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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 13, 2019 0:50:35 GMT -5
Larry Scott is a classic meme CEO -- a guy who has convinced his board of directors that he alone is responsible for all the value that everyone in his company creates. In most cases that means workers who get paid much less and are treated as costs rather than assets but are actually doing the work that brings in the money for the company. But in his case it's even worse, because the ultimate source of value is actually the nearly-unpaid student athletes.
Just think about that. The entire product he's selling is the work and effort of thousands of college students, and he's making millions (plus expenses like a posh downtown SF office and staying in a hotel suite that costs as much per night as many students pay for housing in a year).
He's a parasite that found a really juicy host and is going to keep sucking as long as the blood keeps flowing.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Mar 13, 2019 11:21:38 GMT -5
Larry Scott is a classic meme CEO -- a guy who has convinced his board of directors that he alone is responsible for all the value that everyone in his company creates. In most cases that means workers who get paid much less and are treated as costs rather than assets but are actually doing the work that brings in the money for the company. But in his case it's even worse, because the ultimate source of value is actually the nearly-unpaid student athletes. Just think about that. The entire product he's selling is the work and effort of thousands of college students, and he's making millions (plus expenses like a posh downtown SF office and staying in a hotel suite that costs as much per night as many students pay for housing in a year). He's a parasite that found a really juicy host and is going to keep sucking as long as the blood keeps flowing. Definitely into "conspicuous consumption," ala Veblen. and likely thus also "invidious comparison":
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Post by hammer on Mar 13, 2019 12:42:57 GMT -5
Has bigfan made the call on Larry Scott yet?
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Post by bigfan on Mar 13, 2019 13:10:36 GMT -5
Larry Scott is a classic meme CEO He's a parasite that found a really juicy host and is going to keep sucking as long as the blood keeps flowing. The Pac 12 is waking up to the fact that he is a charlatan.
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Post by bigfan on Mar 13, 2019 13:11:18 GMT -5
Has bigfan made the call on Larry Scott yet? "I CALLED IT" for him to removed last year, they may be listening now.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Mar 13, 2019 15:38:11 GMT -5
The Pac-12 Networks model supplanted the old FSN local sports networks (NW, BA, SD, and AZ), which also carried non-regional content. Interestingly, the several FSN networks (including FSN NW) became the Roots Sports channels, which it turns out are owned, you guessed it, by DirecTV. That they were direct competitors only added to DirecTV choking on adding seven sports channels to three to four sports channels they already carried and/or owned, covering roughly the same regions. No doubt Scott thought DirecTV should be willing to pay twice as much for seven channels as opposed to the four FSN channels, to which DTV likely replied, "same money" and "not a penny more".
The flaw is in the out-dated "channel" model, which was taken over by cable providers, as part of their "artificial scarcity" model of channel tiers and bundles, from the old TV (UHF) dial, which had only 13 channels (0 and 2-13). Channels are restricted but continuous program flows that broadcast 24/7, M-S, while "streams" are event-based distribution currents that can be turned on and off. The Pac-12 can still be successful, but they need to move away from the out-dated and unwieldly "channel/network" model (foisted on them by Scott) and toward a multi-level "streaming/subscription" model as their primary mode of operation.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 13, 2019 17:56:50 GMT -5
The Pac-12 Networks model supplanted the old FSN local sports networks (NW, BA, SD, and AZ), which also carried non-regional content. Interestingly, the several FSN networks (including FSN NW) became the Roots Sports channels, which it turns out are owned, you guessed it, by DirecTV. That they were direct competitors only added to DirecTV choking on adding seven sports channels to three to four sports channels they already carried and/or owned, covering roughly the same regions. No doubt Scott thought DirecTV should be willing to pay twice as much for seven channels as opposed to the four FSN channels, to which DTV likely replied, "same money" and "not a penny more". The flaw is in the out-dated "channel" model, which was taken over by cable providers, as part of their "artificial scarcity" model of channel tiers and bundles, from the old TV (UHF) dial, which had only 13 channels (0 and 2-13). Channels are restricted but continuous program flows that broadcast 24/7, M-S, while "streams" are event-based distribution currents that can be turned on and off. The Pac-12 can still be successful, but they need to move away from the out-dated and unwieldly "channel/network" model (foisted on them by Scott) and toward a multi-level "streaming/subscription" model as their primary mode of operation. Not quite right. Root Sports Northwest is actually majority owned by the Seattle Mariners. AT&T (the parent of DirecTV) is a minority owner of Root Sports Northwest. AT&T is the owner of the other three Root Sports channels.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Mar 13, 2019 18:33:45 GMT -5
Not quite right. Root Sports Northwest is actually majority owned by the Seattle Mariners. AT&T (the parent of DirecTV) is a minority owner of Root Sports Northwest. AT&T is the owner of the other three Root Sports channels. Well, were owned. I was going by this: However: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 13, 2019 19:03:37 GMT -5
You were correct that Fox sold four FSN networks to Liberty, who combined them with DirecTV and rebranded them as Root Sports. Liberty was later acquired by AT&T, who still owns three of the Root Sports networks. Root Sports NW, however, was mostly sold to the Seattle Mariners. The 2017 sale of FSN channels does not apply to the Root Sports channels, because they are no longer part of FSN. Starting in 2016, the three channels still primarily owned by AT&T started rebranding themselves as AT&T Sportsnet rather than Root Sports. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet (AT&T/Root Sports, except for Root Sports Northwest) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Sports_Northwest (mostly owned by the Mariners, still branded as Root Sports)
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Post by Not Me on Mar 13, 2019 21:21:17 GMT -5
Really won’t be a good look for the conference if they only get 1 team in the NCAA basketball tournament, which is all they deserve.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Mar 13, 2019 21:46:28 GMT -5
Well, I was primarily referring to the launching of the P12Net in 2012 and the subsequent failure to sign DirecTV as a carrier. Root Sports networks were at that time still owned by DirecTV Sports Networks, which was thus a direct competitor with the Pac-12 Networks.
Root Sports NW wasn't sold to the Mariners until 2014. "DirecTV remained a minority stakeholder and controlling partner, and the network continued to operate under the Root Sports brand."
The AT&T acquisition and the AT&T SportsNet rebranding didn't happen until 2017.
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Post by rtael on Mar 14, 2019 0:07:44 GMT -5
Larry Scott is a classic meme CEO -- a guy who has convinced his board of directors that he alone is responsible for all the value that everyone in his company creates. In most cases that means workers who get paid much less and are treated as costs rather than assets but are actually doing the work that brings in the money for the company. But in his case it's even worse, because the ultimate source of value is actually the nearly-unpaid student athletes. Just think about that. The entire product he's selling is the work and effort of thousands of college students, and he's making millions (plus expenses like a posh downtown SF office and staying in a hotel suite that costs as much per night as many students pay for housing in a year). He's a parasite that found a really juicy host and is going to keep sucking as long as the blood keeps flowing. Yas queen, speak truth to 'power.' On a more serious note, what a depressingly accurate description of the vast majority of corporate America. Someone save us from ourselves and our love of enriching (mostly) old white men on the backs of others.
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Post by mikegarrison on Mar 14, 2019 5:49:28 GMT -5
Larry Scott is a classic meme CEO -- a guy who has convinced his board of directors that he alone is responsible for all the value that everyone in his company creates. In most cases that means workers who get paid much less and are treated as costs rather than assets but are actually doing the work that brings in the money for the company. But in his case it's even worse, because the ultimate source of value is actually the nearly-unpaid student athletes. Just think about that. The entire product he's selling is the work and effort of thousands of college students, and he's making millions (plus expenses like a posh downtown SF office and staying in a hotel suite that costs as much per night as many students pay for housing in a year). He's a parasite that found a really juicy host and is going to keep sucking as long as the blood keeps flowing. Yas queen, speak truth to 'power.' On a more serious note, what a depressingly accurate description of the vast majority of corporate America. Someone save us from ourselves and our love of enriching (mostly) old white men on the backs of others. Once you are in the club, it's a sweet deal. You become CEO of a company and your Board of Directors starts paying you as if you, personally, create all the value in the entire company. You also get to be on the BOD of your own company and usually several more. That's where you get to vote other CEOs their huge paychecks. In exchange, they sit on your BOD and vote you yours.
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Post by tomclen on May 20, 2019 18:52:47 GMT -5
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Post by hammer on May 20, 2019 22:43:52 GMT -5
WHAT!!!
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