Exactly, if the NFL is having problems getting ratings on a purely streaming platform than I can't imagine prime (or any pure streaming platform) would want to spend much on college football.
ESPN, Fox Open Discussions for Next Big 12 Deal
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NFL just had their first ESPN+ game this morning in London. Will be interesting to see the numbers reported from it. Granted it’s the early 9:30am ET spot and two awful teams, but data nonetheless for the streaming stuff.
The point being if two bad NFL teams draw a bad number on ESPN+ what will the bulk of a conference like the PAC-12 (Wazzu, Oregon State, Stanford, Cal, Arizona, etc. do on a streaming platform? Not good.
Actually it was widely reported the Big 12 walked from the partnership. But I have a hard time believing JP and the other Big 12 ADs would agree to walk from a partnership if there were tangible benefits.
they also have some horrible match ups and games without TD's
Noticed that he only picked out Washington and Oregon to compare to the entire Big12. It's almost as if he purposely left out 80% of the conference when making his comparison.
Hey bud, we don't need you here to pee in our Cheerios. The Big 12 just secured it's future today. Take your know it all crap back to Michigan and beat on a poor defenseless Wolverine corner back.
Looking at it more, one thing I don't like is that we didn't appear to get guaranteed time slots. Maybe that's in the details still to come out, but I'd have liked to see Fox being required to show 1 game a week on their main channel similar to how the Big10 arranged their contracts. The money is nice, but we need to ensure that we continue to get exposure to remain successful.
Wondered why I couldn't find it checking CBS, Fox and / or the NFL Network this morning. What a stupid idea for the NFL to stream a game exclusively. Their loss. I watched something else instead.
If you had NFL+ you could do it too. It was the first time ESPN+ worked and integrated with a third party on that parties site.
Thanks for the info. That is interesting. However, I don't have NFL+. Not that big of an NFL fan. I just watch the regular TV games (if they interest me). I didn't watch anything today, but I'll watch a bit of the Packers tonight on NBC and the Bengals tomorrow night on ESPN.
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I thought the same, but the B12 doesn't currently have any guaranteed time slots. Correct?
I was just asking a question. I didn’t understand something and speedy is usually spot on with detailed explanations so I asked instead of living in ignorance
Big 12 didn't have near the leverage the Big Ten did. I'd imagine the Big 12 well still have plenty of games late afternoon/evening on FOX and early on ABC.
Ya but its the whole fact checker spleel, maybe we dont want to be fact checked and would like to live in ignorance away from your B10 elitism.
They are with ESPN but they are a separate payout.
Dude I’ve been on this thread the whole time, speedy and I have gone back in forth for months with all sorts of details like this.
In 10 years OU will likely not be a "blue blood" any longer, and at least one team in the new Big 12 will be become a "blue blood". Book it.
Only thing I’m not excited about is the increased probability of being put in the Beth Mowins timeslot.
