Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

[pissclams]

i would rather we just opt out now and join the whatever’s left league rather than waste time and money trying to make that work for us.

[MakeItRain]

https://x.com/NickSchultz_7/status/1857994228938289260

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

https://x.com/NickSchultz_7/status/1857994228938289260

I'm OK with this as long as it includes TBS and TRU.

[pissclams]

https://x.com/NickSchultz_7/status/1857994228938289260

I'm OK with this as long as it includes TBS and TRU.

conditional on TNT/TBD transforming Inside the NBA into Inside the Big 12, and retaining Ernie, Charles, Kenny, and Shaq

i’m just fine with them doing both basketball (obviously) and picking up football

[MakeItRain]

https://x.com/NickSchultz_7/status/1857994228938289260

I'm OK with this as long as it includes TBS and TRU.

I'm guessing there will be games on True TV given they are turning it into a sports channel. It's definitely going to come with some games on Max, which sucks, even if you have it.

[Houstoncat93]

Dellinger has more details:

-13 football games per year from streaming on ESPN+ to linear on TBS\TNT
-15 basketball games to TBS\TNT

Starts next season and as a sub-license doubt we see more $ just better exposure.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-football-on-tnt-new-deal-will-feature-13-football-games-on-wbd-channels-after-settlement-135956401.html

[MakeItRain]

Nice, this is really good! I was afraid those sublicensed games would come from linear ESPN.

[MakeItRain]

we missed this over the weekend
https://www.twitter.com/GSwaim/status/1862959165871652869

[steve dave]

RIP King


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[Skipper44]

Swaim may have become a punchline due to realiagnment but i will choose to appreciate him as one of the few sources on KSU basketball recruiting in the early days of the internet

[sonofdaxjones]

 

[Houstoncat93]

https://bsky.app/profile/brettmcmurphy.bsky.social/post/3leudnhnroc2o
Northern Illinois schedules Tuesday Board of Trustees meeting for “review & endorsement Membership Fee for Northern Illinois University to Join the Mountain West Conference”

[MakeItRain]

wack.

also, mods, get on the bluesky links, thanks.

[steve dave]

wack.

also, mods, get on the bluesky links, thanks.

twitter links are all funked too. not our doing (I mean, maybe it is, we haven't done crap here for a decade)

[Houstoncat93]

wack.

also, mods, get on the bluesky links, thanks.

LOL, 80% of the reason I posted that was to test the Bluesky links.

[Houstoncat93]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/43623233/sources-espn-ok-option-televise-acc-sports-36

ESPN picks up ACC options, "sources" seem to be floating that this will keep FSU Clemson in the league for now. We shall see.

[deputy dawg]

Dellinger has more details:

-13 football games per year from streaming on ESPN+ to linear on TBS\TNT
-15 basketball games to TBS\TNT

Starts next season and as a sub-license doubt we see more $ just better exposure.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-football-on-tnt-new-deal-will-feature-13-football-games-on-wbd-channels-after-settlement-135956401.html

If ESPN is having to sublicense, does that mean it has more game inventory than it can air on its linear and streaming platforms?  Asking for a friend that wondered why Big 12 got partially relegated to sublicensing.

[Houstoncat93]

Dellinger has more details:

-13 football games per year from streaming on ESPN+ to linear on TBS\TNT
-15 basketball games to TBS\TNT

Starts next season and as a sub-license doubt we see more $ just better exposure.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-12-football-on-tnt-new-deal-will-feature-13-football-games-on-wbd-channels-after-settlement-135956401.html

If ESPN is having to sublicense, does that mean it has more game inventory than it can air on its linear and streaming platforms?  Asking for a friend that wondered why Big 12 got partially relegated to sublicensing.

We did not get relegated to sublicenses, some of the games on ESPN+ got promoted to a linear network. 

[MakeItRain]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/43623233/sources-espn-ok-option-televise-acc-sports-36

ESPN picks up ACC options, "sources" seem to be floating that this will keep FSU Clemson in the league for now. We shall see.

FSU and Clemson deciding to stay because ESPN picked up that option doesn't make the least bit of sense to me. ESPN was always going to pick up that option because it's an amazing deal for them. It's more years of the shitty deal that FSU and Clemson wants to be out from under.

[Houstoncat93]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/43623233/sources-espn-ok-option-televise-acc-sports-36

ESPN picks up ACC options, "sources" seem to be floating that this will keep FSU Clemson in the league for now. We shall see.

FSU and Clemson deciding to stay because ESPN picked up that option doesn't make the least bit of sense to me. ESPN was always going to pick up that option because it's an amazing deal for them. It's more years of the shitty deal that FSU and Clemson wants to be out from under.

https://bsky.app/profile/adavidhalejoint.bsky.social/post/3lh25pvplk42l

This is a long 🧵 that talks about some of that.  I think the interesting point he makes in there is that 2031ish is a major inflection point for college football. If a breakaway, superleague or something is going to happen that is the most logical time based on all the contracts ending around that time. Even if Clemson/FSU win their lawsuits an exit would still be expensive. Given that there is a realistic chance the whole business model blows up into something different in 6 years there is a chance they would be better off to just wait until then.

[Houstoncat93]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/43623233/sources-espn-ok-option-televise-acc-sports-36

ESPN picks up ACC options, "sources" seem to be floating that this will keep FSU Clemson in the league for now. We shall see.

FSU and Clemson deciding to stay because ESPN picked up that option doesn't make the least bit of sense to me. ESPN was always going to pick up that option because it's an amazing deal for them. It's more years of the shitty deal that FSU and Clemson wants to be out from under.

Looks like they are staying put for now.  I assume this is all just a pause and that we will see movement in 5 or 6 years.

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1896584556150759540

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1896610215220674824