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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 954236" data-attributes="member: 282"><p><strong><em>I’ve deleted politics-leaning comments. If you have an old reply that you’re dying to post, that’ll get recycled too. </em></strong></p><p></p><p>For the people who think the ACC was caught napping, this backs up that opinion: [MEDIA=twitter]1687650378026745856[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>There is the ESPN factor, too. Both the SEC and the ACC have their financial backing from ESPN, which is in a kind of spending freeze. More games or new teams would both cut into the existing funds instead of generate new funds. B10 and B12 have more flexibility because of Fox and CBS. </p><p></p><p>Structurally, the underlying networks don’t look good. The argument for overpaying for football has always been that it’s a loss leader, and that NFL games will get people to stick around and watch Murder She Wrote afterwards. CBS’s top shows are Ghosts, Fire Country, and Survivor. ABC is showing “Press your Luck” in prime time. I don’t even know what NBC is doing other than bringing back “Law and Order”. College football games don’t seem likely to give a boost to a show about a retired person solving murders. CBS is trying to make Paramount streaming work, NBC is trying to make Peacock work, Fox has FX and Hulu (kinda).</p><p></p><p>Several factors killed the P12. </p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The B1G poached two of their most valuable brands in USC and UCLA to keep up with the TX/OU acquisition by the SEC</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The P12’s media rights came up in the wrong year—ESPN is not buying, and no one else is really bidding for new contracts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Because of (2), the remaining stable P12 brands went looking for whatever they could get in existing contracts. B12 took the southwestern teams, and B1G took Oregon and Washington at a massive discount to their other teams. Oregon and Washington are making less than ACC teams. </li> </ol><p>I’m looking more at the state of the industry. I’m not worried—if ESPN folds, life will go on for me—but I think that the state of ESPN is a bigger risk than FSU’s lawyers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 954236, member: 282"] [B][I]I’ve deleted politics-leaning comments. If you have an old reply that you’re dying to post, that’ll get recycled too. [/I][/B] For the people who think the ACC was caught napping, this backs up that opinion: [MEDIA=twitter]1687650378026745856[/MEDIA] There is the ESPN factor, too. Both the SEC and the ACC have their financial backing from ESPN, which is in a kind of spending freeze. More games or new teams would both cut into the existing funds instead of generate new funds. B10 and B12 have more flexibility because of Fox and CBS. Structurally, the underlying networks don’t look good. The argument for overpaying for football has always been that it’s a loss leader, and that NFL games will get people to stick around and watch Murder She Wrote afterwards. CBS’s top shows are Ghosts, Fire Country, and Survivor. ABC is showing “Press your Luck” in prime time. I don’t even know what NBC is doing other than bringing back “Law and Order”. College football games don’t seem likely to give a boost to a show about a retired person solving murders. CBS is trying to make Paramount streaming work, NBC is trying to make Peacock work, Fox has FX and Hulu (kinda). Several factors killed the P12. [LIST=1] [*]The B1G poached two of their most valuable brands in USC and UCLA to keep up with the TX/OU acquisition by the SEC [*]The P12’s media rights came up in the wrong year—ESPN is not buying, and no one else is really bidding for new contracts [*]Because of (2), the remaining stable P12 brands went looking for whatever they could get in existing contracts. B12 took the southwestern teams, and B1G took Oregon and Washington at a massive discount to their other teams. Oregon and Washington are making less than ACC teams. [/LIST] I’m looking more at the state of the industry. I’m not worried—if ESPN folds, life will go on for me—but I think that the state of ESPN is a bigger risk than FSU’s lawyers. [/QUOTE]
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