ekstarks94 wrote:This will,all lead to the NBA next contract being scaled back...all of these contracts over the next 3 to 4 yrs will look absolutely ridiculous....even the ones that deserve 200 mill...if anyone...the issue is that after the cap goes over 100 mill...how do you take it down in the next cba....ESPN overpaid and they realize it now trying to offset their controllable costs...which is a drop in the bucket....no one else is going to step and pay billions for dwindling viewership....Lebron will be gone in 5 yrs...who the heck else will captivate the NBA stratosphere

LeBron is pretty much being forced down everyone's throat. Ever go to espn LeBron took a shyt today. It's all LeBron all the time. That might be why it's so down. Who really wants to follow Ana player that runs to a top heavy team.

Nalod wrote:ESPN insider really cover itself? Pay extra for what?
ESPN is still the most dominant channel on the cable platform and all stations are losing subscribers, including ESPN.
Like many businesses, they got bloated and costs ran out of control. We used to watch Sports center like crazy but who does anymore? You can see stories and a few highlights on the cell phone and then move on. Days of 1 hour of waiting for the "Your team" to come on are gone.

Espn got bloated like most business after a while. Disney has "ESPN" properties in Florida that are awesome! They make money on programming, not writing. The money is still chasing NBA and viewership is strong, ad space is strong, etc.

Times are a changing, but they are far from finished. And neither is pro sports.

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-cutting-nearly-100-million-in-on-air-talent-030617

Nalod wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:ESPN insider really cover itself? Pay extra for what?
ESPN is still the most dominant channel on the cable platform and all stations are losing subscribers, including ESPN.
Like many businesses, they got bloated and costs ran out of control. We used to watch Sports center like crazy but who does anymore? You can see stories and a few highlights on the cell phone and then move on. Days of 1 hour of waiting for the "Your team" to come on are gone.

Espn got bloated like most business after a while. Disney has "ESPN" properties in Florida that are awesome! They make money on programming, not writing. The money is still chasing NBA and viewership is strong, ad space is strong, etc.

Times are a changing, but they are far from finished. And neither is pro sports.

This article is from back in early March.

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/espn-cutting-nearly-100-million-in-on-air-talent-030617

Good read, thanks for posting. I wonder would google pay for rights like they are doing for pro football in Asia? Or Amazon?
The shift is on, the question does it go up, sideways or down?

crzymdups wrote:New wrinkle - apparently ESPN cleaned house somewhat to bring in Woj on the basketball side.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/recode/status/859094916156317701

CrushAlot wrote:

crzymdups wrote:New wrinkle - apparently ESPN cleaned house somewhat to bring in Woj on the basketball side.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/recode/status/859094916156317701

Is that accurate? I saw something about Wojo leaving but he was tweeting about who he was going to have on his draft show.

I saw someone else say Woj would start at ESPN July 1 for free agency. Sounding like his draft show will be the last thing he does for Yahoo

I've seen multiple other verified sports writers confirm the report.

Also, apparently Woj and Stein hate each other which I didnt know.

crzymdups wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/amicohoops/status/858141284774674433

So many choices. But yeah, $7 a month for ESPN, not sure its worth it. But Im not getting rid of it. I don't need 4 espn's either!!!!

CrushAlot wrote:

Nalod wrote:Good take. At the same time, ESPN is the biggest still on cable so its an interesting take as to extrapolating the losses of subscribers. At some point, millennials will have more than one TV and will plug in. I have 4 tv's in my house, and I have looked at every which way to leave cable but I the convenience is important. I like CNN and my basketball. I watch less and less TV thought. I play tennis three nights in the spring on most weeks. Just got back, eat a light dinner and no time for starting a program.
Got mac daddy fiber optics right up to the house and do stream from amazon and netflix. Super service now!!!!

So many choices. But yeah, $7 a month for ESPN, not sure its worth it. But Im not getting rid of it. I don't need 4 espn's either!!!!

I don't know if this will work for everyone but we reduced are cable to basic. We still get 73 channels including 2 espn channels. We are supposed to only get through channel 23. Espn, MSG, Yes, sny are not in hd but we pay $70 less a month. We did this 2 years ago so I don't anticipate losing the channels. What I have heard is that your cable company has to put a filter on your cable entering your house to prevent you from getting the other channels. It sucks not having hd for games that aren't on ota tv. I would sign back up for hd but my cable package only offers one MSG channel and Sabres games black out the Knicks.

I did the same thing, went to basic cable and was suppose to only get around 20 something channels but I was still able to get 100+ channels. This went on for about two years but then the cable company switch over to using only digital boxes instead of cable straight from the wall jack. Long story short is now I really only have basic cable and I still do not miss anything. I really need to just get an antenna and save an extra $20. The only thing I really miss is having the ability to dvr things. However, I have been looking at some hybrid Android tv boxes that have PVR abilities which could solve my problem.

One thing I do love about ESPN is their watchespn app that let's you watch everything across their multichannel platform. ESPN 3 stores pretty much everything and gives you the opportunity to watch almost any sporting event you miss.