dfwabel
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RSN bids were lower than expected
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The second round of bidding for the FOX RSNs are due today. MLB is reportedly one of the major bidders. Meanwhile, Amazon is only interested in YES Network.
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Bolded #1: There's the possibility that the new "Division 2 and 3" just refuse to play the new Division 1 and force that group of 65 schools to just schedule among themselves and it would be 6 home and 6 away games. That is lost revenue not only from two or three fewer home games, but it's also likely to cost them more to pay a fellow member to play an away game. https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2015/5/4/8505905/why-the-power-5-college-football-conferences-wont-break-away-from-the Bolded #2: Antitrust cases are common for the NCAA attorneys and another division split may cause another headache. Even in 2009, during the middle of the BCS, the then Power 6, were eventually looking at an antitrust trial, but the CFP was formed and more $$$ went to the lesser conferences combined with access to at least one CFP bowl game. http://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=4030992 Even if they remained in the NCAA, some of the issues brought up in this 2013 USA Today story would remain: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2013/04/21/college-football-ncaa-split/2097115/
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The Power 5 is 65 teams in itself, so it would be its own division. Those basketball tournament games and the betting interest would be less interesting than the status quo with "basketball only" conferences like the Big East, A-10, WCC in the mix. There wouldn't be a Gonzaga, Villanova, or Loyola (not to just name Catholic-related institutions). If they did a clean break, it would cost them more money overall because they'd basically start up a new business, with staff, brick and mortar HQ costs, and the entire process of making up their own rules/bylaws. Getting those 65 school chancellors/presidents to decide on where the HQ would be is a debate, I would like to see along with the pitches from cities to go along with it.
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A breakaway would also end the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and March Madness as we know it. That's also too much money to leave on the table.
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Those five conferences were already given autonomy in 2014. Plus, if they were their own division, they would only play against themselves and more coaches would get fired for being 7-5. It would also cost athletic departments more overall to schedule opponents since everyone's budgets have the same needs.
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They do with Tennis Channel and Stadium.
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"New FOX" will not bid to buy the RSNs back from Disney per a 8-K filing. And apparently, Sinclair was the only bidder for all of them.
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Yep. Weber State is 100% as well. Utah State and Wyoming isn't far behind at 97% and 96% respectively.
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That and the new company is essentially no longer producing entertainment content/programming and distributing content. FOX will be the only broadcast TV network not affiliated with a movie studio
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"New FOX" basically consists of: Fox Broadcasting (the OTA channel which airs "The Simpsons" and NFL), the 28 Fox Television Stations they already own (mostly in NFL markets), Fox News Channel, Fox Business, FS1/2, the Big Ten Network and Fox Deportes.
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I did not realize until this week that NBCSN took Feld's Monster Energy SuperCross and MonsterJam away from FOX/FS1. Gosh, with the UFC headed to ESPN/+ now, FOX/FS1 has even less, but it may allow them to agree to the XFL.
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I thought this was most appropriate here. Per The Oregonian, Pac 12 may sell a 10% stake in the conference's broadcast rights, sponsorship rights, merchandising and all other commercial assets for $500M to private equity.
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Why? The additional cost for salaries and scholarships isn't worth it. DII isn't an increase in prestige especially when the school is hindered by the amount of academic aid. Unless a player has a 3.5 grade point average or a 25 on the ACT, his academic scholarship money counts toward the 36-scholarship limit. Federal aid doesn't count to the scholarship limit. DIII has been helped in the last four years by now being able to offer financial aid packages in the Fall of a student's senior year of HS, as opposed to waiting until his family's W-2 and/or 1099 from the current year.
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NBC covers the Premier League really well, but IMO the standard is CBS's PGA Tour coverage, especially during the week of a Major.
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Tampa had a four channel change too: WTVT: CBS to Fox WTSP: ABC to CBS WTOG: Fox back to Independent WFTS: Independent to ABC
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Same thing occurred in Detroit as they bought Channel 62 and they still don't have a News Division.
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Keep in mind that B1G football and MBB both split gate receipts. Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and Wisconsin have some of thier football gate split within the other members and IU does it with MBB gate receipts.
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Pac 12 Network now off ATT Uverse. https://awfulannouncing.com/league-networks/pac-12-network-isnt-even-fighting-to-stay-on-att-u-verse.html
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Just be careful with the teams/league's you subscribe to, you get several updates every hour if you don't opt out of the alerts.
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Since you asked me, I have think all of them are terrible since you've really never been to any of these US markets. You're just naming stations like NJTank did for his updates based on Wikipedia. Just slow your (very limited) role.
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The were smart enough to Citadel in 2006 and signed LMAs with Cumulus a few years ago. The same Cumulus which just got out of bankruptcy. There's little money in radio, they're going back in regardless of the you knowing the call letters. This is more pointless than any sports realignment concept.
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They are smart enough not to and won't.
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Report: Amazon bids on Disney RSNs
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At the 1h 18 minute mark, when discussing the talents/qualities needed if two successful athletes had a sports lovechild, it was Gladwell who said, "we're engaging in the most reprehensible form of genetic generalizations, nonetheless". Yet Simmons was very eager to got back into that bear trap saying, "No, I'm just thinking what's the best blend of those two parents."
