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Jeff McNamee's avatar

The “100% about TV revenue” line is just killing me. None of this makes any sense at all. None.

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Free In Texas's avatar

It only makes sense in an arms race that requires ever more money.

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Jeff McNamee's avatar

Correct. And I'm quite turned off by the idea that *universities* that use *unpaid students* as their labor are in an arms race for media money - money that, in the end, is quite literally pocket change for most of these schools. USC, for example, has an annual budget of $6.5B. That means this $ is about 0.4% of their annual total. That's *nothing* - a rounding error.

So, all of this for what amounts to - at most - about 2.5% of a university budget, partially offset by decreased viewership and increased travel costs.

Just stupid.

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Bob B's avatar

And what do you think your ESPN subscription rates are going to be in the future?

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