BEX wrote:You've never watched the NFL on Fox? They were part of the deal:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/15 ... s-20111215
And yeah, Arby's sez "we have the meats" Same deal.
DudeAnon wrote:Fox TV stuff aside, how anyone can say we haven't met expectations is ridiculous. Do they realize we had the 2nd best conference rpi in the country?
myopicraiderfan wrote:Remember in 10 years when the contract is up it won't just be ESPN vs Fox. You have Comcast, a likely time warner\charter company, ATT\DirectV, Amazon, Netflix, and who knows how many over the top companies that will offer programming and will compete for TV inventory. It was mentioned Fox wouldn't have patience. Well, there are 10 years left in the contract so they are going to be.
75 pages in and it's still the same. Unless UConn wants in, there isn't a team that can move the needle and give the conference more money. No extra money, then no extra teams. Time is the BE's friend. See what happens in the next 8 years, then if things need to change before the end of the contract then they will.
2023 Worse case scenario:
Fox one BE ratings are terrible.
BE turns into a 2-3 bid conference.
A10 becomes best non P5 basketball conference with 5-6 teams every year.
Do you think one of the P5 will invite the BE teams in? Nope, Not going to happen.
Would a top basketball school over the last decade jump from A10\MVC if asked. Absolutely, there would be fight to see who could get in the door first(first 75 pages of this thread).
So worse case is BE gets to keep its money and not have to share and no matter what happens still have the best\most profitable non football conference.
stever20 wrote:The fallacy with Fox though is that they're going to get a chance to bid on things as they expire. As we saw with the NBA- that isn't always the case. The incumbents can go to the leagues before the deal expires and re-up.
BEX wrote:stever20 wrote:The fallacy with Fox though is that they're going to get a chance to bid on things as they expire. As we saw with the NBA- that isn't always the case. The incumbents can go to the leagues before the deal expires and re-up.
I'm confused. Why was Fox involved in the early "re-upping" by the NFL? Do you really think these massive sports leagues wouldn't check with Fox? The "incumbents" wouldn't get their deal shopped around? I'm sure the leagues say "sounds good to us', thanks for the bid, where do we sign?
myopicraiderfan wrote:Xudash,
I wasn't attacking the BE. What I was saying was that no matter what happens over the next ten years the BE will be at an advantage over the a10.
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