Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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With USC/UCLA in the Big Ten, the SEC has no shot at Oregon/Washington if that is who is getting adding. I don’t think the money will add up for the SEC to nab ASU & Utah, they need Clemson/FSU to move the needle
You really think FOX and CBS will be content with only one college football game a week? They’re gonna want all the shoulder programming they can get in order to lock down a return on their massive investments.
SEC better lock them in for a long time or might as well cut them loose already.
They were constantly shopping around even in the many years they were already #1 in total media revenue.
Same ones we've always had. How many big 12 games have been broadcast ota weekly the last decade? Two? Maybe 3? None were on cbs or nbc, fox chose the big ten as their big game, abc was the same. Big 12 was always scheduled around the b1g and sec.
I'm old enough to remember rumors of FSU and Clemson to the Big 12.
Back in ye olde days
There were 21 last year in 13 weeks, not counting the CCG or non-controlled (road) games.
Dominating Texas and rest of the south and being best at the sport is enough for SEC now that actual eyeballs and interest is starting to matter.
If they really want mediocre football in big markets they will go north now rather than west. I don't know that they do. States like Virginia and NC wouldn't be bad additions but I don't know that they really increase those pie slices. Clemson might not even increase SEC value per school given they already have #2 program in the state.
Yeah I live in California outside the conference footprint and I watched a few Iowa State fb games OTA just in the past couple years, let alone all B12 games.
That "loose partnership" really worked out well with the Big Ten...
I recall reading something about them wanting shorter contracts, presumably so they aren't locked in to massive contracts when they're unproven quantities in college sports broadcasting.
Perhaps Yormark can get them to pony up by making a case that they can use the Big 12 as their guinea pig for a few seasons to build up some expertise. But at this point, I have a hard time envisioning Apple or Amazon making a significant investment in the Big 12 or the Pac. And frankly, if we're the only games in college football on those apps, it'd feel a little bit like being in the Siberia of college football broadcasting.
I know nothing is impossible with this realignment stuff but I would be genuinely shocked if any PAC schools went to the SEC. The West Coast and Deep South might as well be on two different planets.
Can you enlighten me on why the shoulder programming would improve their returns? They get better margin on the shoulder programming than the main programming? I don't get it.
CBS has always had just one game a week haven't they? Now maybe they might want to expand that, who knows.
Fox and ESPN have slots to fill, but probably only Fox needs another tier 1 deal between those two.
I think Amazon and Apple are looking for bargains until they better learn the business.
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I think the best route for Apple in particular but really applies to both is to purchase ESPN.
I think the concern is, how many of the B12 OTA games involved OUUT? Now those will be SEC games, plus USC/UCLA will now get a lift versus B10 opponents in B10/PAC time slots. maybe there won’t be an impact, but the SEC and B10 now have more, better inventory to compete with.
