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Are you trolling? I don't read every thread, but I haven't seen that sentiment here. I think ESPN and their parent company are in a tough spot with no real vision on what needs to change...

Something is amiss in Dabo World...

Clemson just flat out wasn't prepared for Duke. It was supposed to be a cupcake, but the cupcake punched them in the face. With all that talent, this is on the coaches.

Don't disagree, but there's also the black swan of cord cutting and the old "slowly at first, then all at once" nature of paradigm shifts. It was easy to see coming if you looked for it, but the money was good and nobody wanted to see it. They were all sure the rights value would continue to...

I'm not sure the age demographic holds water any more. I have quite a few friends my age(>65) that have cut the cord for cost savings and because of the dearth of entertainment. ETA - Both of my daughters(mid-30s) have cable-like packages. One youtubetv and the other DTV streaming.

I should have been clearer. My reaction was to Klubnik's ranking.

It appears to me that the value of broadcast rights has already peaked. The next few years are going to be very interesting for ESPN. They(and their parent co.) know that the current business model is dying, but they can't seem to get a handle on the future. DIS itself is a massive dumpster...

Oof...

This post may not age well. Duke looked pretty good last night....

Duke looked surprisingly good and Clemson appeared unprepared.

Shared for its entertainment value...

That's how I understand it. SMU's campus will be a "hub" for these sports. Not sure how "home/away" will work...

I read that for sports other than football and basketball, the west coast schools will play east coast schools in Dallas at the SMU campus to help with travel.

Way back in this thread somewhere, it was mentioned that they have a group of wealthy alumni that pledged approximately $500M to make it happen.

My guess is that UNC's main objection is that expansion would further dilute their power within the conference. IMO, that's the best feature of this proposal...

Amazon looking to help develop "direct to consumer" ESPN platform: Amazon Joins Growing List Of Suitors In Talks With Disney About ESPN $20-35/mo?

Expiration date?? Beer?? Madness!!

Wouldn't be the first time that a network got a bit ahead of their skis...

The entire DIS organization is a disaster right now. ESPN knows that they have a dying business model and are trying to cut costs wherever they can. They had overpaid much of their on-air talent(cough:david pollack), so they've cut down the middle tier. Both top line revenue and profit are...

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