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re: SEC Network: Friend or Foe
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:21 pm to abellsujr
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:21 pm to abellsujr
To quote some folks in the big offices
"It is a deal with the Devil"
Pro
+ $$$$
Con
- ESPN owns it not SEC (B1G and PAC own all or part of their networks)
- Broadcast HQ will be in ACC footprint, not SEC
- TV means fewer fans in the stands
- Disney is just concerned about profit, not the long term health of the SEC
- Pay an monthly fee and having to watch commercials is insult to injury (if you pay, it should be commercial free)
- invasive nature of ESPN (ask Mack Brown about the LHN following him 24 / 7 / 365
- ESPN is more loyal to the ACC and that bias will not change
- Local broadcast over national exposure
The biggest thing not being discussed is the change in exposure to sports. Right now if ESPN broadcasts softball the entire nation gets to see SEC sports besides football. This in turn helps national recruiting and national brand recognition. This makes the SEC bigger and stronger.
Contrast that if SEC sports besides football is suddenly only available in the SEC footprint only (B1G and PAC footprints will not pay for sec softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, et al) and only to those who pay.
Will kids grow up watching SEC sports (free now) if their household does not get it?
Will kids (future recruits) outside the footprint grow up with exposure to SEC sports?
Sure the money is there now, but the SEC is just the sharecropper working on the Disney plantation. What farmer sows all his seeds so he has none to plant next season? All the money in the world will not buy the next generation of SEC fans, especially if they can not see it.
I can see charging for football and maybe m basketball but the rest of it should be free nationwide to build the brands of the next generation who will be watching free TV in the rest of the country. That is just smart long term farming.
"It is a deal with the Devil"
Pro
+ $$$$
Con
- ESPN owns it not SEC (B1G and PAC own all or part of their networks)
- Broadcast HQ will be in ACC footprint, not SEC
- TV means fewer fans in the stands
- Disney is just concerned about profit, not the long term health of the SEC
- Pay an monthly fee and having to watch commercials is insult to injury (if you pay, it should be commercial free)
- invasive nature of ESPN (ask Mack Brown about the LHN following him 24 / 7 / 365
- ESPN is more loyal to the ACC and that bias will not change
- Local broadcast over national exposure
The biggest thing not being discussed is the change in exposure to sports. Right now if ESPN broadcasts softball the entire nation gets to see SEC sports besides football. This in turn helps national recruiting and national brand recognition. This makes the SEC bigger and stronger.
Contrast that if SEC sports besides football is suddenly only available in the SEC footprint only (B1G and PAC footprints will not pay for sec softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, et al) and only to those who pay.
Will kids grow up watching SEC sports (free now) if their household does not get it?
Will kids (future recruits) outside the footprint grow up with exposure to SEC sports?
Sure the money is there now, but the SEC is just the sharecropper working on the Disney plantation. What farmer sows all his seeds so he has none to plant next season? All the money in the world will not buy the next generation of SEC fans, especially if they can not see it.
I can see charging for football and maybe m basketball but the rest of it should be free nationwide to build the brands of the next generation who will be watching free TV in the rest of the country. That is just smart long term farming.
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:24 pm to Cheese Grits
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- Broadcast HQ will be in ACC footprint, not SEC
Charlotte is more SEC than ACC, regardless of how the ACC tries to present it or support the city. There are far more SEC fans in Charlotte than ACC fans. Charlotte is far closer to Columbia, SC than to the RTP and tobacco road.
Charlotte is no more ACC dominated than is Atlanta.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:34 pm to Cheese Grits
quote:
Sure the money is there now, but the SEC is just the sharecropper working on the Disney plantation. What farmer sows all his seeds so he has none to plant next season? All the money in the world will not buy the next generation of SEC fans, especially if they can not see it.
What will buy the next generation of SEC football fans (aka the ones that drive revenue) is when SEC program take more than half the top tier talent in the country because everyone else seems like a minor league in comparison.
In ten years when the SEC if making 10 million per team more than any other conference the idea of the Network being a "foe" will be laughable.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 12:34 pm
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