4 months of ESPN+ x $15 a month does equal a game ticket to watch App play on TV, you just happen to get a ton of extra content with it. PPV is a TERRIBLE idea and would absolutely decimate viewership numbers and limit it to just App fans. We want casual fans and conference mates’ fans to be able to tune in as well.bigdaddyg wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 2:42 pmMeant to add this earlier. If a person had to pay the equivalent of a ticket to watch their team play on TV I wonder how many would pony up? Almost like a PPV deal. If my choices were go to the game or pay $50 I'd still have to do some thinking. I'd save the added costs but admittedly I'm used to either free or ESPN plus- spoiled I'll admit it.
A lot of people here on this board (not you bigdaddyg) keep shouting “give give give” “donate donate donate”. While that is a noble cause the reality is it’s not feasible for a lot of people because of all the reasons stated in this podcast. Doug Gillin and the staff need to bear that in mind. They need to find ways to cut prices for fans rather than “add amenities” which secretly means “raise prices by adding bells and whistles”. It’s a legitimate concern.
Add to that the (what I would call) shady ways Yosef club requires you to give X to get Y (like a parking pass in a particular lot), but giving the minimum at a particular donation level doesn’t necessarily guarantee you’ll get it so you should probably give more…it’s off putting and prices people out.
That’s literally what the YC rep told us this year. “First you have to buy season tickets. Then you have to donate at the X level to get a parking pass, but it’s competitive so you should probably give more than that if you want to *guarantee* a parking space.” Bag that!! We had 3 people in our tailgate group of 6 or 7 who have been tailgating for 15 years flat out say “it’s not worth it”. That’s a story that should really concern Doug Gillin.