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Post by sparty on Jul 1, 2022 8:26:47 GMT -8
The whole NCAA itself will be a memory.
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Post by Beavcat on Jul 1, 2022 10:22:40 GMT -8
The whole NCAA itself will be a memory. Good! Blow the whole damn thing up and start fresh. |
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Post by jimbeav on Jul 1, 2022 11:41:16 GMT -8
It's already gone in all but name only. It's now the wild west, and may the best program survive to rule over a dying sports landscape.
I say let these two mega conferences (I like an earlier idea of naming them what they are: The ABC Conference and the Fox conference) explode to 30 teams or whatever, and then have the other 100+ programs all band together under a new nationwide streaming service, where every college sports fan in the country pays $10/mo or whatever. Use the Netflix model to fund the content.
Netflix's annual revenue was $25 billion last year. Even if a college sports service took in 1/10th of that, if you divide that by 100 other schools, you'd be looking at $25 million per school. F*ck TV.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 1, 2022 12:44:21 GMT -8
If USC and UCLA expect to get $50 million more a year in rights money than they are getting now, I'd hardly call it a dying sports landscape. Looks pretty healthy to me. Changing, yes, but not dying. Sports are bigger than ever, heck, somebody just decided that Gary Payton II is worth $28 million.
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Post by beaverstever on Jul 1, 2022 14:42:57 GMT -8
It's already gone in all but name only. It's now the wild west, and may the best program survive to rule over a dying sports landscape. I say let these two mega conferences (I like an earlier idea of naming them what they are: The ABC Conference and the Fox conference) explode to 30 teams or whatever, and then have the other 100+ programs all band together under a new nationwide streaming service, where every college sports fan in the country pays $10/mo or whatever. Use the Netflix model to fund the content. Netflix's annual revenue was $25 billion last year. Even if a college sports service took in 1/10th of that, if you divide that by 100 other schools, you'd be looking at $25 million per school. F*ck TV. It’s the Wild West in the media biz as well. Apple, Google, Roku, and Amazon are all creating original content, to just name a few of the big players, and they all have started dabbling in sports licensing rights. It’s a disaster for consumers, but it’s a nice opportunity for brands that create/have content. |
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Post by jimbeav on Jul 1, 2022 16:15:35 GMT -8
If USC and UCLA expect to get $50 million more a year in rights money than they are getting now, I'd hardly call it a dying sports landscape. Looks pretty healthy to me. Changing, yes, but not dying. Sports are bigger than ever, heck, somebody just decided that Gary Payton II is worth $28 million. The Yankees winning every year is not healthy for sports. The same rich teams duking it out while everybody else is just cannon fodder is a fundamentally unsound model. This is why multiple sports leagues have introduced salary caps, revenue sharing, etc. It's why the college game introduced scholarship limits. Parity is good for the game, whatever game it is. The NCAA does not have the power or the clout to reign in the Haves in their quest for domination over the Have-Nots. Will these two 30-team super leagues rake in tons of money? Yes. But the overall nationwide sports landscape will suffer greatly, and much of the country will stop caring about the same college power-houses with rich NIL players seeing who's the best among their little clique league. I'll say it again: they'll reign supreme and get all the spoils and get their fanbase excited, but it will all be in the midst of a dead sports landscape. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jul 1, 2022 16:24:49 GMT -8
The New York Yankees have not won a World Series since 2009; that was the last time they made it that far. In the meantime, the Giants have won three, the Red Sox two, and Kansas City, Houston, Washington, the Cubs, St. Louis, the Dodgers and Braves one each. Almost 1/3 of baseball's 30 franchises (9) have won a World Series more recently than the Yankees.
The Rangers have lost two World Series, the Tigers, Indians, Phillies, Mets and Rays one each. So 15 of baseball's 30 franchises have at least played for the title in the last 13 seasons. Sounds like parity to me.
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