(02-06-2019 04:26 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(02-06-2019 04:22 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  Whoever does NOT get the SEC tier 1 (between CBS and ESPN) will want the AAC content, IMO. Whoever does get the SEC tier 1 won't have a lot of room (unless CBS decides to greatly expand it's college football).

Fox seems to be going for fewer events but with higher ratings - that's not a reason for them to pursue the AAC.

CBSSN might be interested in more AAC - but would the AAC be interested in them?

If the money was right, CBSSN gets moved to the basic tier of cable, and implement streaming I'd be ok with it. CBSSN covers the AAC pretty well. They don't spend the whole game talking about Zion Williamson, Alabama football, Clemson, the P5, Lebron, etc.

CBSSN's basketball recap show is top notch. Seth Davis is a little annoying, but the entire show does what ESPN used to do way back in the day ... and that is show highlights of the games, break down the strengths and weaknesses of the teams playing them, and forecast what seed they are fighting for in the big dance. They give great coverage to the non-P5 conferences too. I loved that part of the show.

How refreshing. A half hour, sometimes an hour, of nothing but sports talk.

If they have a college football show that does the same thing, I'd be all over that channel.

There's room for these other full time sports networks to eat into the ESPN following. The further ESPN gets from covering actual sports, the bigger the opening for them all.