Apple TV

Casual fans make the sport, I know. Eyes equal dollars and that’s what we should be thinking about. But, casual fans don’t matter to me. I prefer the esoteric myself. I don’t enjoy that every Tom, Dick, and Mary flashes the U when they see a Utah sticker on my bicycle. Screw em.

How many casual football fans have been watching it on the PAC12 network. We can’t control it. It will be fine.

The original problem that I have always heard with the PAC-12’s current deal was the lack of access to watching the games. Pac-12 network was not on Directv, so much harder to get that network. I pay around $40 a month to have Slingtv solely to watch the Utes football and basketball then cancel. And from what I read-and this is purely conjecture as no one knows at this point what a deal with Apple might look like-you would need to subscribe to Apple and then subscribe to a season pass, similar to what they’ll do with the MLS rights they now have. Seems like a lot of barriers to watching Pac-12 games especially for future recruits who want to be on tv. So beyond the money aspect it may make Pac 12 schools less competitive when future recruits can grow up watching Big 10, SEC and Big 12 games every Saturday by channel surfing Fox, ESPN and the networks.

Apple TV won’t be the only network. Pac12 will make more than the BIG 12, if you’re worried about being competitive with the other p5’s

By the way, since I moved out east to Nashville I have a better understanding of the “East Coast bias”. Aside from other people like me who are from the west, no one I talk to pays attention to any PAC games. They’re mostly done watching games for the day and getting their families ready for bed by the time we start playing.

Most people know that I’m a big fan and occasionally ask what time our game is on. Almost always it’s “oh wow, that’s too late” and/or, “I’ll check the score and the highlights afterward, good luck!” I’ll always watch but even for me, it’s not as enjoyable when it’s so late and I’m tired and I know I’ll be tired the next day from getting to bed late.

If we still have to sign up for a majority of late nights to stay on the networks, let’s swallow our pride and head to the Big12. Who knows, maybe it will be better? (Aside from rejoining TDS, there’s very little positive spin on that one…)

A glorified MWC, LOL. Reminder that it has the two biggest brands in the Pac12 and Big12 combined (Oregon and Washington). This is a salvageable conference, so let’s just see what the TV deal actually is before jumping into full-on meltdown mode over horribly sourced and vague articles. The histrionics and hyperbole is getting ridiculous. 

It’s also important to note that whatever deal is finalized, it’s short term anyway. The future of CFB and the power balance is going to change dramatically in the future. When the ACC deal expires, the P2 conferences will soak up all remaining teams with value, and whatever conferences are left will be signing deals worth less than a 1/3 of what the B1G and SEC will get. At that point, I wouldn’t even be sure to see them break off from the NCAA and form their own league.

At that point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Pac12, Big12, and ACC merge to form the “best of the rest” at some point in the future and compete at a lower level to the P2 (a la FCS and FBS).

Honestly, the state of CFB and potential scenarios just sucks for anyone not in the B1G or SEC. That’s the real issue here.

I watch sports on my phone at the bar.

Oooh…it’s like the Netflix. I use Netflix from my cable. Perfect. I can push a button and say Apple TV, I bet.