Bally RSN out/Raycom ACC package looking for new

[TIGER-PAUL]

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

MSN

www.msn.com

I am crossing my fingers Raycom partners with thisTV again with the legendary Tom Werme and Tommy Bowden pregame show brought to you by Ford Trucks with Jason Aldean doing the intro song

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

I didn't even know there was one. What games was Pitt on that platform??

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

get out the rabbit ears again lol

 

[recruitsreadtheseboards]

Honestly, I have been saying there has to be a tipping point with sports and the salaries and fees. It might finally be here. Aside from the NFL.

 

[pittchagg]

Getting out of the Raycom deal early would be a great thing for the ACC. The Raycom deal actually predates the ESPN contract, but at the time Raycom’s price was too high for ESPN to buy them as part of the 2016 deal. It’s been estimated that the day the Raycom deal comes off the books in 2027, each ACC school will get an additional $3-5M per year.

But what’s interesting now is that it opens up those rights - about 50 men’s basketball, 25 women’s basketball, and 16 football games - to potentially be bought be another entity to bring in more to the ACC. Maybe ESPN finally rebuys them after it couldn’t in 2016. Or maybe they find a different entity. Maybe a streaming partner?

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I didn't even know there was one. What games was Pitt on that platform??

Raycom hasnt done a Pitt game in a couple years because ATTSN wouldn't buy the package from Bally Sports.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Getting out of the Raycom deal early would be a great thing for the ACC. The Raycom deal actually predates the ESPN contract, but at the time Raycom’s price was too high for ESPN to buy them as part of the 2016 deal. It’s been estimated that the day the Raycom deal comes off the books in 2027, each ACC school will get an additional $3-5M per year.

But what’s interesting now is that it opens up those rights - about 50 men’s basketball, 25 women’s basketball, and 16 football games - to potentially be bought be another entity to bring in more to the ACC. Maybe ESPN finally rebuys them after it couldn’t in 2016. Or maybe they find a different entity. Maybe a streaming partner?

Raycom should sell to Apple TV or Amazon......but those proceeds go to Raycom and not the ACC. But, yes, this is another reason the ACC contract is undervalued. They essentially gave away invetory for free to Raycom.

 

[pittdan77]

Getting out of the Raycom deal early would be a great thing for the ACC. The Raycom deal actually predates the ESPN contract, but at the time Raycom’s price was too high for ESPN to buy them as part of the 2016 deal. It’s been estimated that the day the Raycom deal comes off the books in 2027, each ACC school will get an additional $3-5M per year.

But what’s interesting now is that it opens up those rights - about 50 men’s basketball, 25 women’s basketball, and 16 football games - to potentially be bought be another entity to bring in more to the ACC. Maybe ESPN finally rebuys them after it couldn’t in 2016. Or maybe they find a different entity. Maybe a streaming partner?

I had the same impression of the Raycom deal from what I had read.

 

[pittchagg]

Raycom should sell to Apple TV or Amazon......but those proceeds go to Raycom and not the ACC. But, yes, this is another reason the ACC contract is undervalued. They essentially gave away invetory for free to Raycom.

Well, if that’s the case, then the best hope might be for ESPN to just decide to buy out Raycom’s rights altogether. I doubt either party would want Raycom to be the middleman when the rest of the inventory is in-house with ESPN. And there’s already a bit of precedent for that, with ESPN buying out Raycom’s interest in the baseball and women’s basketball tournaments a year or two ago.

And it sounds like it wasn’t quite for free. They were sold in 2010, when the landscape was different (cheaper). Then there’s a complex string of buyouts that were put into place when the ESPN deal went into place in 2016. It looks like that basically zeroed out most of the revenue from that inventory, at least as far as the ACC is concerned. It was a great deal for Raycom, though. They just picked a bad distributor.

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

yeah, the plan was when this forever RSN Raycom was finally up, ACC would give it to ESPN. Hopefully they just do that now. No one locally for sure wants to deal with another jabroni affiliate. One option is Raycom parent, Gray, taking it over, which would stink as I don't think they have any affiliates in PA right now or even NY or Boston.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Well, if that’s the case, then the best hope might be for ESPN to just decide to buy out Raycom’s rights altogether. I doubt either party would want Raycom to be the middleman when the rest of the inventory is in-house with ESPN. And there’s already a bit of precedent for that, with ESPN buying out Raycom’s interest in the baseball and women’s basketball tournaments a year or two ago.

And it sounds like it wasn’t quite for free. They were sold in 2010, when the landscape was different (cheaper). Then there’s a complex string of buyouts that were put into place when the ESPN deal went into place in 2016. It looks like that basically zeroed out most of the revenue from that inventory, at least as far as the ACC is concerned. It was a great deal for Raycom, though. They just picked a bad distributor.

SMFN will be submitting a bid

 

[ratking17]

SMFN will be submitting a bid

Until I see actual proof, I remain a skeptic