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Or drive them to more sports bars, IMHO the matchups will make up for the

ones they lose for making it more of a professional sport. It's been a professional sport already with coaches making 10 million a year and billions of dollars going to the Universities. My biggest concern is non-revenue sports and how that gets funded when they start paying the players in revenue sports. It's coming and IMHO the train has left the station. PS Being an older adult, I don't necessarily like all these changes, but it is adapt or lose out. like many things in life.
Posted: 09/06/2023 at 04:40 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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The Charter/Disney dispute could break the sports media revenue model
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 02:33 PM ET
Smell ya' later, ESPN.**
MP4VT2004 • 09/07/23 10:48 PM ET
Guess it could cement the B1X as the one P-conference
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 09:51 PM ET
I might just watch the condensed games on you tube the following week**
OrlandoHokie • 09/06/23 04:55 PM ET
cancelling ESPN and using YouTube would be a way of punishing ESPN
ren_hoek • 09/06/23 05:36 PM ET
You’d trust the internet to be the same thing?????**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/06/23 04:58 PM ET
ESPN is no longer in a strong negotiating position. Charter could
Big12 guy • 09/06/23 02:44 PM ET
According to Charter, only 25% of their subs watch Disney-owned channels
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 02:49 PM ET
That makes sense. When I was working in the industry...
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:44 AM ET
Isn't it somewhat true that most viewers watch about 6-8 cable channels?
mrcaniac • 09/07/23 06:06 PM ET
Just to put my resume out there...
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:51 AM ET
Think about what happens if an Amazon or Apple buy Disney? Talk about
Stech • 09/06/23 03:05 PM ET
I actually think Apple will become a joint owner of ESPN with Disney
CobbCountyHokie • 09/07/23 09:46 AM ET
Would they consider all of Disney and sell off the bits they don’t want?**
jms41 • 09/08/23 09:27 PM ET
I could even see them going to a pay-per-view model.
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 03:10 PM ET
it's felt like that's been coming for several years IMO. At least the
reestuart • 09/06/23 05:18 PM ET
And that will hugely shrink the sport just like what happened to boxing
turkeywinghokie • 09/06/23 05:17 PM ET
I might go exclusively to the radio if that happened.
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 04:07 PM ET
Pay-per-view WITH commercials.**
Femoyer Hokie • 09/06/23 03:54 PM ET
Make no mistake, they will still figure a way out to make money.
goldendomer • 09/06/23 03:28 PM ET
Me too, in fact I think that’s where we are going. Changes who’s in & out
Stech • 09/06/23 03:28 PM ET
Conferences might disappear
mrcaniac • 09/07/23 06:24 PM ET
Watching the game at home could cost as much as a stadium ticket does.**
tarheelblue • 09/06/23 03:37 PM ET
i'll be out of the sports game at that point then. **
VT Pez4Life • 09/07/23 10:13 AM ET
That would fill the stadiums back up, crazy times.**
Stech • 09/06/23 03:40 PM ET
Or drive fans completely away from the sport.**
EDGEMAN • 09/06/23 04:07 PM ET
Or drive them to more sports bars, IMHO the matchups will make up for the ◄
Stech • 09/06/23 04:40 PM ET
Or to movie theaters. The ACC may have been ahead of the curve.**
CoolJCPA • 09/06/23 05:04 PM ET
Good point, especially if they serve beer and wine. :-)**
Stech • 09/06/23 05:07 PM ET