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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 130995044" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Providers are paying ESPN the largest part of their cable bill.&nbsp; Its why people's bills keep going UP.&nbsp; People that don't want i.e. accn, are now paying more than $5 additional per month for the same service they had been getting. And then they are increasing payouts to the acc from your extortion tax because you still wanted i.e. ESPN or the Disney channel.Its why people are dropping cable in the first place.It is fully expected by the industry (and the BIG 12 btw) that linear cable will continue for the long term to be the premiere delivery service.&nbsp; Going into the next set of contracts starting in a few years, no one expects i.e. the Big Ten or Pac, or then the BIG 12, to get JUST a streaming contract.There are still 60-80 plus million cable subscribers despite losses.So to pretend that everyone is going to be on ESPN+ immediately or for a long time to come, makes no sense.&nbsp; In fact ESPN got the accn on lots of platforms while signing new several year deals just recently.&nbsp; So the SEC, BTN and accn are going to be bringing in money for those conferences linearly for a long time to come yet, just in decreasing amounts from cable (but increasing amounts on the streaming services).&nbsp; Everyone who wants cable or streaming will pay for those, while BIG 12 fans will only be able to get their content by paying for both the espn plus app and the cable streaming bill feeding the other conferences millions per year.Its why the BIG 12 should expand going into their next set of deals--to get more inventory for this pay wall streaming service or better yet a more linear network that doesn't charge just BIG 12 fans for their own content, while they must pay for everyone else to get richer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 130995044, member: 1428007"] Providers are paying ESPN the largest part of their cable bill. Its why people's bills keep going UP. People that don't want i.e. accn, are now paying more than $5 additional per month for the same service they had been getting. And then they are increasing payouts to the acc from your extortion tax because you still wanted i.e. ESPN or the Disney channel. Its why people are dropping cable in the first place. It is fully expected by the industry (and the BIG 12 btw) that linear cable will continue for the long term to be the premiere delivery service. Going into the next set of contracts starting in a few years, no one expects i.e. the Big Ten or Pac, or then the BIG 12, to get JUST a streaming contract. There are still 60-80 plus million cable subscribers despite losses. So to pretend that everyone is going to be on ESPN+ immediately or for a long time to come, makes no sense. In fact ESPN got the accn on lots of platforms while signing new several year deals just recently. So the SEC, BTN and accn are going to be bringing in money for those conferences linearly for a long time to come yet, just in decreasing amounts from cable (but increasing amounts on the streaming services). Everyone who wants cable or streaming will pay for those, while BIG 12 fans will only be able to get their content by paying for both the espn plus app and the cable streaming bill feeding the other conferences millions per year. Its why the BIG 12 should expand going into their next set of deals--to get more inventory for this pay wall streaming service or better yet a more linear network that doesn't charge just BIG 12 fans for their own content, while they must pay for everyone else to get richer. [/QUOTE]

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