Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[woofermazing]

 

[Dryden]

As any investor in $DIS can tell you, ESPN has been in a bind for several years and is hemorrhaging customers as cord-cutters look to lighten their cable bill. ESPN has lost >25% of their subscribers over the past ten years, and their reach is now no greater than it was in the 1990s. If you're the SEC, how do you put all your eggs in a basket with this trendline?

 

[jwinslow]

As any investor in $DIS can tell you, ESPN has been in a bind for several years and is hemorrhaging customers as cord-cutters look to lighten their cable bill. ESPN has lost >25% of their subscribers over the past ten years, and their reach is now no greater than it was in the 1990s. If you're the SEC, how do you put all your eggs in a basket with this trendline?

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All I see from this chart is what happened after they forced a LSU-Bama rematch.

 

[cincibuck]

So, the question becomes does the SEC push ESPN to match the Big Ten package, and does ESPN bet the ranch by paying it?

 

[cincibuck]

Oh, and where is the ACC and Big 8 - "not on tv" seems to be the answer. Is Dabo speaking?


As a roller derby fan, I'll miss some of those Big 8 all-offense-all-the-time games.

 

[Dryden]

Cal regents appear to not care about money.

($$$ Article is paywalled):

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

So, the question becomes does the SEC push ESPN to match the Big Ten package, and does ESPN bet the ranch by paying it?

ESPN already has a contract. Sec can go pound sand.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Nearly 40M a year more for B1G schools than SEC schools and the B1G gets to renegotiate these deals a year before the SEC agreements are up? Yes please.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

If this lady could read or do math I would say she is yelling, "Paaaaaawwwwwllllllll!" right now.

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

Per school
62.5M from big 3
20.0M from btn

82.5M before any irish talk.


ESPN is giving the SEC just under 44M a year per school

Wouldn’t it be:
$8.05B over seven years is 1.15B per year. Roughly $72m per school with 16 schools. Plus $20M from BTN put it at $92M per year.

I’m also curious what the $20M from BTN comes from.

also fun is I don’t think the sec owns any of their network, so they don’t get shit from it.

 

[jwinslow]

Wouldn’t it be:
$8.05B over seven years is 1.15B per year. Roughly $72m per school with 16 schools. Plus $20M from BTN put it at $92M per year.

I’m also curious what the $20M from BTN comes from.

also fun is I don’t think the sec owns any of their network, so they don’t get shit from it.

I was told there would be no math. yes you are right it seems.

 

[Dryden]

Are USC and UCLA coming in as full, equal members? Because Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers did not. They had to wait several years before being “made whole,” as Delaney used to say.

 

[Thump]

If this lady could read or do math I would say she is yelling, "Paaaaaawwwwwllllllll!" right now.

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Dead.

 

[BB73]

Are USC and UCLA coming in as full, equal members? Because Nebraska, Maryland, and Rutgers did not. They had to wait several years before being “made whole,” as Delaney used to say.

Warren announced at the B1G media days that they are getting a full share right away.

NJ.com

INDIANAPOLIS — In the midst of his Big Ten Media Day press conference Tuesday, Commissioner Kevin Warren dropped a nugget that turned some heads in Lincoln, College Park and Piscataway.


USC and UCLA, the newest members of the conference, will enter the league in 2024 as full members. That means immediate access to the full distribution of the revenue from an upcoming media rights deal that is expected to surpass $1 billion annually.

 

[dragurd]

Wouldn’t it be:
$8.05B over seven years is 1.15B per year. Roughly $72m per school with 16 schools. Plus $20M from BTN put it at $92M per year.

I’m also curious what the $20M from BTN comes from.

also fun is I don’t think the sec owns any of their network, so they don’t get shit from it.

They get some flat check from ESPN for SEC network if I remember right. Which probably means ESPN is making bank on it.

Also From that one guy..