ESPN bowl monopoly

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1983 said:
This goes for the CFP playoff games as well. Notice TV does not show the entire crowd. Actual crowds are not what one would think. Look at the ticket prices and availability. Lets see what the blimp shows at the Rose Bowl.
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Looks packed in Pasadena. All the tickets were sold in Atlanta.
 

Based on the non targeting call in Atlanta and the fact that they didn't show the replay kind of points to ESPN almost dictating who they want in the Semi's. I'm done watching it's a farce.
 

jovs said:
Based on the non targeting call in Atlanta and the fact that they didn't show the replay kind of points to ESPN almost dictating who they want in the Semi's. I'm done watching it's a farce.
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If it bothers you so much, I recommend you DVR the game and start watching an hour or 2 after it starts. You can then fast forward between plays and not even pay attention to whatever ever words the Evil Mouse is spewing to propagate their SEC Agenda.

Also saves time and mitigates being subject to their advertisers. Win-Win-Win.

Works as well for games on FOX, CBS, NBC, FS1, BTN....
 

I'm for any future monopoly gets Chris Fowler off the main play-by-play duties.
 

Sat down on the couch Wednesday a little before kickoff thinking one of the big three networks would be airing the games and to my disappointment that wasn't the case. Since I dont have ESPN i didn't watch any of the games.
 


BronkosGhost said:
Sat down on the couch Wednesday a little before kickoff thinking one of the big three networks would be airing the games and to my disappointment that wasn't the case. Since I dont have ESPN i didn't watch any of the games.
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Absolutely stupid the conference allowed ESPN to buy it that long.
That was part of why they could expand earlier…was selling the expansion to espn


At least starting in 26-27 it will be on ABC
A couple of bowl games had higher ratings than a couple of the round of 12 playoff games.

What did those bowl games have in common? Network TV
 

ESPN has its own division that assists in putting the bowls together, ESPN Events, A lot of the new bowls have been made in conjunction with them. As others have said, it's been a way to load up a lot of the their programming special.

When you think about it, it's actually actually pretty surprising ESPN lost the BCS rights to FOX for a couple years. It would be nice to have some of the bowls rotated around to other media outlets, but at the same time, it's not uncommon to have it all in one "place."

March Madness is all on CBS/Turner channels, though like with bowl games, they don't have the whole postseason since the NIT is with ESPN.
 

pharmacygopher said:
How did ESPN get almost every bowl?? The only ones not on ESPN are the Sun Bowl, Holiday Bowl and the new Snoop Dog Bowl, to my knowledge.

Assuming $$ is going to be the answer. How did they get all except for those outliers and how'd those few not get engulfed as well?? Is there a master contract up for renewal at some point??

You'd think with the new contract that CBS, Fox and NBC have that they'd want to broadcast more games they have a vested interest in. Is there any hope of breaking up this monopoly??
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Getting to the original question this article provides a lot of insight. Specifically all the Bowls (other than Sun/CBS & Holiday/Fox) were bid on as part of a consortium.

www.nytimes.com

The College Football Playoff, scourge of bowl games? If anything, viewership has never been higher

Viewership is high but attendance is down for college football bowl games. Is change on the horizon?
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

Contract is up after next year. If they decide to break up, definitely could see other broadcast companies/streamers pony up some dough.
 





I think it just comes down to that there really aren't any bowls that are huge draws that aren't part of the playoffs now. A lot of ESPN's content is covering B-tier sports events so these bowl games fit right in that. Most of the major networks probably look at ratings and say they can probably run a rerun of The Predator and not lose much.
 

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