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RE: Dennis Dodd on AAC Contract
(02-17-2017 04:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  
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I'm willing to bet Dennis Dodd is paid to bad mouth the AAC. I don't think it's Journalism. He has a vested interest in hurting the AAC.
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lol yeah...Alex Jones thinks the same thing

Google Dennis Dodd. He's done a lot of damage to schools with his allegations. He's an SEC hack.
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Dennis Dodd on AAC Contract
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.
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RE: Dennis Dodd on AAC Contract
(02-18-2017 12:12 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.

Don't fall for the troll
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(02-18-2017 12:12 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.

Look jerk I have a lot of respect for Ucf and I appreciate your ny6 bowl victory, but if you keep at Memphis (this is your 2nd time in as many days) out of nowhere expect it back you effing Douche. If you have a problem with Bc1 leave Memphis out of it. If your ignorant @@$ don't remember I'll refresh your mind though
2-ncaa appearances, and the highest football ranking any school in the AAC has garnered in our brief existence along with participation in some of the highest rated tv games in both money sports 05-nono03-nutkick. But thank you for that one great bowing game along with being completely sh!t in everything else since
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(02-18-2017 02:00 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 12:12 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.

Look jerk I have a lot of respect for Ucf and I appreciate your ny6 bowl victory, but if you keep at Memphis (this is your 2nd time in as many days) out of nowhere expect it back you effing Douche. If you have a problem with Bc1 leave Memphis out of it. If your ignorant @@$ don't remember I'll refresh your mind though
2-ncaa appearances, and the highest football ranking any school in the AAC has garnered in our brief existence along with participation in some of the highest rated tv games in both money sports 05-nono03-nutkick. But thank you for that one great bowing game along with being completely sh!t in everything else since



I keep hearing that Memphis had the highest AAC and G5 ranking since the playoff era at #13 (it's even on Wikipedia), but Houston ended the 2015 season ranked #8 and was ranked as high as #6 and #5 in 2016 (week 6); are people talking about the last CFP playoff ranking before the bowls one of these last couple of years?
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(02-17-2017 10:48 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Espn is in the best shape. I'm seeing them added with all the big streaming packages. Fox Sports on many and CBS on a few. Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Disney Channels, etc. That is a pretty big lineup. It is easier to get rid of nickelodeon, cbs, etc.

I see our next contact at $3.5 million per team which expires with the big 12 contract. I also see them pushing a few basketball schools to help with tv inventory. We shall see.

I think you are right on the money. I think the band is somewhere between 3.5 - 5M per. ESPN knows we want to do this early and our knuckle headed presidents need the dough and will push for it. There is just enough uncertainty to make it feel like the smart thing to do. THey could lock us up at 4 a team which will feel pretty cheap still for what they get.

Now a few of the P whatever teams will be going down i think, No way ESPN keeps negotiating at those numbers.
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(02-18-2017 04:36 PM)gostangs Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 10:48 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Espn is in the best shape. I'm seeing them added with all the big streaming packages. Fox Sports on many and CBS on a few. Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Disney Channels, etc. That is a pretty big lineup. It is easier to get rid of nickelodeon, cbs, etc.

I see our next contact at $3.5 million per team which expires with the big 12 contract. I also see them pushing a few basketball schools to help with tv inventory. We shall see.

I think you are right on the money. I think the band is somewhere between 3.5 - 5M per. ESPN knows we want to do this early and our knuckle headed presidents need the dough and will push for it. There is just enough uncertainty to make it feel like the smart thing to do. THey could lock us up at 4 a team which will feel pretty cheap still for what they get.

Now a few of the P whatever teams will be going down i think, No way ESPN keeps negotiating at those numbers.

I don't think the AAC will be offered or accept anything under the 5mil that the nbe gets because we have legitimate ratings to use as our leverage. Anything under 5mil will probably lead to Memphis, Uconn and Cincy looking to go to the NBE and form an Indy alliance. That's why I strongly believe we'll get 7-12mil ,but we will have to hit the open market 07-coffee3
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(02-18-2017 04:36 PM)gostangs Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 10:48 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Espn is in the best shape. I'm seeing them added with all the big streaming packages. Fox Sports on many and CBS on a few. Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Disney Channels, etc. That is a pretty big lineup. It is easier to get rid of nickelodeon, cbs, etc.

I see our next contact at $3.5 million per team which expires with the big 12 contract. I also see them pushing a few basketball schools to help with tv inventory. We shall see.

I think you are right on the money. I think the band is somewhere between 3.5 - 5M per. ESPN knows we want to do this early and our knuckle headed presidents need the dough and will push for it. There is just enough uncertainty to make it feel like the smart thing to do. THey could lock us up at 4 a team which will feel pretty cheap still for what they get.

Now a few of the P whatever teams will be going down i think, No way ESPN keeps negotiating at those numbers.

I don't think the AAC will be offered or accept anything under the 5mil that the nbe gets because we have legitimate ratings to use as our leverage. Anything under 5mil will probably lead to Memphis, Uconn and Cincy looking to go to the NBE and form an Indy alliance. That's why I strongly believe we'll get 7-12mil ,but we will have to hit the open market 07-coffee3
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(02-18-2017 05:25 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 04:36 PM)gostangs Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 10:48 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Espn is in the best shape. I'm seeing them added with all the big streaming packages. Fox Sports on many and CBS on a few. Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Disney Channels, etc. That is a pretty big lineup. It is easier to get rid of nickelodeon, cbs, etc.

I see our next contact at $3.5 million per team which expires with the big 12 contract. I also see them pushing a few basketball schools to help with tv inventory. We shall see.

I think you are right on the money. I think the band is somewhere between 3.5 - 5M per. ESPN knows we want to do this early and our knuckle headed presidents need the dough and will push for it. There is just enough uncertainty to make it feel like the smart thing to do. THey could lock us up at 4 a team which will feel pretty cheap still for what they get.

Now a few of the P whatever teams will be going down i think, No way ESPN keeps negotiating at those numbers.

I don't think the AAC will be offered or accept anything under the 5mil that the nbe gets because we have legitimate ratings to use as our leverage. Anything under 5mil will probably lead to Memphis, Uconn and Cincy looking to go to the NBE and form an Indy alliance. That's why I strongly believe we'll get 7-12mil ,but we will have to hit the open market 07-coffee3


double posting = iPhone, why is that?
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(02-18-2017 05:37 PM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 05:25 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 04:36 PM)gostangs Wrote:  
(02-17-2017 10:48 AM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  Espn is in the best shape. I'm seeing them added with all the big streaming packages. Fox Sports on many and CBS on a few. Disney owns ABC, ESPN, Disney Channels, etc. That is a pretty big lineup. It is easier to get rid of nickelodeon, cbs, etc.

I see our next contact at $3.5 million per team which expires with the big 12 contract. I also see them pushing a few basketball schools to help with tv inventory. We shall see.

I think you are right on the money. I think the band is somewhere between 3.5 - 5M per. ESPN knows we want to do this early and our knuckle headed presidents need the dough and will push for it. There is just enough uncertainty to make it feel like the smart thing to do. THey could lock us up at 4 a team which will feel pretty cheap still for what they get.

Now a few of the P whatever teams will be going down i think, No way ESPN keeps negotiating at those numbers.

I don't think the AAC will be offered or accept anything under the 5mil that the nbe gets because we have legitimate ratings to use as our leverage. Anything under 5mil will probably lead to Memphis, Uconn and Cincy looking to go to the NBE and form an Indy alliance. That's why I strongly believe we'll get 7-12mil ,but we will have to hit the open market 07-coffee3


double posting = iPhone, why is that?

well we will have to disagree. No way we get that kind of money, no way those schools leave and no way this hits the open market.

Fox isn't going to keep the NBE at that level when it comes up since they aren't worth it - and nobody else is going to bid for them at that level next time. They certainly aren't going to increase that contract to add those schools to it.
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Don't believe this goes to open market and I don't think anyone is leaving. At the end I see us signing an extension with ESPN and CBS for 4.5-5 million deal
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(02-18-2017 03:34 PM)Phil Lacio Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 02:00 PM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 12:12 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.

Look jerk I have a lot of respect for Ucf and I appreciate your ny6 bowl victory, but if you keep at Memphis (this is your 2nd time in as many days) out of nowhere expect it back you effing Douche. If you have a problem with Bc1 leave Memphis out of it. If your ignorant @@$ don't remember I'll refresh your mind though
2-ncaa appearances, and the highest football ranking any school in the AAC has garnered in our brief existence along with participation in some of the highest rated tv games in both money sports 05-nono03-nutkick. But thank you for that one great bowing game along with being completely sh!t in everything else since



I keep hearing that Memphis had the highest AAC and G5 ranking since the playoff era at #13 (it's even on Wikipedia), but Houston ended the 2015 season ranked #8 and was ranked as high as #6 and #5 in 2016 (week 6); are people talking about the last CFP playoff ranking before the bowls one of these last couple of years?

I've wondered what that meant too. Memphis didn't have the highest ranking of any AAC team since the conference started. Houston has the highest ranking of any AAC school. End of 2015 and beginning of this season.
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(02-18-2017 05:41 PM)gostangs Wrote:  Fox isn't going to keep the NBE at that level when it comes up since they aren't worth it - and nobody else is going to bid for them at that level next time. They certainly aren't going to increase that contract to add those schools to it.

You don't get it. 60-90% of a cable channel's revenue is generated from subscriber fees, not advertising revenue. Ratings are somewhat irrelevant. Because of the BE contract, FS1 on Directv, Dish and basic cable in Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, Cincinnati, Phily, DC, Indianapolis, Newark, parts of NY and Providence. At $1 per month per subscriber, you are looking at several million dollars per month, easily justifying the the BE contract. You drop the BE, their is very little incentive for the cable networks in those cities to keep FS1. The occasional baseball game has limited value in some of those cities, and almost no value in others. Now, would the contract increase if the BE added UConn or UC? That is a probably a bigger question.

On the other hand, what markets are on ESPN solely because of the AAC? Memphis, maybe. But, I doubt it since Memphis is an SEC town. Greenville? Possibly. Whether the AAC signs with ESPN or not, it doesn't add revenue to ESPN. There is simply no incentive for ESPN to pay $100+ million to a conference that doesn't move the needle as far as subscribers. The AAC is probably more valuable to NBCSN, CBSSN, possibly FS1 (although they have significant distribution now) or some small network like BeInSports. But, BeINSports gets about a .10 per subscriber. Adding 20 million subscribers would only generate $24 million a year in revenue for the network, well short of the amount needed to support a $100 million per year contract.

BTW, ESPN is estimated to earn about $7.2 billion in subscriber fees this year and spend $7.1 billion in rights fees. Next year, rights fees will exceed subscriber revenue. Therefore, ESPN has to cover all its operating expenses with advertising. While ESPN is probably still making money, its costs for production and talent is significant. I can see why Disney appears to be concerned.
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(02-18-2017 06:55 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  Don't believe this goes to open market and I don't think anyone is leaving. At the end I see us signing an extension with ESPN and CBS for 4.5-5 million deal
That seems to be a little low, I think it's more in the 7-9 mil range

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(02-18-2017 09:01 PM)MU88 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 05:41 PM)gostangs Wrote:  Fox isn't going to keep the NBE at that level when it comes up since they aren't worth it - and nobody else is going to bid for them at that level next time. They certainly aren't going to increase that contract to add those schools to it.

You don't get it. 60-90% of a cable channel's revenue is generated from subscriber fees, not advertising revenue. Ratings are somewhat irrelevant. Because of the BE contract, FS1 on Directv, Dish and basic cable in Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, Cincinnati, Phily, DC, Indianapolis, Newark, parts of NY and Providence. At $1 per month per subscriber, you are looking at several million dollars per month, easily justifying the the BE contract. You drop the BE, their is very little incentive for the cable networks in those cities to keep FS1. The occasional baseball game has limited value in some of those cities, and almost no value in others. Now, would the contract increase if the BE added UConn or UC? That is a probably a bigger question.

On the other hand, what markets are on ESPN solely because of the AAC? Memphis, maybe. But, I doubt it since Memphis is an SEC town. Greenville? Possibly. Whether the AAC signs with ESPN or not, it doesn't add revenue to ESPN. There is simply no incentive for ESPN to pay $100+ million to a conference that doesn't move the needle as far as subscribers. The AAC is probably more valuable to NBCSN, CBSSN, possibly FS1 (although they have significant distribution now) or some small network like BeInSports. But, BeINSports gets about a .10 per subscriber. Adding 20 million subscribers would only generate $24 million a year in revenue for the network, well short of the amount needed to support a $100 million per year contract.

BTW, ESPN is estimated to earn about $7.2 billion in subscriber fees this year and spend $7.1 billion in rights fees. Next year, rights fees will exceed subscriber revenue. Therefore, ESPN has to cover all its operating expenses with advertising. While ESPN is probably still making money, its costs for production and talent is significant. I can see why Disney appears to be concerned.

Memphis isn't an SEC town. The rural areas outside are, but the city itself is pretty blue. More educated you get, more Tigers fans you find which is why FedEx supports us so much. Largest Alumni base in the city by far.

I'll note when I worked in Nashville, MTSU is the same way. I'll sure its the same in Cincinnati and Houston as well.
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Part of the ACC Network was for schools to handle production. Similar in the MAC contract. I think that will be part of the next contract for the AAC. If that happens happens then the AAC might get 4-5 Mill contract but that money will be eaten up with the production costs if schools don't already have this capability. I still think NBC and AAC are a perfect match.
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(02-18-2017 10:27 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  Part of the ACC Network was for schools to handle production. Similar in the MAC contract. I think that will be part of the next contract for the AAC. If that happens happens then the AAC might get 4-5 Mill contract but that money will be eaten up with the production costs if schools don't already have this capability. I still think NBC and AAC are a perfect match.

Since NBC Sports has basically 1 main sports channel (they have some Universal sports channel that very few people get), its still hard to beat the exposure of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, etc...

Also the cross promotion of games on ESPN Networks of upcoming games and highlights gives the AAC a ton of exposure...while almost no one watches non-live sports on NBC Sports.

If you are an AAC Football/Basketball Head Coach...you want more than anything to stick with ESPN Networks...as that's what most of the recruits watch...but AD's might be interested by a few more $$$ from FOX Sports or NBC Sports, even though the exposure won't be nearly as good.
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(02-19-2017 09:28 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 10:27 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  Part of the ACC Network was for schools to handle production. Similar in the MAC contract. I think that will be part of the next contract for the AAC. If that happens happens then the AAC might get 4-5 Mill contract but that money will be eaten up with the production costs if schools don't already have this capability. I still think NBC and AAC are a perfect match.

Since NBC Sports has basically 1 main sports channel (they have some Universal sports channel that very few people get), its still hard to beat the exposure of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, etc...

Also the cross promotion of games on ESPN Networks of upcoming games and highlights gives the AAC a ton of exposure...while almost no one watches non-live sports NBC Sports.

If you are an AAC Football/Basketball Head Coach...you want more than anything to stick with ESPN Networks...as that's what most of the recruits watch...but AD's might be interested by a few more $$$ from FOX Sports or NBC Sports, even though the exposure won't be nearly as good.

This is why I expect us to renew the current contract at 4.5-5 million, because in reality that's a better deal when you include exposure than getting 6-7 million from NBC
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(02-18-2017 09:01 PM)MU88 Wrote:  
(02-18-2017 05:41 PM)gostangs Wrote:  Fox isn't going to keep the NBE at that level when it comes up since they aren't worth it - and nobody else is going to bid for them at that level next time. They certainly aren't going to increase that contract to add those schools to it.

You don't get it. 60-90% of a cable channel's revenue is generated from subscriber fees, not advertising revenue. Ratings are somewhat irrelevant. Because of the BE contract, FS1 on Directv, Dish and basic cable in Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, Cincinnati, Phily, DC, Indianapolis, Newark, parts of NY and Providence. At $1 per month per subscriber, you are looking at several million dollars per month, easily justifying the the BE contract. You drop the BE, their is very little incentive for the cable networks in those cities to keep FS1. The occasional baseball game has limited value in some of those cities, and almost no value in others. Now, would the contract increase if the BE added UConn or UC? That is a probably a bigger question.

On the other hand, what markets are on ESPN solely because of the AAC? Memphis, maybe. But, I doubt it since Memphis is an SEC town. Greenville? Possibly. Whether the AAC signs with ESPN or not, it doesn't add revenue to ESPN. There is simply no incentive for ESPN to pay $100+ million to a conference that doesn't move the needle as far as subscribers. The AAC is probably more valuable to NBCSN, CBSSN, possibly FS1 (although they have significant distribution now) or some small network like BeInSports. But, BeINSports gets about a .10 per subscriber. Adding 20 million subscribers would only generate $24 million a year in revenue for the network, well short of the amount needed to support a $100 million per year contract.

BTW, ESPN is estimated to earn about $7.2 billion in subscriber fees this year and spend $7.1 billion in rights fees. Next year, rights fees will exceed subscriber revenue. Therefore, ESPN has to cover all its operating expenses with advertising. While ESPN is probably still making money, its costs for production and talent is significant. I can see why Disney appears to be concerned.

This is the most inaccurate thing ever posted in Internet history lol.
1-not one of cable providers in any of the cities you named would dare think of canceling fs1 over a conference that no one watches01-wingedeagle
2- fs1 also has big12 and big10 content that is far more valuable and important to them than anything the nbe has to offer and why would lowering their contract to what their ratings actually justified cause any of what you said to happen
3- If the nbe had a network based on subscriber fees then what you're stating would have made more sense ( I think you have actually confused those two things anyway.
4- The most important thing is there's no way you can be an actual Memphis fan and post something so stupid as to say that Memphis is an"sec" town. If you were a true fan you would know this though. You sound like a nbe troll posing as a tiger fan. I've been noticing a lot of that lately.
5-what effing subscriber fees did the nbe bring to fs1? I'll answer that NONE dumba$$. Fs1 is on just about every providers system anyway just like espn01-wingedeagle
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RE: Dennis Dodd on AAC Contract
(02-18-2017 12:12 PM)Knightbengal Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:53 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  The AAC needs to have unequal revenue distribution:
UC, UCONN, UH, and Memphis should get $8mil/ yr each

SMU, Temple, and Navy get $4mil/year each

USF, UCF, get $2mil/yr ea

ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane pay the conference $3mil/yr just to be in it

Problem solved

You are high as a kite. UC hasn't done **** since the rest of us have been in the league. Wtf has Memphis done. Good luck with that. Some of you UC and UCONN posters need to get a grip on yourself and your value.

Uhhh.... Just WON the conference. Not that I am legitimizing BC's obviously sarcastic idea, but yeah.... That's "Wtf" we have "done."
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