actually, the dumbest thing the AAC ever did was reject a 9 year/$1.4 billion dollar offer in 2010 when they were still known as the Big East.

(09-18-2013 04:39 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  actually, the dumbest thing the AAC ever did was reject a 9 year/$1.4 billion dollar offer in 2010 when they were still known as the Big East.

the AAC didn't do that...the Big East with a vastly different membership, and different Commish did that.

(09-18-2013 04:46 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(09-18-2013 04:39 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  actually, the dumbest thing the AAC ever did was reject a 9 year/$1.4 billion dollar offer in 2010 when they were still known as the Big East.

the AAC didn't do that...the Big East with a vastly different membership, and different Commish did that.

exactly.

(09-18-2013 04:39 PM)perimeterpost Wrote:  actually, the dumbest thing the AAC ever did was reject a 9 year/$1.4 billion dollar offer in 2010 when they were still known as the Big East.

Accepting that deal would have been the logical thing to do if you had a cohesive membership that had long term plans to be together. The Big East had too many members with one foot out the door and a hybrid system of Basketball schools and all sports schools that was doomed to failure no matter what the TV contract offer was.

(09-18-2013 12:16 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  

(09-18-2013 12:00 PM)NorthTexan95 Wrote:  

(09-18-2013 09:30 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Apple TV is a wildcard. Hearing it may be introduced early 2014. That will be a game changer. As discussed before that's the future.

Apple TV won't be a factor. The device sounds like a Roku with an Apple logo slapped on. The market currently has and will have other devices that provide the same function at a lower price. Those who will buy anything made by Apple are too few of a market to make a dent.

No, Apple already has that.

This will be the TV itself with all the features for streaming content built in. I suspect the rumors are a little ahead of themelves. I believe they are further away than the first half of next year to bringing it to production, but you never know. Whether they are first or Google is or somebody else this is coming and will definitely be a game changer. Comcast and Verizon may be forced to get into this business as well. The Roku's will be put out of business.

After all these years of discussion, I'd be hard pressed to think that Apple makes some sort of game changing TV that does much more than the Roku, XBOX, Chromecast, etc. already does, unless they get exclusive "live channel" content that the others can't get. HDTVs are basically a commodity item now, and I doubt consumers are going to be lining up for something twice as expensive (and tied to the hardware), just because it's one device instead of two.

Yet people keep buying the same Iphone year after year at the rate of 35 to 40 million per quarter.

Ipad sales are increasing annually on top of that. The seamless transition between Iphone, Ipad and TV will change the experience. It's hard to imagine people not wanting that and getting to ditch their $100/month cable bill at the same time.

(09-19-2013 01:18 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  Yet people keep buying the same Iphone year after year at the rate of 35 to 40 million per quarter.

Ipad sales are increasing annually on top of that. The seamless transition between Iphone, Ipad and TV will change the experience. It's hard to imagine people not wanting that and getting to ditch their $100/month cable bill at the same time.

hey man, they come in like 6 colors now. That's a gamechanger.