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NFL '24-25- lots of potential, any reality?

I’ve tried to get into it since Michigan has a team, but it’s just… not good.

Although I did get into the AAF a bit before that folded. It was the same type of player pool so I’m not sure what the difference was between then and now.
 
The only reason it survives is because it’s half owned by Fox (the other half is owned by The Rock, his ex-wife, and RedBird Capital).
 
Jimjamesak said:
The only reason it survives is because it’s half owned by Fox (the other half is owned by The Rock, his ex-wife, and RedBird Capital).
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Quite frankly, I'm surprised more media outlets don't buy/create sports leagues.

They are spending a fortune on sports broadcast rights (and in some cases, like the NFL, it's a loss leader, but studies have shown their primetime ratings suffer if they don't have football as a lead in like when CBS lost the NFL rights for a few years, especially in the young demographic), because sports (and I found out recently, awards shows) provide the most money back in advertaising, because ads work best for live broadcasts, and those two get the highest live ratings. So, if running a sports league is actually cheaper than buying broadcast rights (doesn't matter if the UFL losses money, the question is if FOX had to buy those TV rights separately, would it cost more), then owning one is the way to go. Plus, you cutout the middleman.

It's kind of like how Formula 1 owns the Las Vegas Grand Prix. All other races, a promoter pays F1 for the right to host a race, and then tries to recoup the costs by selling tickets, hospitality suites, and local track ads (F1 owns the TV rights, so the promoter gets none of that). Sometimes, the local national or state goverments help the promoter pay the fee since the return of tax/business revenue from the tourists for the race can offset that.

But then, F1 figured they could make even more money cutting out the middleman (the promoter), and host a race themselves, keeping all the race revenue plus still selling the TV rights. Ergo, the LVGP experiment.

I suspect TV networks can make more money if they own a sports league instead of independently paying for that league's broadcast rights.
 
French Rage said:
Commanders get Deebo from the Niners for a 5th round pick.
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Seriously? Fifth round? Jesus, Washington's gonna win the Super Bowl. Daniels MVP, season and SB.

And the Patriots sitting there wondering why they suck so bad. Probably never even gave them a call.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
But then, F1 figured they could make even more money cutting out the middleman (the promoter), and host a race themselves, keeping all the race revenue plus still selling the TV rights. Ergo, the LVGP experiment.
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I just assumed the petrol slave states' races were like this, too. The whole idea was sportswashing, why didn't the towel tyrants just give them that?
 
Kepler said:
I just assumed the petrol slave states' races were like this, too. The whole idea was sportswashing, why didn't the towel tyrants just give them that?
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The Middle Eastern races pay F1 the most money. No need for F1 to own those. Abu Dhabi pays even more extra to be the last race. Bahrain outbid Australia to take over the season opener (except this year, because of Ramadan).
 
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