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<blockquote data-quote="EJ33" data-source="post: 1310595" data-attributes="member: 110999"><p>True.</p><p></p><p>It'll be really interesting to see how the economics shake out in the next 10 years. The logic for adding Rutgers and Maryland was the cable bundle - more fees from more homes on the East Coast. What happens in a streaming / subscription world where you can tie revenue directly to a school (because you will know the school of the subscriber)? Imagine, for example, Rutgers or Northwestern getting a 1/14 share, but only accounting for 1/30 of streaming subscribers. To date expansion has been a win for everybody, but it's not difficult to see the tension that will arise within conferences when some schools don't bring their fair share of streaming revenue.</p><p></p><p>I think this model could actually be good for Illinois in the long term in terms of the balance of power since we have one of the largest fan bases for streaming subscriptions. But Whitman better shore up his other sources of revenue in the next few years - the next contract negotiation could be ugly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EJ33, post: 1310595, member: 110999"] True. It'll be really interesting to see how the economics shake out in the next 10 years. The logic for adding Rutgers and Maryland was the cable bundle - more fees from more homes on the East Coast. What happens in a streaming / subscription world where you can tie revenue directly to a school (because you will know the school of the subscriber)? Imagine, for example, Rutgers or Northwestern getting a 1/14 share, but only accounting for 1/30 of streaming subscribers. To date expansion has been a win for everybody, but it's not difficult to see the tension that will arise within conferences when some schools don't bring their fair share of streaming revenue. I think this model could actually be good for Illinois in the long term in terms of the balance of power since we have one of the largest fan bases for streaming subscriptions. But Whitman better shore up his other sources of revenue in the next few years - the next contract negotiation could be ugly. [/QUOTE]
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