Say Goodbye to those ESPN Personalities Ya'll Love So Much: Official ESPN Layoffs Thread

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Breh, most of them won't be selling league passes, it will be the broadcast model, you got an account on the platform, you're all good. AD dollars are how broadcast stations make money on what they paid to air games, it will be the same for these online properties except advertisers will pay more per spot (even if buying fewer spots) because of how targeted their spend will be.

You're definitely going to see a huge distribution of league rights in the next contracts, no network is going to go out its way to be the primary rights holder. I fully expect to see amazon, google, hulu, apple, possibly netflix and Facebook end up with games in addition to the abc/TNT/espn's
not disputing any of that. i have a hard time seeing it match the money for the current set of rights fees. if its a non exclusive deal, it will also cost far less for each service to broadcast games. if its not exclusive its not a package that will be worth the price the current rights fees draw. how much money is netflix going to pay for something that every person on facebook already has access to?
 

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even though my 15 hours a day viewing iis down to maybe 15 hours every 6 months. I don't want ESPN to crumble.

This damn iPhone I'm holding killed Espn and a lot of tv for me. It's no point of me watching Sportcenter or any of their original programming when I can YouTube it or google a story or show.

Even shows I dig like PTI or ATH I just listen to the podcast version
 

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Can we get a list in the op?
General

“SportsCenter” anchor Jay Crawford
ESPNU anchor Brendan Fitzgerald
“SportsCenter” anchor Chris Hassel
Columnist Johnette Howard
Columnist Melissa Isaacson
Radio host Danny Kanell
Radio host Robin Lundberg
Columnist Jane McManus
“SportsCenter” anchor Jaymee Sire
Correspondent Reese Waters

MLB

MLB analyst Jim Bowden
Dodgers peporter Doug Padilla
MLB writer Jayson Stark
Baseball reporter Mark Saxon

NBA

New Orleans Pelicans reporter Justin Verrier
Houston Rockets’ reporter Calvin Watkins
NBA reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss

NFL

NFL analyst Trent Dilfer
NFL analyst Ashley Fox
NFL reporter Ed Werder

NHL

NHL columnist Scott Burnside
NHL columnist Pierre LeBrun
Hockey writer Joe McDonald

College sports

Big Ten reporter Brian Bennett
College basketball writer Eamonn Brennan
College basketball reporter C.L. Brown
SEC football reporter David Ching
College football recruiting reporter Jeremy Crabtree
College basketball analyst Len Elmore
College sports reporter Chantel Jennings
College football reporter Brett McMurphy
Pac 12 reporter Ted Miller
Big 12 reporter Max Olson
College basketball reporter Dana O’Neil
SEC Reporter Greg Ostendorf
Predictive analytics expert Rufus Peabody
Big Ten football reporter Jesse Temple
SEC recruiting analyst Derek Tyson
Big Ten football reporter Austin Ward

Miscellaneous

Boxing host Marysol Castro
Legal analyst Roger Cossack
Enterprise reporter Tom Farrey
Soccer writer Mike Goodman
Golf commentator Dottie Pepper
Auto racing commentator Dr. Jerry Lee Punch
Sports gambling writer Dave Tuley
ESPN Dallas columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor

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Breh, most of them won't be selling league passes, it will be the broadcast model, you got an account on the platform, you're all good. AD dollars are how broadcast stations make money on what they paid to air games, it will be the same for these online properties except advertisers will pay more per spot (even if buying fewer spots) because of how targeted their spend will be.

You're definitely going to see a huge distribution of league rights in the next contracts, no network is going to go out its way to be the primary rights holder. I fully expect to see amazon, google, hulu, apple, possibly netflix and Facebook end up with games in addition to the abc/TNT/espn's

True and folks forget that for years baseball and basketball has bounced from network to network. Both leagues are used as a means to attract audiences to their network (which in turn the audience will watch other shows).

Even back in the late 80s and throughout the 90s NBC attributed their strangle hold on the number 1 network spot to the NBA.

So basically the NBA has possibly ran its course on ESPN/ABC. But someone or many others will absolutely pay again a large amount to have the league.

Folks always say that salaries in sports will dwindle and yet they are proven wrong again and again because the appetite for sports is so great with the major league sports. Folks never take into account inflation, how fans will constantly pay for tickets, how add revenue constantly goes up, how sports especially basketball is so global (shyt I be watching NBA games on tv in China and India) and how cities and tax payers break their damn neck to pay for these stadiums.

Also good points with the NBA possibly going to amazon, hulu, google and etc. They were the first to go the cable route and I wouldn't doubt they are the first to really jump shark and go with the folks mentioned above.

PS don't forget that the NBA was on ABC in the 60s then switched to CBS in the 70s then switched to NBC in the late 80s then switched to ABC/ESPN in the early 2000s. So the league has always moved around from network to network.
 
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I'm 33 I"m not cutting the cord, and most of the people my age cutting the cord, aren't cutting it for real, they getting passwords from HBO and cable providers from their parents to subsidize their hulu or netflix membership.

I think ESPN and Fox will benefit from making their channels interactive on screen with cable operators and sat providers. Allow the provider to link the users account to their service and playoff their viewing habits so when they turn to the ESPN station they get content directed towards their likes, like favortie team scores, favorite spot scores, and stories, and etc.

Yep you are so right on jokers sharing passwords and shyt. Jokers don't understand that these companies sit around all day and think of ways to stop folks from working around the system and they will again.

Remember how everyone was ditching land lines for cell phones cause the land line was 200 plus a month but you could get a 3 cell phone plan for less than 100 bucks. Phone companies and the government got hipped now your ass paying 200 plus for 3 or 4 cell phone plan and 30 bucks a month for a land line....:mjlol:


Cell phone bill taxes use to be like 10 bucks. Now the taxes alone be 30 or 40 bucks....:mjlol:



Folks actually think this cutting cable.....hustling passwords shyt gonna work forever.:mjlol:
 
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not disputing any of that. i have a hard time seeing it match the money for the current set of rights fees. if its a non exclusive deal, it will also cost far less for each service to broadcast games. if its not exclusive its not a package that will be worth the price the current rights fees draw. how much money is netflix going to pay for something that every person on facebook already has access to?
They wouldn't be airing the same games, same way cbs and fox don't air the same NFL games
 

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They wouldn't be airing the same games, same way cbs and fox don't air the same NFL games
and in turn for offering all these sports at current rights fees prices, their own prices will go up, and consumers would need 3/4 seperate services which would cost more than they do currently, and would end up paying near the same levels they do now which they are cutting away from in droves?
 

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They let Jade Mcarthy go too :mjcry:
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Brazzers :shaq:
 

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and in turn for offering all these sports at current rights fees prices, their own prices will go up, and consumers would need 3/4 seperate services which would cost more than they do currently, and would end up paying near the same levels they do now which they are cutting away from in droves?
You're completely missing the point. Facebook is free, amazon is free - prime isn't, but it is pretty much a bargain for frequent shoppers due to free 2 day shipping, the content and other media perks are now a bonus, youtube is free....these companies make a killing from advertising and data mining without charging us a dime and most people have accounts on all these platforms. For the paid platforms, prices go up occasionally anyway, they won't have some huge jump due to how much cash they're raking in, and yes, they can charge a premium for sports, but since they're not doing something stupid like Sunday ticket (giving acces to every game) the price won't be much. If someone has to pay $29 for the netflix nfl season package, that's still markedly less than cable.
 
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