Pay Per View

[cd12]

Anybody hear where the Big Ten may team up with Direct TV and have the conference games on PPV. The article I saw said if this happens the SEC would soon follow.

 

[jakez4ut]

whatever nets the most money for the conf. will be what they do....

 

[OWB]

Are you talking about every game on PPV, or just the insignificant ones?

 

[GAVol]

This seems bad at first, but the more I think about it, if it was set up where I could choose which game I got, I might go along with this.

 

[OWB]

What about the National publicity factor? Do you thing it would it hurt the teams status with recruiting and media exposure if only the fans watched the games on PPV?

 

[GAVol]

You would think that they would maintain at least their national TV contracts and maybe only offer the lesser games on PPV (the JP stuff).

 

[hatvol96]

You would think that they would maintain at least their national TV contracts and maybe only offer the lesser games on PPV (the JP stuff).

JP is regionalized anyways. Having a Pay Per View component, coupled with the CBS/ESPN packages, would get SEC games to a wider audience. This strikes me as an expansion of what ESPN has done with the Game Plan package.

 

[OWB]

You would think that they would maintain at least their national TV contracts and maybe only offer the lesser games on PPV (the JP stuff).

Well that goes back to my original question. Will they just show all the games on PPV or the lesser games?

 

[kiddiedoc]

I can assure you that at $10.95, there will be no "wider" about the audience, except that a few displaced Southerners will be able to get the games on the West coast. I don't like this at all, unless it would only mean that otherwise untelevised games would be available in high-quality broadcast. A lot of folks can't/won't afford $10 a game, AND you have to have a cable box, which means that other TV's (outside, game room, etc.) won't pick up the signal.

 

[KnoxKDX]

looks like the incentive to hack just grew new legs :whistling:

 

[hatvol96]

I can assure you that at $10.95, there will be no "wider" about the audience, except that a few displaced Southerners will be able to get the games on the West coast. I don't like this at all, unless it would only mean that otherwise untelevised games would be available in high-quality broadcast. A lot of folks can't/won't afford $10 a game, AND you have to have a cable box, which means that other TV's (outside, game room, etc.) won't pick up the signal.

It's the price of a movie ticket. Interest might be a barrier to the success of the project. Price will not. Look at PPV buy rates for wrestling and boxing. If people will pay $40+ for those events, $10 for a quality football game will look like a bargain.

 

[GAVol]

I have to agree. I don't see $10 being a deterrent for too many people. I already buy ESPN Gameplan due to the fact that as an "out of area" fan I am constantyly saddled with the "wrong" JP game.

 

[cd12]

I am attempting to find the article. It may have been in the Sporting News. I read so much this weekend I can't remember where I saw it. However I want to say that I saw the pharse exclusive rights in there.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

Which would mean you would have to have DirecTv to get it. Either that or hang out at your local bar that has the package and drink $10 worth of beer to breakeven.

 

[kiddiedoc]

It's the price of a movie ticket. Interest might be a barrier to the success of the project. Price will not. Look at PPV buy rates for wrestling and boxing. If people will pay $40+ for those events, $10 for a quality football game will look like a bargain.

True, but only some people pay for high-dollar PPV events. I would say that FAR fewer people will be watching if they have to pay. Example: my parents will NEVER buy one. Promise. It's almost like some people are just against the idea of having to pay more on top of an already-high cable bill.

Wait a minute. . . .this just hit me: does that mean that we won't have to sit and stare at the "white suit man" for 5 out of every 15 minutes at the stadium? I completely changed my mind about the whole thing: I love it.

 

[GAVol]

Wait a minute. . . .this just hit me: does that mean that we won't have to sit and stare at the "white suit man" for 5 out of every 15 minutes at the stadium? I completely changed my mind about the whole thing: I love it.

Anything to eliminate that red hatted SOB that makes the game take 3 1/2 hours.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I don't see $10 being a deterrent for too many people.

Disagree 100%. Not a deterrent for you, or for me, or for most of the people sitting in front of a computer at a posh office chair sipping on java. But, and trust me here, we are not representative of the "average Joe." We are representative of the people we hang out with and see on a day-to-day basis. BUT, there is a whole other, and large, segment of the population that lives paycheck to paycheck, relies on Medicare and foodstamps, and watches a single 20 inch TV in the family room. They don't have an extra $10, nor a cable box.

I know that's an extreme example, but it's reality. Point is just that many, many people won't buy PPV. You just don't know them.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Anything to eliminate that red hatted SOB that makes the game take 3 1/2 hours.

If he lost his job, maybe he could call people every sunday morning trying to sell newspaper subscriptions? Or write parking tickets? Or drive 25 mph on a one-lane highway during the morning commute.

 

[hatvol96]

Disagree 100%. Not a deterrent for you, or for me, or for most of the people sitting in front of a computer at a posh office chair sipping on java. But, and trust me here, we are not representative of the "average Joe." We are representative of the people we hang out with and see on a day-to-day basis. BUT, there is a whole other, and large, segment of the population that lives paycheck to paycheck, relies on Medicare and foodstamps, and watches a single 20 inch TV in the family room. They don't have an extra $10, nor a cable box.

I know that's an extreme example, but it's reality. Point is just that many, many people won't buy PPV. You just don't know them.

Then explain the massive buy rates for fights between obscue latino welterweights. Don King and Bob Arum are making millions running events like that every couple of weeks. I like boxing, but neither I nor my friends buy those. The purchases have to come from somewhere.

 

[kiddiedoc]

True, but the appeal is worldwide. Nobody outside of the US, and only few outside of the southeast, and not even many in other Southern states (aside from Tennessee) are going to pay to find out if UT can rebound from a 5-6 season.

 

[hatvol96]

True, but the appeal is worldwide. Nobody outside of the US, and only few outside of the southeast, and not even many in other Southern states (aside from Tennessee) are going to pay to find out if UT can rebound from a 5-6 season.

I think you're greatly underestimating the number of UT grads/fans in other parts of the country. Also, the SEC is usually at or near the top of the board in wagering dollars in Vegas and offshore. If there's a game gamblers have a play on, they'll pay to watch.

 

[Jasongivm6]

Which would mean you would have to have DirecTv to get it. Either that or hang out at your local bar that has the package and drink $10 worth of beer to breakeven.

I couldn't drink $10 worth of beer or less at a bar even if they were dollar beers. :biggrin2:

 

[RoanokeVol]

Anyone who wouldn't pay $10 to see the Vols play are not fans.

 

[Ole Smokey]

First off were talking about this as if its gonna happen lol this stuff isnt going to happen that sounds just ridiculous i mean the national exposure these teams get off of doing it like they are now would be gravely cut in half its sounds like crap to me and i dont believe this news he says he read

 

[GAVol]

It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the SEC went the PPV route for games that aren't already televised or even for the regional telecasts that are currently on JP. It all comes down to the rights fees paid by JP vs. what kind of buy rate they could generate on PPV.