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re: SEC reaction to Wash - Oregon to Big 10
Posted on 8/4/23 at 2:32 pm to JeffLebowski
Posted on 8/4/23 at 2:32 pm to JeffLebowski
BIG 10 has plenty of money to play with right now, and their new additions don't get a full share. They are playing the long game. Their next media deal will be massive.
The SEC can't expand. ESPN owns SEC and ACC. They aren't going to pay $60 million for FSU in the SEC when they already own it for $30 million. And that goes for Clemson and everyone else in the ACC.
The SEC can't expand. ESPN owns SEC and ACC. They aren't going to pay $60 million for FSU in the SEC when they already own it for $30 million. And that goes for Clemson and everyone else in the ACC.
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 2:36 pm to surgicalvenom
But what if FSU finds 7 partners and nukes the ACC?
Posted on 8/4/23 at 3:54 pm to surgicalvenom
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BIG 10 has plenty of money to play with right now
I don’t disagree with this part. Just don’t think it’s going to pan out well in the end. Football is dying in other areas. But remains King in The South on a per capita basis.
Posted on 8/4/23 at 4:26 pm to surgicalvenom
quote:No, I actually think it might be the opposite.
The SEC can't expand. ESPN owns SEC and ACC. They aren't going to pay $60 million for FSU in the SEC when they already own it for $30 million. And that goes for Clemson and everyone else in the ACC.
If the Big 10 (non-ESPN) can piece together a lineup that challenges SEC (ESPN) viewership, one of the first thought processes at the network will be to find a way to push Clemson, Florida State and whoever else to the SEC. It's almost like having someone in the minors, waiting to call them up.
Right now, ESPN is paying the ACC a lot of money for the right to televise a few Clemson, Fla State and maybe Va Tech and Miami games. Nobody goes looking for UNC-Pitt, or Duke-Boston College, etc.
When the money really starts to get tight, ESPN might try to find a way out of the ACC deal, up to and including helping to kill that conference, and throw all their eggs into the SEC. And if in doing so, it can keep the few marquee names in the ACC in their pocket, so much the better.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:44 am to surgicalvenom
I think you may be wrong. They already got the massive media deal this go round. I am not sure there is much higher to go, especially with the transformations in the media market occurring. Personally, I could see subscriptions via streaming playing a much bigger role in the next big deals. And I think that will favor passionate fanbases over casual viewers across the country, but it remains to be seen.
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