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ESPN Will Lose $75 Million Televising Raiders-Texans Wild Card Game
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:44 pm
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It turns out, and this is positively mind boggling, that ESPN pays $100 million dollars just to air this single wild card game.
Seriously, ESPN is paying $100 million to televise Raiders at Texans on Saturday.
ESPN can only make around $25 million airing this wild card game.
So ESPN will lose $75 million televising one playoff football game.
Holy. shite.
Putting this wild card cost into context, the best deal in televised sports right now is CBS's to carry the top game in the SEC every week. CBS pays $55 million a year for this right, or an average of $3.5 million per game. This means that the SEC title game, which is also included in this package, costs $96.5 million less than the NFL Wild Card game on ESPN. And that the entire SEC on CBS package costs $45 million less than the single NFL wild card game airing on ESPN.
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Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:45 pm to Bench McElroy
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ESPN pays $100 million dollars just to air this single wild card game
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:46 pm to Bench McElroy
That'll lighten the Mouse's pockets a tad
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:46 pm to Bench McElroy
And people wonder why espn is losing money.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:47 pm to Bench McElroy
Why? Why on earth would they do this?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:51 pm to Bench McElroy
who the frick signs off on this ? Daisy Duck ?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:51 pm to Bench McElroy
So what columnists will ESPN fire next?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:53 pm to Bench McElroy
Losing $75 million for a team with a third string QB and a shite Texan team. Jesus Christ.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 7:53 pm to Bench McElroy
Someone should be fired
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And here's the kicker, the game is also simulcast for free on ABC. So you don't even need a cable package to watch this game. That is, ESPN derives no benefit whatsoever from airing this game exclusively on cable. At least with other television properties it has overpaid for, like the college football playoff, the NBA and the major bowl games, ESPN can point out that the only way you can watch these games is with a satellite or cable subscription.
In theory that ensures that ESPN remains on the primary tier for cable and satellite companies.
But not with this game.
Even if you don't have ESPN, you can watch the game on ABC.
Think that's bad? It gets worse.
The NFL assigns ESPN the worst wild card game in the worst time slot on the worst day possible and then decides whether or not it wants to take the $100 million each year. That is, ESPN doesn't even get to choose whether it wants to air the game or not. The NFL just says, "You're airing it, give us $100 million."
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:02 pm to Bench McElroy
Lol. Morons, they are.
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:05 pm to Bench McElroy
How much did it cost the other networks to air the other games this weekend?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:07 pm to Bench McElroy
And some people think they don't factor in ratings when they chose the Football playoffs
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:08 pm to Bench McElroy
Not a lot of accountants in here
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:11 pm to Bench McElroy
How did they come to their figures? And if it's simulcast in ABC why is the entire fee charged to ESPNs division?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:16 pm to Bench McElroy
This is truly an amazing article.
I'm assuming the NFL made them simulcast the game on ABC, too. Just wow.
I'm assuming the NFL made them simulcast the game on ABC, too. Just wow.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:18 pm to Bench McElroy
What was the second highest bidder for these games?
Posted on 1/3/17 at 8:25 pm to BayouBengals03
It will be interesting to see if/when the college sports rights bubble bursts. I have always felt like at some point conferences will look back at realignment with disgust.
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