Whether this continues is really up to the judge and what he thinks he can safely do without danger of his own career and how much heat he is willing to handle. It will be interesting to see what happens.
The simple answer is “No”. Don’t listen to the Big12 idiOT’s as they know nothing and just hate the ACC for various reasons. Simply, ESPN is making big $$$ profit off of the ACC and the ACCN. In what business mind, would anyone cut a division that makes you major $$ profit??
I don't think it's too far-fetched to believe that the judge is doing all this in hopes of convincing $U that their case is hopeless and they withdraw it so he doesn't have to rule against them. Supposedly, just about every time he speaks to their lawyers in court, the tone of his voice screams, "Please withdraw this suit!"
^^This^^. If ESPN is, indeed, losing money from its other operations, they are losing less because of the profits they're making off the ACC and ACCN.
I agree with you, but this is a network that kept an over priced Mike Greenberg and Steven A Smith. Does anyone care about those guys or what they have to say? They could have kept a person at $200k/year that would gladly and easily do a better job.
Mike Greenberg and Steven A Smith probably have good to great ratings is my bet that justified their cost even though some people, like you possibly, might not like them.
Correct. ESPN was making money off the ACC before the ACCN was created and it continues to be profitable for them.
I suspect this is the end state as well. Although I believe it'll happen after the B1G and SEC have grabbed their desired ACC schools. So we'll end up with 2 1/2 power conferences. And then a Group of 5 that's essentially one league and operates as an FBS tier 2.
When a company goes through cost cutting its called cost cutting not revenue cutting. Now what this is going to do is to make sure that any increase that ESPN provides the ACC is based on them making additional profit. So, any team that is added is most definitely going to be accretive or it isn't going to happen. In the event that FSU and Clemson do leave i can see the ACC adding schools that make up the revenue difference by adding viewers and also by agreeing to a lower payout then the current teams. The ACC can survive and actually increase the payouts to the original members if those two do leave but it will have to do so by most likely adding two to four new members who agree to a lower payout.
It'll be interesting what they do with a standalone ESPN + streaming subscription too. Will ACCN be included? Is it an add on? That's where the value of certain brands makes sense beyond the cord cutters.
ESPN will launch a standalone, direct to consumer streaming service next year. It will include all of their linear networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ACCN, SECN) and likely ESPN+ bundled in.
In the end, the issue that determined who survives as #3 is the ACCN.
I am indifferent to them. I don’t need to be told what to think about sports or anything else, in the case of SAS. And, I don’t find what Mike Greenberg does significantly better than anyone else that does his job reasonably well. Certainly not worth millions of dollars more. But, obviously I’m not their target, because they lost me years ago.
Yep, Fubo brought a suit. Judge just issued an injunction on Friday that prevents Venu from going to market for now. Obviously that will be immediately appealed. Who knows what the timing for a resolution will be.
ACCN is a good deal for the ACC but not a good deal for ESPN. They aren't making the ad money showing the lower rating, bottom feeder football teams and women's gymnastics. However, where ESPN is making out like a bandit is on the regular ACC deal which FSU AD said last year was $17 million each. So looking at both together is a good deal overall for ESPN.
No. They gave the ACCN to the ACC to lock them in for 20 years at a ridiculous low rate for the regular ESPN deal.
The only reason I care about keeping Mosaic is the check in. Having a human do my bag tags is so nice. I only 6 tiles so far this year though, but have two rt Mint flights to Vegas and Paris that should get me up to 50.
The college that turned down an invite to the original Big East back when Holy Cross had some very good teams? Good school but bad decision, Nova thanks them though.You mean 2.5 power conferences and notre dame? It'll be hilarious when the dust settles and ND can basically cherry pick their 10 win seasons not having to be part of these monolithic conferences and end up stronger than ever. I'm rooting for that. The team that didn't buck to the pressure of musical chairs ends up strongest of all.
EDIT: I root for strengthened catholic colleges being a proud customer of the College of the Holy Cross.
