(06-23-2022 12:05 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(06-23-2022 06:54 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Actually, I’m super bullish on the Pac-12 rights *because* of all of those third tier football games going to market.

The primary business justification why all of these media companies are bidding up sports rights is because they all want to invest for their streaming services. That’s what Wall Street is demanding from all of them.

The content that has been on the Pac-12 Networks is *perfect* for streaming. The Big Ten *might* be willing to send one game that would have otherwise been on BTN over to Amazon as a streaming exclusive. In contrast, the Pac-12 seems to be willing to effectively shut the Pac-12 Networks down and send everything that was on there to streaming, which includes a ton of football and basketball games. ESPN+ has been showing a heck of a lot more games that are worse than Cal vs. UC-Davis. The amount of content that the Pac-12 is offering is actually massive compared to the Big Ten - they’ve got enough to move from the Pac-12 Networks to effectively create an entire sports department for Apple or Amazon or further cement ESPN+.

The market is showing that they’ll pay a premium for exclusive streaming rights and the Pac-12 has a lot of content available that they’re willing to put there. While the Pac-12 won’t be getting the same level of rights fees for their first tier TV contracts as the Big Ten and SEC, they’re going to get a huge boost from finally being able to monetize their Tier 2 and Tier 3 rights where they have been underpaid for the past decade due to the poor performance of the Pac-12 Networks. The Pac-12 is going to be substantially ahead of the ACC as the #3 conference financially when this is all said and done.

Time will tell Frank, but IMO you are overly optimistic on the future of the PAC networks if they remain in their current configuration.
I also think the streaming market for beach volleyball and water polo is limited.

What about softball and baseball? The sports that blow the doors of your beloved ACC schools.