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re: BIG10 reaching out to UVA,UNC & Georgia Tech

Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:55 pm to
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 2/19/13 at 3:55 pm to
Right now. Yes. But that same money from bundled packages will not be there in the future genius. That is my argument and my point...

Eta: if you can't see the current backwards cable model of today I'm clearly wasting my time here
This post was edited on 2/19/13 at 3:57 pm
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 2/19/13 at 4:08 pm to
I fail to see how the conferences get screwed in your hypothetical scenario where no one is willing to pay for tv anymore.

Conference expansion leads to more money now, why should the conferences give a shite about what tv packages will be worth 15 years from now?

Unless you are saying conference expansion will prevent them from making more down the road for whatever reason and I would be interested to hear how you think they can make more by not expanding.

I do agree that the money you can make off of TV will never be greater than what it is right now but you could definitely debate that. Who knows what value adding the playoff will bring.
This post was edited on 2/19/13 at 4:22 pm
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59184 posts
Posted on 2/19/13 at 4:26 pm to
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Derp. Obviously The teams at the top can still be good. Why add poverty schools to that mix? Maryland? Rutgers? Lmao I was Lmao


well that's been explained ad nausem. That you don't agree with the business model is fine, that you think it's outdated is also fine, but even if you are right, which I'm not 100% sure I agree, it will be years before that happens. There will still be demand for college sports and someone will pay for it.

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Like I said... that trend exists for a reason... And so do the projections of future TV packages


the reason the trend exists is that there are people opting out of cable, that doesn't mean everyone will in the next 10 years. I'm not so sure it will be cheaper to go ala carte for everything. I find it somewhat amusing that people whine and complain about paying $80 for cable, but will pay more than that for smart phne plans and another $40-50 for internet service. You have to get the content to your devise somehow, so if cable goes away, they can shift and we are talking years down the road anyway.






This post was edited on 2/19/13 at 4:30 pm
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