12-22-2021, 01:59 PM
(12-22-2021, 01:13 PM)oldalum Wrote: yes, many many more people will watch a free sporting event than pay to watch it.
Well it's not free because you need a cable or satellite subscription to watch almost all college football games (including the playoffs) but the way that linear channels are bundled together justifies massive rights fees that schools like Stanford benefit from. Right now no conference (or school) could come close to matching those revenues by moving to a streaming-based model.