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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 883477" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>There is heavy speculation that ESPN will not be owned by Disney very much longer. (measured in years not in days or months) The ESPN business model is trending downward and if nothing is changed will not have enough money to pay for the content. Disney is happy to pull in easy money while it is rolling in, but isn't going to subsidize ESPN if it starts losing money. </p><p></p><p>One of the speculations is that a spin-off ESPN company will get into sports betting. (Something that Disney likely wouldn't do from a company image perspective) They could make money by tying the broadcasts into their own online sports betting business. They could show spreads, could show updated odds during an entire game and keep bets coming in. I think that business model would suit the SEC well. I'm not sure the Big10 would be excited about it. I think the ACC is probably split between schools/fans that would see that as a positive and those that would see it as a negative.</p><p></p><p>Overall, with conference expansion, there is a lot more involved that simply whether the football program is good or not. Some people believe that ND would be happy in the SEC, but would they be happy to potentially be heavily involved with gambling in the future? People see Miami as a potential SEC team, I don't think Miami would have any issues with gambling if it raised their revenue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 883477, member: 2426"] There is heavy speculation that ESPN will not be owned by Disney very much longer. (measured in years not in days or months) The ESPN business model is trending downward and if nothing is changed will not have enough money to pay for the content. Disney is happy to pull in easy money while it is rolling in, but isn't going to subsidize ESPN if it starts losing money. One of the speculations is that a spin-off ESPN company will get into sports betting. (Something that Disney likely wouldn't do from a company image perspective) They could make money by tying the broadcasts into their own online sports betting business. They could show spreads, could show updated odds during an entire game and keep bets coming in. I think that business model would suit the SEC well. I'm not sure the Big10 would be excited about it. I think the ACC is probably split between schools/fans that would see that as a positive and those that would see it as a negative. Overall, with conference expansion, there is a lot more involved that simply whether the football program is good or not. Some people believe that ND would be happy in the SEC, but would they be happy to potentially be heavily involved with gambling in the future? People see Miami as a potential SEC team, I don't think Miami would have any issues with gambling if it raised their revenue. [/QUOTE]
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