Because of Fox, ESPN made a gamble to be the single sports outlet

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Apr 26, 2017
12:40:37pm

mudpupper All-American

So they overpaid for a ton of content to keep Fox and others out of the business and now they are suffering for it.

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mudpupper

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ESPN's biggest problem is that they massively overpaid for their TV rights

Indy Coug Misunderstood

4/26/17 12:31pm

Yep, they are cutting a few million when owing billions.

mudpupper

4/26/17 12:32pm

Luckily for them, they are not trimming a few billion when owing trillions.

ByuMba90

4/26/17 12:34pm

Didn't help Big 12 expansion

Gustav

4/26/17 12:33pm

Yes, they completely underestimated the number of cord cutters.

Mikey

4/26/17 12:33pm

It still makes me laugh to think how much advertisers spend. I have watched

JAGA97

4/26/17 12:34pm

TNT cut the cord and he is never going back

TNT

4/26/17 12:35pm

Well they are owned by Disney, so it isn't like they can claim bankruptcy-

BeyondTheMark

4/26/17 12:36pm

Because of Fox, ESPN made a gamble to be the single sports outlet

mudpupper

4/26/17 12:40pm

Bingo

newbie

4/26/17 12:41pm

But I was told by several CBers ESPN's changing economy will help BYU.

ag4cougs

4/26/17 12:43pm

BYU fans should be praying we can even maintain the status quo

Indy Coug

4/26/17 12:45pm

that was my position.

ag4cougs

4/26/17 3:31pm

It very well might.

Mises

4/26/17 1:16pm

Sorry byutv on its own will not work

TNT

4/26/17 1:26pm

You misunderstand. I'm not advocating this except as a worst case scenario,

Mises

4/26/17 1:39pm

Because ESPN will re-up with BYU for more money?

ag4cougs

4/26/17 3:32pm

I think the TV industry is going to burst at some point

Harrison0Yfan

4/26/17 12:45pm

Remember the old CB arguments for a la carte satellite/cable subscriptions?

Indy Coug

4/26/17 12:46pm

I don't remember those. What were people saying?

Harrison0Yfan

4/26/17 1:00pm

It's like they've been playing a game of chicken with consumers

KingDave

4/26/17 1:00pm

Tune in to the ESPN app to watch the BYU vs Hawaii game, only $14.99!

YouPuntYouDye

4/26/17 3:25pm

It's like US budget reforms. Until something is done about social security,

HuskerCoug

4/26/17 12:47pm

Doesn't that put BYU's future as an independent in serious jeopardy? What if no

Windward_Coug

4/26/17 12:47pm

Someone will pay for them, but maybe for less money

Indy Coug

4/26/17 12:49pm

In terms of money, absolutely.

thebruce

4/26/17 12:53pm

I don't think it will hurt BYU

CougarVeteran

4/26/17 12:59pm

Bingo

BYUSwoop

4/27/17 1:14am

I like BYU's financial position more than most teams in college football.

svenot

4/26/17 1:02pm

Like schools who have TV lockers for $10,000 a pop

Indy Coug

4/26/17 1:13pm

Maybe, except that they are considered a value purchase. The others were

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