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Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
Montana and Dakotas fit nicely with the PAC-12 geographically -
Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
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Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
Thanks for the map. Not sure about St Mary’s but that’s a tight looking Southwestern conference. I can lose the Southwestern-ish, because with GCU, our conference is beautiful and makes sense geographically. For non-football school, I’d add a SoCal school (Long Beach or UC Irvine), or go with a football only NIU as the rumors have it. Nevertheless, I’m proud to be part of this conference. -
MW should do what it can to maximize the Asia / Australia market reach with a media partner that either has tv or streaming capabilities there. Put it in the terms for media contracts. Include marketing dollars. Think of movies and their domestic and international revenues. A lot of times international is more. There’s something here.
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One Nevada writer, despite the loss against Hawaii, is excited to be covering more Nevada sports when they come to the Islands. He had some food and drink recommendations. That’s the spirit. Save your Southwest points folks. https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/ramey-my-sunday-brunch-and-nevada-football-were-both-suckling-roast-pig-at-hawaii
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Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
I’ve had a few “20% outcomes” and so far the way Gloria and the MW has handled this, it is approaching 20% outcome territory. If this game was played 10 times, the MW would lose 8 out of 10 and be totally pillaged. But real life is played out once. I would post this on the Gloria should get fired thread, but I’m too lazy to find it. -
Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
I wonder if the WCC has any regret helping the PAC-2 with the non-football scheduling? At least Gloria saw this coming and prepared. -
Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
Gloria moves on quick. You either on board or you get left behind. -
MW could be going to go full on sports gaming niche. - conference HQ move to Las Vegas - now owns Hawaii media property, the crown jewel on the G5 level, and also UNLV (the number two in this category). P4 teams and conferences will be blocked from participating at least until early 2030’s by their existing media partners who are more concerned about exclusivity. - 4 time zones (NIU and Toledo football only). - potential foundational partnership with sportsbook/media (I think it has to be FanDuel, they are the first mover for this combo capability). Remember, structure also creates value and niches lead to riches.
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Gamblers, correct me if I’m wrong. The first sportsbook that creates its own tv network and is the “home” to a particular school or conference, will build a “homer” fan following. Which will allow them to give more favorable odds to the “homer” teams, which will make their sportsbook stand out for bettors (the odds would be different). Which will give the sports book that 9% gross margin on more bets, and allow reinvestment into marketing and promotion, and pay to teams. It could be a flywheel that just improves on itself. I recall the Boyd casinos having the best odds on UH football. They built a homer following with Hawaii fans. This is like that but nationwide and online.
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Conference Realignment thread
415hawaiiboy replied to Did I hear a WOOSH?'s topic in MWC Sports Forum
San Jose State where you at? 415hawaiiboy and crew going to come down and watch games. -
Brainstorming ideas for Hawaii media partnerships, business models (also applicable to any school in the soon to be Wild West of college athletics not in the Super Duper Conference): - exclusive with FanDuel TV or similar sports betting tv or streaming service (betMGM, etc); only 4 games tied up with the MW contract. In the future, we could have 6 - 9 games a season to provide. Why they would want Hawaii: Chase Game has us as having a similar betting handle as the average P5 school ($8MM per game) despite being woefully under marketed and distributed. With a 9% gross margin on gambling amounts, this is a money gusher. Just by showing the games, the channel gets free earned media (How to watch the Hawaii game), and this is spread over MW, G5 and P4 schools that play Hawaii, especially at Hawaii. Hawaii is the only Power school like asset that is a media independent (after 4 games). - title sponsor of Hawaii football for Hawaii media inventory not with MW partner. So, a company such as betMGM which doesn’t have a sports tv channel could work out a title sponsor relationships with whatever media distributor Hawaii gets (say TNT, ESPN+ or in more obscurity some no-name channel). Hawaii is a package deal exclusively with the title sponsor when negotiating tv rights. Title sponsor pays Hawaii based on tiers regarding distribution size of whatever channel or streamer. In addition of a formula of games that is picked up, usually the leftover games not picked by MW partners. Hawaii vs New Mexico, for example. Why we would do this: opens up bigger market of potential partners, who don’t yet have a tv or streaming service of their own, but can piggyback on existing channels (possibly even look to acquire the channels in the future, with cable a business in decline, this is a bright spot). End of the day, comes back to that 9% margin. The best margin and ROI at scale in all of college sports and possibly digital media.