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<blockquote data-quote="illinistephen" data-source="post: 2010991" data-attributes="member: 749144"><p>Those companies (ESPN/FOX/Warner) are the middle man in this scenario in that they don't produce anything of value and are between the leagues and the consumers. It is the leagues themselves that produce the product. And for $50/month you get some of what you want but not everything since you don't have CBS/NBC/Amazon etc. on board.</p><p></p><p>A quick search shows that for $63/month you can get the season passes for the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. The leagues have the power and draw to conglomerate together and take the profit the media companies were making for themselves. And create a better product at a similar price point. That would be a completely different level of bundle compared to the desperate media companies who are floundering as the golden goose of the cable tv bundle evaporates. You can only rely on grandma paying $10/month for ESPN and never watching it for so long.</p><p></p><p>For Illinois context, I think the Big Ten and college football media rights in general are undervalued. In the upcoming Big Ten/SEC discussions, I wouldn't put it past them if they were to discuss bundling the Big Ten and SEC media rights together to create even more leverage over the price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illinistephen, post: 2010991, member: 749144"] Those companies (ESPN/FOX/Warner) are the middle man in this scenario in that they don't produce anything of value and are between the leagues and the consumers. It is the leagues themselves that produce the product. And for $50/month you get some of what you want but not everything since you don't have CBS/NBC/Amazon etc. on board. A quick search shows that for $63/month you can get the season passes for the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. The leagues have the power and draw to conglomerate together and take the profit the media companies were making for themselves. And create a better product at a similar price point. That would be a completely different level of bundle compared to the desperate media companies who are floundering as the golden goose of the cable tv bundle evaporates. You can only rely on grandma paying $10/month for ESPN and never watching it for so long. For Illinois context, I think the Big Ten and college football media rights in general are undervalued. In the upcoming Big Ten/SEC discussions, I wouldn't put it past them if they were to discuss bundling the Big Ten and SEC media rights together to create even more leverage over the price. [/QUOTE]
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