(05-25-2017 01:04 PM)Dawgxas Wrote: (05-25-2017 12:04 PM)pesik Wrote: (05-25-2017 10:54 AM)Dawgxas Wrote: (05-25-2017 10:17 AM)pesik Wrote: (05-25-2017 08:57 AM)Dawgxas Wrote: All indications is that ESPN will offer the AAC significantly less, will the AAC follow the CUSA model and pursue these other platforms?
1 almost zero credible people think we are getting significantly less or less at all...the debate by those who think the bubble is bursting is a tiny raise nothing significant like the 3x as much upgrade weve been pushing for.. the debate is 2.5mil-ish or 6mil-ish (currently 2 mil)
2. pursue these other platforms?? willingness to pay us and willingness to air us are different things..you can argue their willingness to pay us, you can't really with their willingness to air us..espn put 5 AAC fball games on ABC when they were only required 3...big 10 had to move its bball tourney next year to a week earlier (for msg) ..and cbs announced because of that they are going to move the AAC to headline cbs run into selection sunday, instead of the big 10..they like airing us just prefer to do it for cheap.. i doubt we'll have to be as creative as c-usa
1. ESPN payed the Big 12 $10 million not to add AAC schools, because they want to increase the AAC contract
2. ESPN is reducing outreach and laying off employees left and right so they will have more money to spend on an AAC contract
3. Another 12% decline for ESPN this year and DIS shareholders want to spin off ESPN because of the drag on DIS stock. Every single day ESPN losses 10,000 subscribers so it only make sense that they will increase the AAC contract
4. Aresco added non-football member Wichita State so the conference could get NCAA tourney credits because he knew the TV contract is going to increase
Makes sense Pesik thanks for enlightening us
1. yes they paid the big 12 not to expand ..you could pay 10mil once , or pay the big 12 24mil a year for ONE team every year (or 45mil for 2 teams) while still likely being required to pay for the AAC....note the desired increase for the AAC is 40 mil (60mil total)...for 14 teams .. paying not to expand is just a smart business move, and has no indication on the AAC tv deal other than they dont see us individually worth 24 mil each (i could have told you that beforehand)
2. Disney's ceo reacted to this..he said how ridiculous the media is making this..that they fire 100 employees out of 8000 and people act like its a big deal..that espn just wanted to go in a new direction for more digital friendly personalities ..they have since hired a ton of new staff including Adrian Wojnarowski and gave tebow a multiyear deal..(it actually got backlash for being insensitive to the people fired).
3. disney has never wanted to spin espn into its own stock...this was debunked almost immediately after this fake news came out, its been months since being debunked and you still believe this..and this was espn's most viewed year ever..despite the "losing subscribers" narrative espn is more popular than ever. cable is collapsing not espn, espn is just figuring out what the new platform will be and how it will transition to it
http://www.economist.com/news/business/2...cribers-it
4. this is ridiculous, im to lazy to look it up but in the first interviews after wichita. the interviewer insinuated that this would bring lots of ncaa credits as to why it was a good add.. he literally said he and the presidents didnt care about that. the add of wichita was a perception add.. to push the perception of the strength of the league. that for p6 to happen we must first get the general public to believe. he then noted over 500 major publications released headlining articles All praising the strength of the AAC has been made since the addition (and it was just 2 days in then) ..
4b. if aresco doesnt think we are going to get a raise he wouldn't be going to every media outlet saying that we are.. he was on espn radio literally 5 days ago, saying that he believe we are going to double our deal by "multiple" folds (we are assuming 3, thats why i chose 6mil) he made a joke that our current pay is borderline a rounding error. and i think he truly believes we are getting a raise as he was honest about everything else..he doesn't think we are going to be getting regular 5 stars or keep coaches even if p6 happened but noted many of the p5 can either
almost all your points are just wrong
Steep drop in Revenue and 150% increase in Contract obligations. That could only mean one thing.... a increase for the AAC
Thanks for enlightening us Pesik
7.3 Billion total this chart only shows major sports committments
im in information systems ..have you heard of the term "information bias"...that is when you set a scale to amplify information to add bias.. we are told any scale not set to zero is biased
and you realize that espn 5x the current aac deal wouldnt alter their total "major sports commitments"..while at the same time losing the AAC would drastically alter their ability to fill slots...
in the words of aresco (who was a cbs exec for 15 years) you dont turn down a good deal that makes money even when you are losing money
and espn isnt dying, cable is (and the loses will eventually plateau like it did for radio, when the internet came) espn is more popular than ever...espn has directly said the way to successfully survive the transition is to own content and that personalities are replaceable.. ohio state fans arent going to stop watching ohio state, they will follow you to which ever platform you go to
again espn is just transitioning to a new platform, and no transition is smooth..espn isnt going to make long term decisions on short term struggles..
espn actually gained a ton of subscribers back through online services (sling, playstation vue etc.)
houston Louisville was the most streamed game ever in espn history
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releas...-football/
but i have no clue why im trying to debate with you, we have had numerous debates with you over the years reason has never reached you...
classics like why c-usa is and going to keep being better than the aac 2 years ago, or other classics like why would anyone in c-usa jump to the AAC a year ago, or my personal favorites were your opinions of c-usa's tv value before the reports of the actual worth came out (about not really losing much, when the aac teams left )
you have homer colored glasses and i cant fault you for that