Pac-12 on Apple TV!?

[JAWA]

It could happen: https://twitter.com/ralphamsden/status/ ... 1440118785

I agree wholeheartedly with Softy and Aaron: https://twitter.com/Softykjr/status/1252406531208867841, https://twitter.com/AaronQ13Fox/status/ ... 1087993858

I guess Larry Scott just wants the Pac-12 to stand out amongst the other Power 5 conferences

[D-train]

So do tell what is required to be able to watch if this nonsense happens?

[Michael K.]

You will need to pay a subscription, similar to Netflix. Only Larry Scott would think this is a good idea. Did you read the part where they said the other Conferences will sit back and wait for this to either fail, or swoop in and pay a much smaller fee than the Pac 12!? Genius that is Larry.

[D-train]

You will need to pay a subscription, similar to Netflix. Only Larry Scott would think this is a good idea. Did you read the part where they said the other Conferences will sit back and wait for this to either fail, or swoop in and pay a much smaller fee than the Pac 12!? Genius that is Larry.

I remember when Tom Hansen was commissioner and everyone thought he was too old school and not cutting edge enough. Talk about be careful what you wish for.

btw the Pac 10 had 5 Football and Basketball National titles under Hansen vs. zero in the 11 years since Scott took over. Scott is ahead of Hansen 1-0 in worthless POS Conference owned TV networks though.

[Michael K.]

btw the Pac 10 had 5 Football and Basketball National titles under Hansen vs. zero in the 11 years since Scott took over. Scott is ahead of Hansen 1-0 in worthless POS Conference owned TV networks though.

I doesn't seem to matter. The University Presidents either don't care about the major sports, or they aren't smart enough to see it. All the bad press, all the negativity, and crickets. The Pac 12 Universities won't take notice until the WAC takes our spot as a Power 5 Conference. I can't believe the Rose Bowl hasn't yet petitioned to remove the Conference from it's ties. Of course, I say that and Oregon won it last year. They didn't exactly play the Big 10s best though.

[57reasons]

Should be ok for the last regular season game (Apple Cup).

[D-train]

Should be ok for the last regular season game (Apple Cup).

Maybe we get that one for half price.

[JAWA]

Should be ok for the last regular season game (Apple Cup).

Maybe we get that one for half price.

Tempting, but I still won't sign up for Apple TV.

[Vogelbomb]

You will need to pay a subscription, similar to Netflix. Only Larry Scott would think this is a good idea. Did you read the part where they said the other Conferences will sit back and wait for this to either fail, or swoop in and pay a much smaller fee than the Pac 12!? Genius that is Larry.

I don't understand why you and the radio head knuckleheads can't open up your little brains to see the good that this can possibly bring. All you hear is new stream service that you don't subscribe to currently and think "dumb." Well, I'm hear to tell you until I see the dollar figure, the idea of listening to Apple isn't dumb at all.

Think about Apple's position as a new streaming service looking to compete with Disney, Hulu, Youtube and Netflix. It needs original content. Smartly, their leadership is reaching out to a sport organization to acquire EXCLUSIVE rights to a rather large and popular entity. Grabbing Pac-12 football? Exclusively? That's a big time addition to their offering. But it's going to cost money.

Right now the going rate for televising NCAA d-1 conference football starts at $300m annually. IF the Pac-12 is looking to do a 12-yr deal, don't be stunned if Larry Scott is asking for something north of $4B. That's a B for Billion, son[/b]. For comparison sake, the 2011 deal the conference signed netted $3B over 12 years.

Somewhere in the 4.5B range is where this deal needs to fall and I think the fact that the SEC will get their deal done first helps the PAC-12 negotiate a big number. If Apple is going to make this ground-breaking move and a watershed move for their service, they are going to have to outpace the market by a significant number. How is that not obvious to you knuckleheads?

And think about the upside to the Pac-12!! With a streaming platform, there's no need to set these staggered time windows to fit every team into it's own time slot. You should also be able to give much better (read longer) notice than the two weeks we've been accustomed to the last 8 years.

My thought is each school could theoretically choose the time slot they want to play in and have that every single week. Now, Apple might want to do a Friday night prime time game and a Saturday prime time game. We shall see. But I think theoretically you could see multiple games all start streams in the 1230p Sat time slot because with a stream service -- stop me if you know this -- there are no channels. You simple get a program, Apple could offer Washington's game, Oregon's game, USC's game and WSU's game all at 1230p. If Utah, Arizona and Arizona State all want to start at 2p, they could start at 2p. Obviously this is for their home games. I think home teams would get the input.

Until the numbers come out there is no reason to look at this angrily. Sure, as fans we're going to have to add another streaming service to our tv line up. But who's not going to do that? Right now a sub costs you $5/mo and $50/yr.

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Now everyone's diff but I'll be honest with you, here's what I currently do:
$45/mo internet HS thru Comcast - MUST
$30/mo Youtube TV - (split cost with a buddy)
$14/mo Disney and ESPN+ bundle
$115/yr NHL.tv
$0/mo Prime - (share with Fam)
$0/mo Netflix - (share with Fam)

So I'm dropping roughly $100/mo for a shit ton of content. Before I went the streaming route, I was dropping $130/mo to Comcast for internet and their mid-tier tv package that gave me access to mlb network. I've dropped that $30 per month and I have access to every Canucks game (didn't have that before), channels like IFC, Epix, Sundance, ESPNU, ESPNews, FS2, NBATV, B10, SEC, Tennis ch, Olympic ch, CBSSN, Golf, disney xd, universal kids, FXX, FXM, Pop... I mean it's really quite something. You get all the locals ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and then movie channels galore, the essential news in CNN, Fox news, MSNBC, fox biz, BBC, etc + an abundance of kids channels all on the basic 70-channel offering, And then I'm getting ESPN+ for my UFC content. Disney essentially for Star Wars stuff.

Anyway, it's more than affordable to go streaming route if you do it right. That's the move. And I for one am excited about Pac-12 football entertaining this breakthrough, industry-leading move.

[Michael K.]

Two ways this goes. It flops, and is like every thing else Larry touches.

The other? Larry and Apple are successful at it and the rest of the Conferences jump on board, for less $.

You actually think that airing your games on a pay for use service that right now actually has fewer viewers than your Bullshit network is somehow a can't miss?