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Big 12 in position to poach Pac 12 schools?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gary's Shirtless Revenge" data-source="post: 3304669" data-attributes="member: 72515"><p>Final Apple offer details, from public reports and general scuttlebutt I trust:</p><p></p><p>- $25mm AAV for 12 members over 5 years, but it was scaled and the early years were much lower. Think $20mm per in year 1.</p><p></p><p>- There was a mutual termination option after year 3. This was meant to protect Apple, who might bail on live sports, and appease OR/WA who might have stayed for an ultra short deal.</p><p></p><p>- There was a revenue share provision that scaled up revenue after core costs were covered. They would have needed 1.7 million post paid annual subs to hit $31.7 AAV by the mid point of the deal.</p><p></p><p>- There was no guarantee of any linear games. Apple was only offering to simulcast, not sub license.</p><p></p><p>- One of Apples main selling points was to pay for production costs, including producing some of the games using their new camera technology that’s core to their new headset, Vision Pro. They’ve tested it with MLS and MLB, pretty interesting. Think of it like the ultimate sideline view. I’m confident the broadcast would have been uniquely beautiful, but if nobody is watching…</p><p></p><p>- Apple walked at the last hour. They were engaged that final week, including increasing their offer at least once, but were tired of the leaks and felt like they were being strung along. By the Friday morning call, their offer was off the table.</p><p></p><p>- GK tried to put together a linear package at the last hour at the Presidents direction. WBD Sports was the key player, and would have moved much of the PAC content to Max streaming along with TNT and TBS. The CW probably would have had a package too, think Friday night low level game. He didn’t have enough time to get the details together, and I’m not confident the value would have been higher than Apples offer.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, the Presidents weren’t going to do an all streaming deal, something GK never fully understood. He also never got the deal value up high enough, and given that MLS is only at 800k post paid subs after a year with Messi and a global audience the truth is it was a [ Finebaum ] deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gary's Shirtless Revenge, post: 3304669, member: 72515"] Final Apple offer details, from public reports and general scuttlebutt I trust: - $25mm AAV for 12 members over 5 years, but it was scaled and the early years were much lower. Think $20mm per in year 1. - There was a mutual termination option after year 3. This was meant to protect Apple, who might bail on live sports, and appease OR/WA who might have stayed for an ultra short deal. - There was a revenue share provision that scaled up revenue after core costs were covered. They would have needed 1.7 million post paid annual subs to hit $31.7 AAV by the mid point of the deal. - There was no guarantee of any linear games. Apple was only offering to simulcast, not sub license. - One of Apples main selling points was to pay for production costs, including producing some of the games using their new camera technology that’s core to their new headset, Vision Pro. They’ve tested it with MLS and MLB, pretty interesting. Think of it like the ultimate sideline view. I’m confident the broadcast would have been uniquely beautiful, but if nobody is watching… - Apple walked at the last hour. They were engaged that final week, including increasing their offer at least once, but were tired of the leaks and felt like they were being strung along. By the Friday morning call, their offer was off the table. - GK tried to put together a linear package at the last hour at the Presidents direction. WBD Sports was the key player, and would have moved much of the PAC content to Max streaming along with TNT and TBS. The CW probably would have had a package too, think Friday night low level game. He didn’t have enough time to get the details together, and I’m not confident the value would have been higher than Apples offer. At the end of the day, the Presidents weren’t going to do an all streaming deal, something GK never fully understood. He also never got the deal value up high enough, and given that MLS is only at 800k post paid subs after a year with Messi and a global audience the truth is it was a [ Finebaum ] deal. [/QUOTE]
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