OT: What You Pay for Sports
Just came across this website purportedly analyzing how your viewing dollars support the world of sports:
http://www.whatyoupayforsports.com/
I don't know enough about the world of sports broadcasting to know whether their data and conclusions are valid, but I know there are some MGoBloggers who find the topic interesting.
April 25th, 2013 at 11:01 AM ^
I'm actually pleasantly surprised at all the fees except one. .02 for the NIT seems like a colossal waste of money to me. I want that one back.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:06 PM ^
MGrow, if we ever get the chance to meet, I'll buy you all the beer you can drink in exchange for off-the-record recruiting tales. Maybe that will make up for the .02.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Then you gotta drop ESPN...
April 25th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
I pay roughly $89 for my sports. I be like dang (though I still don't understand how that works out).
April 25th, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
will be interesting to see if cable can keep the bundled structure alive as we move into the internet tv era. without the masses subsidizing espn, there is no way espn can keep paying the contracts they pay out.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
I prefer watching my sports on a 50 inch 1080p HDTV. I know you can stream things... but I've done it with ESPN3 (xbox 360) and the quality is not even close to watching cable/satellite.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
Your internet isn't fast enough, then. Cable/satellite broadcast in 1080i, which gets converted to 720p while ESPN3 streamss at 720p.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
Is that good enough? When I stream movie from Netflix it looks great but ESPN3 always seems to have bad picture quality. I never have any problems during gaming so I'm not sure what the deal is.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
I don't know what to tell you, then. All I know is that 720p = 720p.
With Verizon FIOS, I am sure I either have enough bandwidth or can upgrade my service to get enough, but that's me. Most people don't have the greatest internet service. Could our national data networks handle a Superbowl with hundreds of millions of people tuning in at the same time, many with mjultiple HD sets? You can compress things down, but I would rather pay more for better quality. Any viewing model that compromises my viewing experience would not be acceptable, regardless of cost.
short answer, yes. Via multicasting for distribution and distributed mem caching for functionality like replay, pause, rewind.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
Welcome to the Blog
April 25th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
for most sports--- way too much.
For Michigan? My ATTENTION!
April 25th, 2013 at 11:36 AM ^
It seems that a shade over a quarter of my yearly "sports bill", if you will, goes to the NFL, but $33.70, or 41.2% of the $81.70, goes to college-related items, including the $0.02 for the NIT.
As an interesting aside to this, here's the article on the same site regarding ESPN's subscriber fees broken down by ESPN channel and how upcoming contract renewals will affect them.(HERE)
April 25th, 2013 at 11:40 AM ^
The B1G, SEC & ACC all make in the $2.40 - $2.70 range (not including the B1G network). The Pac 12 ($1.25), The Big 12 ($1.10) and the Big East ($0.53) all make significantly less. Delany might not be the best PR person out there, but the future of the B1G looks financially solid at least.
April 25th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
The Big Ten gets $5.10/year/subscriber. If 10% of current subscribers would pay for BTN for 3 months out of the year, they could charge $17/month and break even. That doesn't include those that would keep it for other sports. That's a low retention rate, and you'd get some out-of-footprint subscribers, so I'd imagine that they could probably get away with something like $5-10 and still increase profits significantly.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:08 PM ^
I cut the cable over two years ago, but I would be more than willing to pay for online streaming of the channels I want on a monthly basis.
April 25th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
I have every channel besides CBS SN, Galavision and Pac-12 Network. By adding just CBS Sports Network, it jumps to $89.10. Besides a couple hockey games against ND, what else is there to watch on that channel?
April 25th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
They show some college hoops. I can remember watching a few mwc games on there this year.
They show almost all the service academy football games in the fall. Must-see tv for sure
April 25th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
Who do I contact to stop paying the SEC $2.70 a month?
April 25th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
for Internet TV to take over, the prices will drop drastically and we will all be able to choose what channels we want to purchase
...I pay $3.70 a month for NASCAR?
I don't have a TV or cable and I watch all of my sports at the bar. They need to create a survey that tells me how much of the cost of my rum & cokes goes to sports before I'll give them any credit.