Root Sports going under....

julius said:

Whats this have to do with Root Sports? Are they owned by Warner Brothers?

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SlyPokerDog said:

The company, which operates three AT&T SportsNet-branded channels in Denver, Houston and Pittsburgh and has a minority stake in the Root Sports channel in Seattle, has told teams that they have until March 31 to reach an agreement to take their rights back. If the RSNs can’t reach deals with the teams, the channels eventually plan to move forward with a Chapter 7 liquidation filing.

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SlyPokerDog said:

You know what's coming next...

"Pac 12 announces broadcast deal with Root."

Actually, there is an opportunity here for someone, buy Root, then get the Pac 12 for cheap.

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julius said:

The Blazers should buy the other 40%.

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julius said:

like I'm gonna take the time to read the link.

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jlprk said:

Denny should sell his giant yacht and get in on this. Or whoever offed him can buy in. Follow the money. Who inherited Denny's throne?

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Whyachi said:

It's terrible coverage. Unbiased NBA fans watch the Blazers Root broadcast and absolutely rip it to shreds. Quite easily the worst television production in the league.

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e_blazer said:

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Strenuus said:

It's funny when you're wrong.

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SlyPokerDog said:

You know what's coming next...

"Pac 12 announces broadcast deal with Root."

Actually, there is an opportunity here for someone, buy Root, then get the Pac 12 for cheap.

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BonesJones said:

Read the room.

Nobody here cares about if some random Alaskan or Montanian or Seattlelite can watch a team they don't care about. But the organization cares more about them than those who actually care about the team and want to watch them night in, night out, no matter if they're at home or not, and will even buy an entire TV package in to watch the Blazers as long as it's suitable. The Blazers didn't look out for their most diehard fans because they were chasing those numbers that you're trying to excuse them with. It doesn't.

There are no suitable ways to watch the team (legally) to watch this team away from home or on a PC. Xfinity on PC is extremely low quality, you cant watch it away from home, and you can't pause it. You can watch on ROOT Sports' website but only if they're not relegated to the "PLUS" channel (which they often are). FuboTV is a glitchy mess. Meanwhile, the organization didn't care if they ended up on services that don't have those problems (YoutubeTV, Hulu) and instead decided to push an outdated TV service that only made it through 25% of the season, while bragging about how Jimbo in Montana can now watch it out of boredom in his log cabin because his Comcast has it (numbers baby, numbers!)

I understand that you don't have the perspective of a fan, but the fact that you're so dismissive of the fans' perspective is exactly why people are mad at the organization that you try to claim has nothing to do with the distribution of their own broadcast production.

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BonesJones said:

I know it's a business, but this deal has been extremely short-sighted and the organization is losing money because of how many people watch illegal streams because they have no other viable option. I would hope views would be up going from a tanking season to a hot start, views have been up for me too (gotten pretty far). It is NOT a smart business decision to fall out of touch with your diehard fans to attract passive fans who aren't from Portland. Those aren't the fans that'll buy merch and tickets, or that'll talk to all their friends about the game, or drive engagement (and the eyeballs this orginzation is so desperate for) on social media. Instead, the organization gives these fans the impression that they don't care, and that is a bad long-term business decision all because they didn't negotiate strongly enough with a regional sports network.

That is ridiculous, because regional sports networks are trending away from the pay TV bundle that is driving these views, and the organization certainly doesn't need an RSN to distribute it's own in-house product on a subscription-based model. As I said, this entire thing has been short-sighted.

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BonesJones said:

More fans would be able to watch legally if they negotiated better. You're the one that said views = money.

If you don't what "long-term" means, then oh well. Blockbusters made money in 2005. Better to be ahead of the curve than behind it, and the traditional business model isn't always the best.

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jlprk said:

Denny should sell his giant yacht and get in on this. Or whoever offed him can buy in. Follow the money. Who inherited Denny's throne?

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Phatguysrule said:

SportsTwo?

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Fairly-Hard said:

Lets get a Go Fund Me site going and buy it.

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