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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 23, 2016 19:10:02 GMT -5
This is the best article I've read about MLB Advanced Media, which has swept the field clean at this point. It's being sold to others as the state-of-the-art system for digital streams and it lives up to that hype. Given that we were tossing around the migration to broadband on the board a few years back, it's laughable that the NFL is scratching it's head over the loss of viewership. If Roger Goodell spent less time worrying about deflated footballs, and more focusing on the league's business model, that wouldn't be such a mystery. The relevant quote from the 2015 article: Ouch. What a comedown that would be, no? America's Game™ shoveling money into the MLB coffers! I've been a real critic of Bud Selig. He's deserved that given the cynical manipulation of the steroid era the league engaged in. But the decision by the owners back in 2000 to focus on a digital future - something he pushed for - was so farsighted as to have vaulted MLB into a near insurmountable lead on the digital highway. They turned the effort over to this guy, then they got out of the way: The turn the entire planet has taken in that direction had made that effort the envy of much of the digital content-hawking world. Estimates are that an IPO might be worth $5 billion. Who woulda thunk it.
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Post by humanbeingbean on Oct 23, 2016 20:08:04 GMT -5
The thing is too that I think people are actually starting to understand how devastating football is on players' bodies and minds. MLB could benefit greatly if people move away from football further.
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 23, 2016 23:10:21 GMT -5
The thing is too that I think people are actually starting to understand how devastating football is on players' bodies and minds. MLB could benefit greatly if people move away from football further. You're tempting me to run down all the reasons why baseball is the greatest sport, by far. A new one just occurred to me yesterday. We all know that baseball is the major sport where the skills are most difficult and hence are most important relative to size and strength, which are always the twin pillars of "athleticism." But in baseball, the skills are actually so difficult that players are legitimately streaky in a way that affects the games significantly. It's routine for a great hitter to struggle for 20 games, but you'll never see Tom Brady do the equivalent -- you won't see one game where he completes 40% of his passes and gets picked three times, let alone two in a row. Nor will you see an OK-to-solid NFL QB or running back get in some kind of zone and be as good as Josh Tomlin has been his last six starts (which would be about three NFL games). There's just not enough fine skill involved. We just saw Anthony Rizzo, one of the game's best hitters, start the post-season 2/28 (one of the hits a bunt against the shift), 4 BB, 9 K, and then go 7/12, 2 2B, 2 HR, 1 SO. That sort of thing is common in baseball and unheard of in other sports.
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Post by burythehammer on Oct 24, 2016 5:57:51 GMT -5
Yeah I'm sure Goodell is panicked about making 30m a year and having federal courts confirm that he is literally infallible.
I don't have a dog in this fight but the NFL, even with ratings down, still blows MLB away. That's not changing anytime soon and it's amusing to see baseball people's continued inferiority complex over this.
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Post by ray88h66 on Oct 24, 2016 12:21:36 GMT -5
Yeah I'm sure Goodell is panicked about making 30m a year and having federal courts confirm that he is literally infallible. I don't have a dog in this fight but the NFL, even with ratings down, still blows MLB away. That's not changing anytime soon and it's amusing to see baseball people's continued inferiority complex over this. Well said, I was trying to come up with a response to Norm's well thought out post, but you did it for me. MLB may be ahead on techy stuff, but the NFL is the Alpha dog, and will remain so.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 25, 2016 10:40:52 GMT -5
Yeah I'm sure Goodell is panicked about making 30m a year and having federal courts confirm that he is literally infallible. I don't have a dog in this fight but the NFL, even with ratings down, still blows MLB away. That's not changing anytime soon and it's amusing to see baseball people's continued inferiority complex over this. ...all thanks to the horrible agreement between the league and its players, the worst one in all of pro sports. I read what Martellus Bennett had to say about Goodell's operation. If I were a player on the Pats, I'd try to get him in on the negotiations for the next version. It's going to take that sort of tough talk to change the terms of the negotiations.
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Post by foreverred9 on Oct 30, 2016 13:36:59 GMT -5
Yeah I'm sure Goodell is panicked about making 30m a year and having federal courts confirm that he is literally infallible. I don't have a dog in this fight but the NFL, even with ratings down, still blows MLB away. That's not changing anytime soon and it's amusing to see baseball people's continued inferiority complex over this. Sure, the NFL is far and away the leader today, but that didn't seem to be the point of the comment. Said another way, would an investor rather put $1M into the MLB today or into the NFL? The digital content, lack of concussions, and a (likely) cheaper MLB valuation are all strong pros for an MLB investment if it were on the market.
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Post by ray88h66 on Oct 30, 2016 14:39:37 GMT -5
Yeah I'm sure Goodell is panicked about making 30m a year and having federal courts confirm that he is literally infallible. I don't have a dog in this fight but the NFL, even with ratings down, still blows MLB away. That's not changing anytime soon and it's amusing to see baseball people's continued inferiority complex over this. Sure, the NFL is far and away the leader today, but that didn't seem to be the point of the comment. Said another way, would an investor rather put $1M into the MLB today or into the NFL? The digital content, lack of concussions, and a (likely) cheaper MLB valuation are all strong pros for an MLB investment if it were on the market. Fair question, I think it's the NFL, time will tell.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 30, 2016 15:13:46 GMT -5
This isn't just about the individual sports, it's about their business models. The world has gone digital. Football has barely figured out that landscape. Baseball started working on it 15+ years ago and has mastered it. Hard to overestimate the importance of that.
Long after the baseball income has plateaued, the income flow from their streaming technology is going to make MLB ownership very wealthy.
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