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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues

PAC MAN said:
Next Sunday, it will not only be my birthday (35 plus ten) but also the last day to declare a new conference home without paying bigger exit fees for the 2025-26 season.

After that, all eyes will turn to the ACC as ESPN will determine the fate of that conference. ESPN has until February 2025 to decide to stay with the ACC until 2036 or blow it all up two years later in 2027.

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ESPN to have 'unilateral' option to end media rights deal with ACC, per report - Saturday Road

ESPN's media deal with the ACC includes an interesting twist.
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It is well past time to break ESPN's hold on sports. Bowl season, a drip...drip....drip of games (some games really poor) just to give ESPN a TV ad slot and exert control.... ESPN has been cutting their quality sports presentations (announcers, analysts, 30for30) for years now. Cable/even now their expensive streaming option is a business model of the past. Get ESPN out and/or make them actually be competitive and I think all sports will benefit. They keep the smaller/local networks out, even if a regional game is a good one. ESPN needs to burn.
 
GRM said:
It is well past time to break ESPN's hold on sports. Bowl season, a drip...drip....drip of games (some games really poor) just to give ESPN a TV ad slot and exert control.... ESPN has been cutting their quality sports presentations (announcers, analysts, 30for30) for years now. Cable/even now their expensive streaming option is a business model of the past. Get ESPN out and/or make them actually be competitive and I think all sports will benefit. They keep the smaller/local networks out, even if a regional game is a good one. ESPN needs to burn.
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ESPN is cutting costs as they move towards a future in streaming. Venu Sports (ESPN, Fox, and Warner) should launch this year followed by ESPN’s standalone streaming channel next year. When you have uncertainty you cut as many costs as possible. ESPN+ has been great by giving non-revenue college sports a platform for fans to watch for one monthly or annual subscription. If more paid RSNs were available, it would mean more money for those college programs but also more money fans will have to pay out so you need to see the positives that ESPN brings to the table.

ESPN is in this position because only Amazon has stepped up to the plate when it comes to those big tech titans. Apple has been moving too slowly and could have saved the PAC-12 if they wanted to. Microsoft could have became involved but their focus is more on AI and videogames. The tech industry is going through many layoffs and it just wouldn’t be good optics to lay people off then announce massive new media rights deals for sports.

The money isn’t there right now to make ESPN sweat.
 
PAC MAN said:
ESPN is cutting costs as they move towards a future in streaming. Venu Sports (ESPN, Fox, and Warner) should launch this year followed by ESPN’s standalone streaming channel next year. When you have uncertainty you cut as many costs as possible. ESPN+ has been great by giving non-revenue college sports a platform for fans to watch for one monthly or annual subscription. If more paid RSNs were available, it would mean more money for those college programs but also more money fans will have to pay out so you need to see the positives that ESPN brings to the table.

ESPN is in this position because only Amazon has stepped up to the plate when it comes to those big tech titans. Apple has been moving too slowly and could have saved the PAC-12 if they wanted to. Microsoft could have became involved but their focus is more on AI and videogames. The tech industry is going through many layoffs and it just wouldn’t be good optics to lay people off then announce massive new media rights deals for sports.

The money isn’t there right now to make ESPN sweat.
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That is great insight on the streaming end. Sounds like more production sites need to be launched. The best for CFB is the Premium/Regional match-ups finding their way to Broadcast TV, with the P-4 splitting the major networks. The ads and viewership should cover those games. Then either paid RSN's or the secondary match-ups being pay per view, rather than requiring tons of subscriptions, so long as the per-game prices are not gouging. They could offer subscriptions on a per conference or per-team basis.

IMO, the RSN's were simply ran out of business by the Cable monopoly, so hopefully streaming may end some of that. Those cable wars were ridiculous. One cable company would get basically an exclusive and then price the others completely out of the market. Then the endless litigation that goes nowhere.
 
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