Who made the 2025 schedule,

[MG44]

"The agreed-upon violations occurred over several academic years and involved cash payments to recruits and their families, impermissible recruiting contacts during a COVID dead period, and impermissible recruiting inducements during unofficial visits."



Sanctions haven't been determined yet.

They pretty much just described the way the entire sec recruits, didn't they?

 

[NJCuse97]

Oh, that's right, the Pitt game is now at Yankee Stadium, right?

I am really surprised at how we can be both forward thinking and simultaneously wear blinders like this. Everyone complains that we don't have enough home games, and I get it, but this is so ENORMOUSLY short sighted. Our true value to the ACC and to any other future conference is NY. That is not really WNY or CNY, or upstate and even the capital region. That value is in NYC.

I have seen calls for SU to "go public" but that doesn't work in a state and region like NY. SUNY is the state system, and Cornell is already NY's public land grant university. Our best path to maintained relevancy in the modern sports market is our ties and strength of brand in the NYC metro area.

On it's face this may seem like a one game money grab, but isn't it possible that this is also an effort to establish to ESPN, or another conference if not the ACC that we can bring NYC? Lets not forget, that is why Rutgers is in the B1G and likely what UConn is telling anyone who will listen. It doesn't matter if it's true, the ends justify the means. If the new metrics are not about butts in seats, but rather eyes on TVs, then we need to be able to lay claim to the country's largest market. This is our best and maybe ONLY value.

 

[syracuse95]

On it's face this may seem like a one game money grab, but isn't it possible that this is also an effort to establish to ESPN, or another conference if not the ACC that we can bring NYC? Lets not forget, that is why Rutgers is in the B1G and likely what UConn is telling anyone who will listen. It doesn't matter if it's true, the ends justify the means. If the new metrics are not about butts in seats, but rather eyes on TVs, then we need to be able to lay claim to the country's largest market. This is our best and maybe ONLY value.

This is mostly true, but it's changing. The metric of large market TV subscriptions is a very 2005 model. It's not the future, and it's gasping for breath in the present. Cable subscriptions/tiers will no longer matter from a revenue standpoint. App viewership will, and only people invested in actually consuming the product will subscribe.

Rutgers didn't get a B1G invite because people in NYC actually watch Rutgers football. They got a B1G invite because it allowed the B1G Network to get on basic cable in the NYC market, which meant that the B1G Network could collect carriage fees from millions of cable subscribers that don't even watch sports, much less Rutgers football. The problem is that cable subscriptions are declining every year, mostly in the under 50 age bracket. That trend will not reverse...cable is dying. So a team's proximity to a large market is far less relevant now than it was 15 years ago.

Going forward, eyes on TVs will still matter, but the market is becoming more fragmented with multiple streaming services. The next step is likely the conferences tying up possibly exclusive rights with streaming services. The ACC on Amazon Prime, the SEC on Apple TV, etc. Some of them may try to start their own streaming services, since the barriers to entry for broadcasting now are lowered with app based content. In any event, revenue is going be tied to people actually wanting to watch your product, and not just getting your network carried on grandma's basic cable package. I think conference network revenue in total may drop, since there are likely to be a lot fewer people paying for a product they don't use. I for one would not subscribe to another streaming service in order to get SEC games. I just don't care enough to pay for their content.

 

[NJCuse97]

This is mostly true, but it's changing. The metric of large market TV subscriptions is a very 2005 model. It's not the future, and it's gasping for breath in the present. Cable subscriptions/tiers will no longer matter from a revenue standpoint. App viewership will, and only people invested in actually consuming the product will subscribe.

Rutgers didn't get a B1G invite because people in NYC actually watch Rutgers football. They got a B1G invite because it allowed the B1G Network to get on basic cable in the NYC market, which meant that the B1G Network could collect carriage fees from millions of cable subscribers that don't even watch sports, much less Rutgers football. The problem is that cable subscriptions are declining every year, mostly in the under 50 age bracket. That trend will not reverse...cable is dying. So a team's proximity to a large market is far less relevant now than it was 15 years ago.

Going forward, eyes on TVs will still matter, but the market is becoming more fragmented with multiple streaming services. The next step is likely the conferences tying up possibly exclusive rights with streaming services. The ACC on Amazon Prime, the SEC on Apple TV, etc. Some of them may try to start their own streaming services, since the barriers to entry for broadcasting now are lowered with app based content. In any event, revenue is going be tied to people actually wanting to watch your product, and not just getting your network carried on grandma's basic cable package. I think conference network revenue in total may drop, since there are likely to be a lot fewer people paying for a product they don't use. I for one would not subscribe to another streaming service in order to get SEC games. I just don't care enough to pay for their content.

I agree with all that you say, but I have to assume there is enormous value in the NYC market and our potential brand there as relates to a very large catchment basin for potential subscribers.

 

[TexanMark]

I agree with all that you say, but I have to assume there is enormous value in the NYC market and our potential brand there as relates to a very large catchment basin for potential subscribers.

We really need to get back into the Top 25 in both sports to get more relevant in NYC

 

[NJCuse97]

We really need to get back into the Top 25 in both sports to get more relevant in NYC

May be chicken or egg scenario. Glad FB is back in NJ. Want to see more BBall in NYC