When ESPN goes bankrupt...

WREKedinTexas

WREKedinTexas

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Since ESPN is on an 8 year financial dive, and ESPN+ is a dying venture, what happens to expansion when ESPN goes out of buisness?
 
ESPN is the Humpty Dumpty on the wall. With people cutting the cord, they could fail and so would televised football. I think this is the black hole of conference expansion. Prices go up, people stay home (empty stadiums). TV ratings drop when people stop paying the monthly cost of the biased media programming (sports announcers).
 
WREKedinTexas said:
ESPN is the Humpty Dumpty on the wall. With people cutting the cord, they could fail and so would televised football. I think this is the black hole of conference expansion. Prices go up, people stay home (empty stadiums). TV ratings drop when people stop paying the monthly cost of the biased media programming (sports announcers).
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If this was to happen, do you think the impetus for conference expansion would not only stop but also reverse?
 
Somebody has to pay the bills. If nobody watches streamed football then, there not seeing the advertisers. So the whole thing blows up. Yes, I think college football will be affected to the point that an alternate future is a possibility.
 
There are plenty of other outlets other. than ESPN who would be willing to pay big bucks. ESPN is that dude who use to be a beast and work out 3 times a day and date hotties. But, he got lazy and now only does curls and wonders why he walks with a limp and his hotties are now 4’s and his car needs a paint job. All because he lost sight of what made him attractive in the first place. That’s ESPN and they are dying. There is always the next young buck coming along. I don’t who it is but I also didn’t know who ESPN was until they came along.
 
FOX, NBC and even CBS (who is losing the SEC) are also involved. Where do you think the B1G is getting most of their soon to be finalized $100 million per school deal? FOX. CBS will go for some conference now that they are losing the SEC. The ACC or Big 12 would be smart to try and land that 3:30 spot.
 
FightOn!Jacket said:
FOX, NBC and even CBS (who is losing the SEC) are also involved. Where do you think the B1G is getting most of their soon to be finalized $100 million per school deal? FOX. CBS will go for some conference now that they are losing the SEC. The ACC or Big 12 would be smart to try and land that 3:30 spot.
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Nobody cares about the ACC or Big 12 football. And no network will pick it up. The ACC is a basketball conference.
 
Tampa Jacket said:
Nobody cares about the ACC or Big 12 football. And no network will pick it up. The ACC is a basketball conference.
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Correct. And no one honestly cares about CBB. Ratings prove that. The ACC is a dying league due to their stupidity of hanging onto CBB which is fading fast. They didn’t learn the lesson from when the ACC single handily destroyed the Big East as a football conference.

The Big 12 will pass the ACC by within the next year or so when they add Arizona, ASU, Colorado and Utah in phase I of the post USC / UCLA to the B1G expansion. They have the chance to remain a viable league despite losing OU and Texas by expanding to 16 teams.

What will the ACC do then? Nothing. As soon as one school figures out how to get out of the GOR, the ACC is completely done. I’m sure Clemson, FSU and Miami have already assembled a team to make this happen by 2024.
 
All off the networks are losing money. Inflation in general and specifically fuel costs are leading to changes within family spending habits. So my contention is that if people are not watching the mainstream media in general and the cost of streaming keeps going up then the money that floats the big boats (SEC, B1G) will also affect all off the boats (inverse rising tide thing). So the more things change the more they will remain the same.
 
WREKedinTexas said:
All off the networks are losing money. Inflation in general and specifically fuel costs are leading to changes within family spending habits. So my contention is that if people are not watching the mainstream media in general and the cost of streaming keeps going up then the money that floats the big boats (SEC, B1G) will also affect all off the boats (inverse rising tide thing). So the more things change the more they will remain the same.
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sounds good, burn it all down, we won't be out much
 
WREKedinTexas said:
All off the networks are losing money. Inflation in general and specifically fuel costs are leading to changes within family spending habits. So my contention is that if people are not watching the mainstream media in general and the cost of streaming keeps going up then the money that floats the big boats (SEC, B1G) will also affect all off the boats (inverse rising tide thing). So the more things change the more they will remain the same.
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boats. plural.

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FightOn!Jacket said:
Correct. And no one honestly cares about CBB. Ratings prove that. The ACC is a dying league due to their stupidity of hanging onto CBB which is fading fast. They didn’t learn the lesson from when the ACC single handily destroyed the Big East as a football conference.

The Big 12 will pass the ACC by within the next year or so when they add Arizona, ASU, Colorado and Utah in phase I of the post USC / UCLA to the B1G expansion. They have the chance to remain a viable league despite losing OU and Texas by expanding to 16 teams.

What will the ACC do then? Nothing. As soon as one school figures out how to get out of the GOR, the ACC is completely done. I’m sure Clemson, FSU and Miami have already assembled a team to make this happen by 2024.
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Yep. Swofford’s reign as commissioner will be seen as the cause of death for the ACC. He really did nothing of note as the commish. He basically lived on what he inherited (UNC/Duke hoops and Bowden) but did very little during his reign. He brought in a few teams and followed the course of having a championship game. Heck, his greatest achievement is getting the tip from Notre Dame which is just sad. Meanwhile, every SEC commish has made big decisions that all paid off.
 
OptionJacket said:
Yep. Swofford’s reign as commissioner will be seen as the cause of death for the ACC. He really did nothing of note as the commish. He basically lived on what he inherited (UNC/Duke hoops and Bowden) but did very little during his reign. He brought in a few teams and followed the course of having a championship game. Heck, his greatest achievement is getting the tip from Notre Dame which is just sad. Meanwhile, every SEC commish has made big decisions that all paid off.
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You left out the other albatross. The ACCN. Something Comcast 3 football seasons gone by finally decided to carry. They keep cutting entertainment off that channel. In the end, it’s one step above Larry Scott’s disaster aka the P12N.
 
I don't think people understand how this works. ESPN doesn't make college football popular. College football makes ESPN popular. As long as college football is the 2nd most watched TV product in America there will be someone willing to pay money to air it. And I think you can see where expansion is going. OU, Texas, USC, UCLA all programs with massive fan bases.
 
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