Correct, but those that DO WANT thier Sports DO WATCH IT.
Are you saying UNC is a Small school or a Big school ?Well, UNC hired Bill Belichick.
Looks like the schools that report such things typically get over a third of their sports revenue from TV rights, with ticket sales, state funding (in the case of public schools), and booster donations being secondary sources of income. As to whether the money to hire/pay-off coaches comes from TV rights, booster donations, etc., it probably can vary a lot depending on how the school runs things.
While there is validity to what you are saying, IMHO you are oversimplifying the situation. You seem to make the case that all sports fans are the same. i.e. the same sports fans watch football, basketball, baseball, F1, NASCAR, hockey, wresting etc. I don't believe that the sports population can be decided by one sport on one night. Isn't it possible that the number of sports fans is much higher than just those who watch Sunday Night Football? Personally I consider myself a sports fan but never watch Sunday Night Football.
Yea you can't get because of the Disney-/YTTV dispute. You could subscribe directly to ESPN Unlimited for $29.99 per month. Or get Sling for a day for $4.99.Unless I'm doing something wrong, the ESPN with the Disney bundle won't let me watch the espn games today ...
Not sure why ... is it possibly because I use Youtube Tv ?
How do you get espn with OUT having to put in a Provider ?
I get it thru my Verizon phone service, but it ask for your TV Provider (in my case is YTTV)
It was a joke about UNC thinking they are bigger than they are and hiring a big time coach -- or at least a very expensive one. Hence the winking emoji. The local reporting has been that the money to pay him is primarily coming from the TV revenues. Needless to say the basketball fans at UNC are not amused, especially considering the results so far. Football may bring in the bucks, but that doesn't mean it is what really matters at UNC.
You didn't. You said "many," which I agreed with. I expanded on that to talk about the majority because that is what should be driving business decisions at these media companies. Keeping a minority of customers happy by overcharging the majority didn't work last time (with cable/satellite), and I don't think it will work any better in the long term this time either (with streaming). Only time will tell.
Actually, the bucks at UNC may be very close between the two sports.
The TV money is for all sports, but everything I've ever read shows that the football games are what drives TV revenue. This is one of the reasons why the ACC can't match the SEC and Big10 in TV revenue -- their football games just don't bring the same viewership numbers. The other revenue sources probably do primarily favor the basketball teams, as you say.
