How much is the size of the market expected to grow, and how much could ratings grow within that market?
  4. Ratings in ancillary markets. Syracuse, for example, probably does well in Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany.
  5. National. Nobody cares that Notre Dame is from the tiny South Bend market. But it attracts fans and haters and casual observers from across the country.
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Good points, but...

2 thru 5 don't matter. Conn. demographics are higher, upstate has been losing population, Cuse does not do well in Rochester and Buffalo (I get more UConn up here than Cuse, thanks to SNY, and the sports fans hardly ever mention Cuse at all--in fact, the big sports station here which is 85% Bills-Sabres talk will focus more on U. Buffalo football). Cuse, however, does have a much more significant following in Albany. I've lived in all 3 upstate cities (Albany, Rochester and Buffalo) and only Albany is a Cuse city.
 
Bodes well in a sense, wouldn't a natural addition b UConn 2?

Doubt this happens, but who knows. NE is 15mm people, that is more than AL, Tenn, MS combined.

Vuce said:
http://syracusefan.com/threads/i-am-hearing-bc-is-gone.36976/


No idea what is going on but with all the smoke it seems like the B1G is not done. apparently on ESPN OTL Katz said something about a discussion with a B1G AD who said they do not like 14 for the league. It was either 12 or 16.
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upstater said:
Good points, but...

2 thru 5 don't matter. Conn. demographics are higher, upstate has been losing population, Cuse does not do well in Rochester and Buffalo (I get more UConn up here than Cuse, thanks to SNY, and the sports fans hardly ever mention Cuse at all--in fact, the big sports station here which is 85% Bills-Sabres talk will focus more on U. Buffalo football). Cuse, however, does have a much more significant following in Albany. I've lived in all 3 upstate cities (Albany, Rochester and Buffalo) and only Albany is a Cuse city.
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I was speaking generally, not of any specific teams.

#5 doesn't matter?
Much as UConn fans are in denial about this, UConn has no national name in football. Syracuse, much as it has sucked lately, does.
 
claver2010 said:
Even with our current buffoon of a head coach, you realize since joining the ACC (8 seasons, pretty decent sample size) we're averaging 7.5 wins per season right? Don't think that qualifies as a bottom feeder. Maryland is averaging 5.5

As for the people don't care about BC, you do realize we have a higher attendance per game than Maryland does in our worst season in decades (coming off what was our worst in a decade)? And both of us are several thousand ahead of UConn.

But never let facts get in the way of a good rant.
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It was more of an observation of relative value than a rant, but whatever. But attendance? That's an interesting measure, to be sure.

If the ACC could retain either bc or MD, who would they select?
 
vowelguy said:
I was speaking generally, not of any specific teams.

#5 doesn't matter?
Much as UConn fans are in denial about this, UConn has no national name in football. Syracuse, much as it has sucked lately, does.
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Judging from the ACC reaction last year, this difference is absolutely minimal. The treatment of Syracuse football across the nation is similar to the treatment of UConn football, even if Cuse has a lot more history.
 
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RMoore1999 said:
It was more of an observation of relative value than a rant, but whatever. But attendance? That's an interesting measure, to be sure.

If the ACC could retain either bc or MD, who would they select?
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They pad their attendance. UConn saw this up close in Maryland this year. Not nearly as much as claimed. Both schools have a U Miami sense of attendance, while UConn counts the gate. I haven't been to a BC game recently but plenty of Husky fans report that the numbers are not nearly what BC claims.
 
claver2010 said:
Even with our current buffoon of a head coach, you realize since joining the ACC (8 seasons, pretty decent sample size) we're averaging 7.5 wins per season right? Don't think that qualifies as a bottom feeder. Maryland is averaging 5.5

As for the people don't care about BC, you do realize we have a higher attendance per game than Maryland does in our worst season in decades (coming off what was our worst in a decade)? And both of us are several thousand ahead of UConn.

But never let facts get in the way of a good rant.

Edit: thanks zls
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Claver here's the last three years for you. Not including this season.

Uconn:
2009 38229
2010 38248
2011 36668

Bc:
2009: 35716
2010: 38369
2011: 35709

Maryland:
2009: 44452
2010 39168
2011: 42355
 
husky210 said:
Claver here's the last three years for you. Not including this season.

Uconn:
2009 38229
2010 38248
2011 36668

Bc:
2009: 35716
2010: 38369
2011: 35709

Maryland:
2009: 44452
2010 39168
2011: 42355
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There you go, letting your facts get in the way of Claver's good rant...;)

(*by the way, Claver has always been "good people" on the board, and has claimed the title of "My least hated BC fan"...)
 
claver2010 said:
Even with our current buffoon of a head coach, you realize since joining the ACC (8 seasons, pretty decent sample size) we're averaging 7.5 wins per season right? Don't think that qualifies as a bottom feeder. Maryland is averaging 5.5

As for the people don't care about BC, you do realize we have a higher attendance per game than Maryland does in our worst season in decades (coming off what was our worst in a decade)? And both of us are several thousand ahead of UConn.

But never let facts get in the way of a good rant.

Edit: thanks zls
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claver i have a prediction for u. prep wins 2 or more state championships this winter. yes thats what i said. pm i have some prep stuff to tell ya.

your attendance is vs acc teams and ours vs nbe so throwing uconn it it isn't a equal playing field as some here think the acc is planets better on the field. anyway u also had some great home games like nd this year...but yea i agree, fuck md.

claver is good ppl yarders...and u know what a ja i am to most bc fans...
 
I was in Maryland this year for our game. They had 25,000 people there tops, and 40-50% were UConn fans. The upper deck had entire sections completely empty.

If it's any indication just how little Maryland fans cared about their team, I sat in the first row behind the UConn bench for $15 a ticket.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
claver i have a prediction for u. prep wins 2 or more state championships this winter. yes thats what i said. pm i have some prep stuff to tell ya.

your attendance is vs acc teams and ours vs nbe so throwing uconn it it isn't a equal playing field as some here think the acc is planets better on the field. anyway u also had some great home games like nd this year...but yea i agree, **** md.

claver is good ppl yarders...and u know what a ja i am to most bc fans...
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No one attacked claver personally or called him/her a d---bag, at least not in this thread. For me part, i merely was amused at the pot calling the kettle black.
 
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RMoore1999 said:
No one attacked claver personally or called him/her a d---bag, at least not in this thread. For me part, i merely was amused at the pot calling the kettle black.
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well then thats not fair to him not to get the bc treatment first then become a ok member of the yard right?

FUCK YOU CLAVERBITCH
 
HuskyfanDan said:
well then thats not fair to him not to get the bc treatment first then become a ok member of the yard right?

**** YOU CLAVERBITCH
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true enough....after all, even b*tches like this deserve a place in the pound:

worlds_ugliest_dog_2012_contest_640_07.jpg
 
MattMang23 said:
I was in Maryland this year for our game. They had 25,000 people there tops, and 40-50% were UConn fans. The upper deck had entire sections completely empty.

If it's any indication just how little Maryland fans cared about their team, I sat in the first row behind the UConn bench for $15 a ticket.
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And then Claver comes around to tell us that Maryland gets more through its gates than UConn.
 
upstater said:
They pad their attendance. UConn saw this up close in Maryland this year. Not nearly as much as claimed. Both schools have a U Miami sense of attendance, while UConn counts the gate. I haven't been to a BC game recently but plenty of Husky fans report that the numbers are not nearly what BC claims.
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Yeah UConn counts the gate. Right. They count just like everyone else - tickets distributed. UConn's no show percentage just isn't as high at Maryland's and BC's yet.
 
upstater said:
And then Claver comes around to tell us that Maryland gets more through its gates than UConn.
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Lol, well in fairness I bought the tickets through stubhub so I have no idea how much the Maryland fan I bought them from paid for them.
 
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