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What Would Be Your Reaction When ESPN offers Bama $400 Million for Third Tier ?
Posted on 11/2/11 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 11/2/11 at 8:20 pm
It could happen. They don't have to share with SEC.
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Posted on 11/2/11 at 8:36 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
I hope we can just get an SEC Network and avoid that situation. I would be surprised that they would get 100 Million more than Texas though.
Posted on 11/2/11 at 8:52 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
Come on dude, you smoke? 
Posted on 11/2/11 at 8:59 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
Don't think ESPN will be offering any individual school that kind of money for tier 3 after the mess with LHN.
Posted on 11/2/11 at 9:12 pm to Blakely Bimbo
quote:
Don't think ESPN will be offering any individual school that kind of money for tier 3 after the mess with LHN.
THIS!
Posted on 11/2/11 at 9:18 pm to Duckie
My reaction, "Nice April Fools, a-hole."
Posted on 11/2/11 at 9:47 pm to daboman of Aggieland
Posted on 11/2/11 at 9:56 pm to Pedro
SEC wouldn't allow it to happen.
Posted on 11/2/11 at 10:01 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
The OP has zero clue as to how cable channels make money. They may be Ala-frickin-bama, but the popoulation of that state is small, and they wouldn't get top dollar expanded basic subscription rates outside of Alabama. Texas was a one of a kind deal, and after the beating ESPN is going to take, it will probably be none of a kind within a short time period (I'm guessing within six years).
Posted on 11/2/11 at 10:09 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
Alabama is not Texas. Won't happen.
Posted on 11/2/11 at 11:55 pm to Bubba Hotep
very proud bama fan but we are not texas or norte dame. I doubt we would sign any deal with espn, that is anything like the LHN. Bama has deal now that is around 8 mil a year so we are doing alright. The truth be known I doubt bama would go for a espn deal, we helped build the SEC, I doubt we want to destroy it. Like I said we are not Texas or ND. JMO
Posted on 11/3/11 at 8:13 am to bamalee
Bama doesn't have the appeal of Texas.
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Posted on 11/3/11 at 8:23 am to Touchdowns4LSU
Won't happen for many reasons already posted, but also part of the SEC tv deal as is includes broadcast of sports that would typically be third tier - volleyball, softball, gymnastics, swimming/diving. Every Friday night for the past 6 weeks ESPNU has had an SEC volleyball game on. So unless they wanted to televise just OOC things, a third tier rights network wouldn't be feasible with the current contract.
Posted on 11/3/11 at 8:54 am to Elleshoe
quote:
Bama doesn't have the appeal of Texas.
/thread
Or the fanbase
Posted on 11/3/11 at 9:18 am to Elleshoe
quote:
Bama doesn't have the appeal of Tex
Apparently Texas doesn't have the appeal of Texas either. I don't see any Tier 3 deals near that amount in the future.
Posted on 11/3/11 at 9:45 am to Touchdowns4LSU
quote:
It could happen.
No it couldnt. Go look at the providers who have picked up the LHN (a school with a larger alumni base better overall sports and fans in larger media markets) and then get back to me.
Posted on 11/3/11 at 11:05 am to Duckie
I don't think Bama is going to screw up what they already have. If they do, they risk alienating themselves as much as Texas has.
The SEC is as good as it gets for college football and Bama knows that, they would not risk losing significant rivalries and games that go back a long time. As much as they hate Tenn, Auburn, etc. they know they need them as much as any other opponent.
Otherwise they become an independent like Notre Dame, but with the way conferences are trending Notre Dame will need a conference for football in order to stay relevant
The SEC is as good as it gets for college football and Bama knows that, they would not risk losing significant rivalries and games that go back a long time. As much as they hate Tenn, Auburn, etc. they know they need them as much as any other opponent.
Otherwise they become an independent like Notre Dame, but with the way conferences are trending Notre Dame will need a conference for football in order to stay relevant
Posted on 11/3/11 at 11:30 am to Touchdowns4LSU
What Would Be Your Reaction When ESPN offers Bama $400 Million for Third Tier ?
It could happen.
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Replying before I read the thread, so this has probably been stated, but to the OP:
Yeah, because Bama has such a large population to devote an entire channel to for that type of money.
It could happen.
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Replying before I read the thread, so this has probably been stated, but to the OP:
Yeah, because Bama has such a large population to devote an entire channel to for that type of money.
Posted on 11/3/11 at 11:36 am to Touchdowns4LSU
UA is a relatively small school from a small state. I think the 8-9 million per year they get now is about the most they'll ever see. Which is plenty if you ask me, considering all the other money they get.
This post was edited on 11/3/11 at 11:37 am
Posted on 11/3/11 at 12:46 pm to Touchdowns4LSU
I would be pissed. Even if the LHN debacle hadn't occurred, i would hope that Slive would be smart enough to realize that even though there wasn't a rule in place to stop it that it shouldn't happen. The SEC's success has come from what the conference as a whole means to college football, not 1 team. The conference needs a TV deal, not a single team. Give 1 team a deal and that school will grow stronger, but at the expense of alienating/weakening another school, thus weakening the conference as a whole.
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