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RE: If the SEC did expand again and did so from the Big 12 who should we take and why?
(12-15-2017 02:21 AM)JRsec Wrote:  I not only think that something like that is possible, but probable. Maybe there are a few key games that purchasable only through a streaming, or the purchase of a premium cable package. That package can be FOX Big 10 or PAC channels, or ESPN's SEC and ACC channels. Buy those at a tier on standard cable and you gain access to the whole streaming package. Don't and they are sold severally, virtually as they are now with ESPN3.

If they didn't want to go that route then a Saturday ticket on an upper tier gets you the same, only with your HD cable package you get it in much higher quality.

I think there's a lot of wiggle room there for both.

Speaking of some sort of 'out of market package,' I was reading through this article in another thread and saw some interesting tidbits.

Cal's Chancellor criticizes PAC 12

I was particularly intrigued by this...

Quote:With a hint of exasperation, Christ noted, “We didn’t know when the Big Game was going to be played until six days before.”

She then expressed dismay over the extent to which control of sporting life on the campuses has been handed over to the conference’s television partners.

“I know that sounds trivial,’’ she said, “but part of the value of football to the institution is community building, and it makes it very hard to realize that value with the constant jerking around of game times.”

It was suggested to Christ that the conference had traded control of the schedule — the flexibility to set kickoff times at late dates — for a more lucrative contract with ESPN and Fox.

“I know it’s impossible to turn the clock back … to a simpler time in athletics when football games were always at 1 p.m. and they were big occasions in the campus’ community life, and all the games were on the weekends, and the athletes were less challenged by being students and athletes, too.

“It’s not that the Pac-12 is the sole actor in all that, but it’s the way in which we entered this world of cable TV-dominated sports scheduling, with all its negative aspects.”

Christ went on to note the demands placed on athletes by the Pac-12 Networks, which broadcast hundreds of Olympic sports events.

In addition to football, she said, there are “distortions in other schedules, where athletes are traveling in the middle of the week and it’s compromising their attendance in classes because of the Pac-12 Network, in which they’re broadcasting all these games to, I think, very small TV audiences.

“Fundamentally, this has to be about the student experience.’’

The easiest way to solve the scheduling issue is to have regional broadcasting. After all, there are way too many games to show on national TV simultaneously. It pushes certain contests to the fringes and makes it harder on fans and athletes. The revenue doesn't necessarily make up for the headaches.

When you consider that fans would rather attend games at reasonable times and most of your viewers for most games are within your region then it just makes too much sense.
12-15-2017 03:31 PM
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schools making profits - jhawkmvp - 11-12-2014, 12:32 AM
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RE: If the SEC did expand again and did so from the Big 12 who should we take and why? - AllTideUp - 12-15-2017 03:31 PM
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