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04-26-2017, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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ESPN Firings and Trickledown Effects
I'm not sure if I should be worried but I am. If the Biggest major network and home to most of Cincinnati bball and football games is struggling this could be bad for us. The AAC is already not respected by media members l. I feel that it would be easy to drop coverage for smaller conferences as a way to save $$. I don't see any other networks that would jump at the chance to add AAC with the same money as ESPN has paid for the last few years. Hopefully I an worried for nothing but I don't like this situation and we need to find a way into a power conference FAST.
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04-26-2017, 08:00 PM | #2 | |
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04-26-2017, 08:05 PM | #3 |
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My concern is will the new network pay the amount ESPN has been paying. We were already being lowballed anyway
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04-26-2017, 08:17 PM | #4 |
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The AAC cut can't get much lower as it is. Might be worthwhile to move in another direction when the deal is up anyway. I'm not losing any sleep over any of this. ESPN has been a sinking ship for years anyway. This day has been a long time coming.
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04-26-2017, 08:46 PM | #5 |
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Live sports is still coveted. ESPN is failing because they have dozens of awful shows with blowhards who offer nothing to the viewer.
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04-26-2017, 10:30 PM | #6 |
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I feel as though your concerns are misguided. ESPN is the reason we are in this dirt conference. I wish them nothing but failure.
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04-26-2017, 11:40 PM | #7 |
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I hope you are right. I just wonder if coverage for AAC goes down or pushed solely to ESPN3. Things are going to change big time when the tv contracts are up. I pray we are on the winning side of things when it happens. There is a lot of positive momentum happening with bball and football right now.
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04-28-2017, 08:56 AM | #8 | |
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I think it's a weird time for ESPN. Highlights are irrelevant with the Internet and how many debate shows can you have. I would think they try to get more live sports. Was surprised they didn't get the premier league contract a couple years ago. |
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05-02-2017, 11:13 AM | #9 | |
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I understand there is only so much programming content to go around and also only so much advertising dollars. However, I'm less likely to mute a commercial watching a live event than fast forward because I recorded the show. One more idea, I know teams and agents/player's representatives slide some information to a favorite reporter here and there. I'd shore up my contractors with leagues so that my broadcast company has an exclusive confidentiality clause that the team, player and his/her representatives make the announcement jointly on live breaking news and a 24 hour window of exclusive interviews. Both sides of the story can only be seen here, though you can read about on line. The greedy teams could get incentive to do this and pass along that incentive in the player contract. If there is a leak the network doesn't pay the team, the team doesn't pay that clause to the player, and the network still gets 24 hour interview exclusivity for free. If there is an unauthorized interview, the interviewee can pay a fine/fee probably covered by the second broadcast company. This wouldn't be a monopoly, as online interview rights could be negotiated separately and each team could potentially be on their own network (the idea will catch on quickly). |
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04-28-2017, 02:07 PM | #10 |
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The only ESPNer I will miss is Len Elmore. He did so many of our games and always spoke highly of our program. On top of that he just seems like a great person.
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