RATINGS r taking over STATE CABLE HOOKUPS as viewership moves to Streaming
Follow the money! The paradigm has shifted again, from do people watch your games from any State, instead of the old priority of in state cable hookups. It’s why Colorado hired Prime, it’s why UNC hired Bellichek, it’s why UVA increased dramatically their basketball NIL.
The landscape is shifted/shifting faster than ever, College Sports are in the ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, and it’s only accelerating in that direction.
Schools need to schedule as many rivalry games as possible, be they conference schools or not. That means for instance, Virginia Tech should play their more natural rivals and as many higher ranked teams if possible. In other words, whether you’re in the SEC or B1G or not, schedule as much like you are in those conferences as possible!!!!
Some schools have already moved to this model, how fast will your school make this adjustment in scheduling? What are the consequences of being slow or fast to adapt?
** Edited by Stech at 6/21/2025, 11:10:36 AM
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VPI_1998
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post from you with no emojis...
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It was always a dumb long term model depend on people who DON'T consume
your product as a de-facto subsidy of your financial plan. I'm talking about shaking down cable and satellite subscribers who don't watch football to pay you for the conference networks like the ACCN, BTN and SECN.
The whole college football financial system is noncompetitive if not anti-competitive.
Speaking of the Big Ten, I wonder if they regret adding Rutgers yet 🤔
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would you ever base it on the number of people, when it’s the number of people that care. New Jersey cares about the Giants or Jets, WADR not Rutgers 🏈. Same with Miami, Pitt, BC, and UCLA to name a few others.
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I would argue that Rutgers and Maryland were shrewd more of the BIG alums
are likely to have moved to the New York or Washington DC market giving the alumni a chance to see it on local TV or attend the game in person. let's assume that GT would be considered. I doubt the Atlanta market has his higher percentage of alums as cities like DC or New York
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...even if they added a dud.
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