Why in the hell would Kentucky fan care about this thread?

Besides, it's always fun to jab at Mizzou fans. They are very touchy about their lack of any substantive success in athletics.

You know Kentucky is in the SEC right?

So they have a say in how KU and the rest of the Big(now)8 end up?

The thread is about all the college realignment not just KU.

Rams Fan was making comments about KU, not just college realignment.

Erroneous ones at that.

Nobody would leave the SEC. so the other 3 leagues:

1. BIG has the highest per team payout $54m.
2. PAC is on a geographic island
3. ACC Locked In TV deal until 2036


So those leagues really don’t have many (any?) options. KU hoops is the only premier brand out there but only the BIG makes any sense but KU won’t clear the $54m avg payout threshold. The BIG can’t poach the ACC for 15 more years and I doubt they do some massive weird merger with the PAC.

KU's problem is cbball is a deteriorating product and has been so for the last decade. Ratings have tanked and I'm not sure anyone outside of a few bball hotbeds even watches it anymore.

Kentucky is in the SEC.

Dumb. Every sport has seen ratings tumble incl college FB. The Olympics crashed 45% from last time. Even The Shield took a 7% dive last year.


Is every sport a “deteriorating product” or is there something else happening?

I think we can unanimously agree MLB is unwatchable on TV in its current state.

People are “sports’d out”. Too many games too many teams via expansion. Being on TV back in the 80s or 90s was a big deal.


Also people prob worn out by Covid. Realizing sports isn’t that crucial. The blatant money grabs are a turnoff. Also, when lockdowns started people realized they could live without sports anyway.

As opposed to watching MLB games in person?

I have no problem with sitting and watching a MLB game in person.

On TV, I’m disinterested

Yeah. I can't disagree with any of this.

And providers were already losing viewers by the droves pre-Covid and obviously the past year just escalated that.... and so casual fans are driven away because of overall cost and going to cheaper alternatives that mostly don't involve sports.... and for good measure, alienate your hard core fans with add in-game commercials, pre/post games that are mostly commercials, almost no content/build up to the actual games, constant disputes and channels disappearing (thanks, Dish :cuss: ), etc.