Re: Stanton on Root Sports
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:16 pm
That is almost what it costs to take a family of four to ONE game. I think there are at least 300k people willing to pay that to watch 162 games on TV for that vs. the alternative which is listening on the radio.GL_Storm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:33 pmYes, if the only choice is to pay $300 for the entire season you won't get that many.D-train wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:44 amIf Root dissolves you are LITERALLY non Magically creating new viewers willing to pay. I went to the Seahawks SB Parade in 7 degree weather attended by 1 MILLION people. Are telling me that in WA, AK, OR, ID and Western MT (12M people) there aren't 333k (2.5%) people willing to pay less than 2 freaking dollars a game to watch if that is there ONLY option????GL_Storm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:16 am
What I'm saying is that you aren't magically creating new paying viewers. If you break the market into two segments, local (regional viewers) and out-of-market, both of those segments are being served right now under the existing system.
As for what the numbers would be under a single system, I'm willing to believe 10 million total would be payers at some price level, but certainly not $300.