07-17-2020, 08:11 PM
(07-17-2020 02:53 PM)quo vadis Wrote: [ -> ](07-17-2020 01:37 PM)JRsec Wrote: [ -> ]So Quo I resent your changing of what I said to make a trollish comment when I never stated things were equitable before TV contracts.
So just as I told you 8 years ago when you laughed, a hostile takeover of a disorganized but beloved American pass time has happened.
Not sure what I changed? Not sure we disagree about much except:
I do think that despite the immense infusion of money in to college athletics these past 20 years, the *disparities* as we fans witness them on the field have not changed much, meaning:
In 1980 ...
Alabama was a huge national brand.
Purdue was obviously of lesser stature but reasonably well known.
Arkansas State effectively did not "publicly" exist.
In 2020 ...
Alabama is a huge national brand.
Purdue is obviously of less stature but reasonably well known.
Arkansas State effectively ... well, I would say they are more known than in 1980.
So despite the dollar difference between these three clearly having increased in the past 40 years, the only thing that seems to have changed in terms of overall brand awareness is that .... the least of these has actually increased its profile over that time relative to the others.
And that's the main point I was trying to make, which you seemed to miss in your ire at my perceived slight (none was intended, btw), which is that no matter what anyone else is doing, no matter how powerful Alabama is, no matter what machinations ESPN engages in, no matter what is going on with the NCAA, no matter how big the B1G media deal is and how small the Sun Belt media deal is, ANY school can build its program if it leverages its own assets.
The insinuation was closer to the top of your initial remarks, but your evidence is anecdotal. Specifically nothing has changed because the top brands are the top draws and the top draws earn the most and the distance between Alabama's earnings and even those of Purdue and Arkansas State has grown significantly because branding and content multipliers are the new payday for the networks.
Gone are market footprint issues except for T3 cable networks and when future consolidation occurs it will be to multiply the number of brand on brand games. So Quo TV money didn't change the order, it just changed the gaps in the order and streaming will stress all present arrangements even more before it is over.