On3 Buys Rivals

[vailhusker]

 

[HCFord1]

Nobody gaf Shannon, just get the goddamn bots off the main board

 

[Huskersballz]

Yayyy more shirtless teenagers

 

[kyle23]

Yayyy more shirtless teenagers

Always great reading about a serious news event on tMB followed by a shirtless croot.

 

[Carm]

 

[Stan Raymond]

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oh boy, the vaunted On3 NIL valuations, which is straight up garbage that won't soon matter.

 

[nja13]

oh boy, the vaunted On3 NIL valuations, which is straight up garbage that won't soon matter.

This! Why do they think this is such a big deal that it ranks up there with game coverage and recruiting coverage as a priority?

I get that NIL was just coming into being as On3 was getting going, so they probably looked at it as this new, exciting thing that they could corner the market on. Except... why would the average fan give two shits about what a player's "NIL valuation" is? Why do they think that is a reason anyone would pay to subscribe to a website? Especially when it is basically a number pulled out of the air with no basis in reality.

 

[Jim14510]

Especially when it is basically a number pulled out of the air with no basis in reality.

I think this is the key. Would be different if they were getting actual numbers of everyone's contracts.

 

[vailhusker]

I think it will eventually all be under one site. Why would I want to go to one site for high school recruiting and then go to another for college, NIL, and the portal. It's all recruiting to me. Portal is only going to be open once a year now, so you won't have much year around coverage on that either.

 

[Kazman5k]

I can’t wait for Saudi PE to gobble up On3 and watch Dean have to shill for OPEC advertisements.

 

[Huskers633]

I only stay on over there for Robin's basketball coverage. If the price increases that'll be the push I need to finally cancel.

 

[Carm]

I think it will eventually all be under one site. Why would I want to go to one site for high school recruiting and then go to another for college, NIL, and the portal. It's all recruiting to me. Portal is only going to be open once a year now, so you won't have much year around coverage on that either.

Perhaps, but Shannon's stated rationale is that Rivals has brand value in the HS recruiting space from 25 years of activity, and this brand value will help him expand into coverage of the HS sports market which he thinks has potential. On3 become the vehicle to cover college sports, the portal, etc. You won't have to go to two sites anyway; it will all be available from your dashboard. It will just have different branding.

 

[vailhusker]

I can’t wait for Saudi PE to gobble up On3 and watch Dean have to shill for OPEC advertisements.

Dean is used to kissing ass so he would probably do ok.

 

[vailhusker]

Perhaps, but Shannon's stated rationale is that Rivals has brand value in the HS recruiting space from 25 years of activity, and this brand value will help him expand into coverage of the HS sports market which he thinks has potential. On3 become the vehicle to cover college sports, the portal, etc. You won't have to go to two sites anyway; it will all be available from your dashboard. It will just have different branding.

I'm sure Terry is smarter than me, but I don't see the money in it for most teams. Two sites, two staffs your going to basically double up on everything. Maybe I'm not understanding the whole concept but Dean for instance has done basically the same thing for over twenty years with a couple guys and some part-timers.

 

[Kinish]

I'm sure Terry is smarter than me, but I don't see the money in it for most teams. Two sites, two staffs your going to basically double up on everything. Maybe I'm not understanding the whole concept but Dean for instance has done basically the same thing for over twenty years with a couple guys and some part-timers.

I'm waiting for the entire network rebrand to "focus everything in one easy to understand branding and coverage product"

then they can mass layoff people and consilidate and then he will sell

ill be right in 3-5 years

 

[vailhusker]

I'm waiting for the entire network rebrand to "focus everything in one easy to understand branding and coverage product"

then they can mass layoff people and consilidate and then he will sell

ill be right in 3-5 years

I could be misremembering but when 247 bought Scout they tried to run it as two sites but eventually everything went to 247.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[Stan Raymond]

I think it will eventually all be under one site. Why would I want to go to one site for high school recruiting and then go to another for college, NIL, and the portal. It's all recruiting to me. Portal is only going to be open once a year now, so you won't have much year around coverage on that either.

Portal is remaining twice a year for football, just shorter windows.

 

[Carm]

I'm sure Terry is smarter than me, but I don't see the money in it for most teams. Two sites, two staffs your going to basically double up on everything. Maybe I'm not understanding the whole concept but Dean for instance has done basically the same thing for over twenty years with a couple guys and some part-timers.

I'm talking about the national networks being one site. The team sites are separate entities, owned by their publishers. They have contracts with the networks. There are probably financial penalties if the networks cut off sites before their contracts terminate

 

[BradWesley]

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Forgot about GornDog