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Sounds a ton better than the previous regime's playbook of "Hand the ball to CMC, or throw it somewhere"

Too tight of a timeframe to tie it to a new stadium (if a new stadium is going to happen -- which may or may not). Doubtful it would be Samsung -- any tie-ins would have to be with the carrier vs the device, hence t-mobile or verizon (AT&T is already taken), because that integration is easier and more likely to showcase connectivity for potential new customers vs people without a device not seeing a benefit. Samsung could be the "official Big Screen", but I can't see them as being stadium sponsor.

Sunday ticket isn't for people who are local to their favorite team and can watch those games already. On the other hand, if you are a season ticket holder who lives outside the traditional broadcast area -- well, that's a different story.

Wonder if the NFL would allow "POONATS" on a personalized jersey?

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UPDATE: you can utilize "family group" logins to allow a "family member" to "share" your NFL Sunday Ticket account. (as opposed to having others utilize your personal YouTube login) BUT each "family member" must "live in the same household". What this means is that each "family member" must occasionally log in to the YouTube TV account from the primary address/location in order to maintain access.

The BOA sponsorship ends with the 2024 season, so this isn't really a premature conversation. I expect it to be a major talking point next off-season after we see how successful the new regime is vs previous years. Better team = higher demand to be associated with it Other reports suggest an increase to $8-10m/year, which may lean towards a 10 year contract vs BOA's 20 year investment. I can't see a company paying $200m (20 yr at $10m, assuming it's a one-time payment) and there are only so many businesses that can fork over $10m/yr without issue https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs03/news/story?id=1710458

Mills Field at (insert sponsor here) Stadium

Can’t wait to see it in action. Exciting times to be a Panthers fan. have lots of Alabama friends looking to join the Panthers bandwagon a smidge and cheer on Bryce with us… im glad that the NFL rules recently have gotten better about protecting the QB regarding bad hits and stuff. I hope that Bryce gets the credit and takes advantage of those rules in all the ways that we never got to see when Cam was targeted unfairly and the refs looked the other way

Most likely to be a Carolina-based business, if I had to guess. Mercedes shifted their naming rights to Atlanta from NO when they put their N.A. HQ down the street. I could see BMW picking this up because of their SC presence along with some competition. Could also see Hyundai looking at a large marketing opportunity (Kia and Hyundai do a lot of sports marketing, and sponsorship rights don’t come up often) Pepsi would be interesting, but am unsure if that would conflict with any NFL contractual obligations with Coca-Cola. Big picture is I’d doubt it would be a consumer retail/store product company. That would be “no” to Bojangles too. Lowes would be interesting too, but they might be more interested in sponsoring a side project, like the Home Depot Backyard area at MB Stadium. Insurance company, maybe. Geico? Truist might make a play for it too. Keep it in the Banking area. Doubtful Amazon, Apple, Meta, or Google would spend money here as they’re not really looking to build awareness. oooh, why not go back old school to memories of Ericsson? T-Mobile likes arenas, why not do a stadium? Have to figure out how the magenta would work with Panther Blue though.

Could see why Corral would be a little miffed at this: “So we thought the rookie way was the right way to go, to draft and develop, and fix the problem rather than taking swings here and there. … Eventually, you just have to draft and develop your own guy.”

Wouldn't hate it. Chicago and Nashville in September are delightful.

Pretty sure that 4 of the last 6 games will be against NFC South. Maybe even 5 of the last 6. I'm okay with this. I think the Seattle game will be after our Bye, and we'll play the Texans Thurs night before the Bye for an easy National slot . I can see the Indy/Bears games at the beginning of the season due to the coach and DJ Moore storylines. 1 - Indianapolis (Home) 2 - Bears (Away) 3 - Packers (Home) 4 - Nashville (Away) 5 - Jaguars (Away) 6 - Falcons (Home) 7 - Saints (Away) 8 - Vikings (Home) 9 - Houston (Home) Thur Night Game 10 - BYE 11- Seattle (Away) 12 - Detroit (Away) 13 - Cowboys (Home) 14 - Tampa (Home) 15- Dolphins (Away) 16 - Atlanta (Away) 17 - New Orleans (Home) 18 - Tampa (Away)

Previous seasons, didn’t they announce the Europe matches (not the sedates) early?

They were already talking about trading up to #2. Tepper is the one who said, "it's not that big a differential to go to #1 - so do that." In the end, it was still Fitt and company that made that decision - but they had Tepp's support to make it happen rather than playing more conservatively.

Have listened to the ESPN radio draft coverage, and it's pretty good. Minimal commercial interruptions as they fill a lot of time actually discussing the picks as they're made.

Regardless of how you choose to watch, I'd recommend not watching via a streaming method IF you're also following along on the Huddle or Twitter or have friends texting you. Chances are you'll be 30-60 seconds behind everybody else, and where's the fun of that?

The draft will be on ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network.

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New for the 2023 season, here's the ranking for markets based on "number of homes" for TV purposes. The top are the usual suspects of NY, LA, Chicago. It's the 2nd half of the list that gets more interesting. This is strictly the home city, not necessarily the entire suburbia market coverage. If you take into account the full Panthers viewing area which covers multiple Nielsen survey areas, we rank a bit higher up the list than this. In other words, we're definitely not "small market" - don't let what others say fool you on this.

More because Chapek wasn't very good at his job. Share price was down pretty hard, lower than expected profits, and the direct-to-consumer division lost $1.5b in one three month period. He wanted to move away from animated movies, kinda screwed up Disney+ a bit... And yes, Chapek raised WDW prices pretty hard during his tenure, blaming "increased demand" for the reasoning, but without supplementing that with in-park improvements. But the ticket prices by themselves is not what resulted in Iger replacing Chapek.

A good agent --- especially after showing a potential buyer a certain number of homes -- will eventually know exactly what home/features will be worthwhile and which ones won't be. We had one agent bring us to a house with "we know you're going to hate (a) (b) (c), but thought we'd show it to you anyway". We hated (a) (b) (c) for exactly the reasons the realtor expected. They were efficient in narrowing down available options for us to look at, saved a LOT of time

Disagree. Fun fact: Disney+ is based on the streaming platform MLB built. Sports still needs distribution for viewers, and streaming platforms don't have the $$ by themselves to pay the bucks that the leagues are looking for. Read the ESPN oral history book for the details on the NCAA negotiations that had to happen for ESPN to even launch the channel. The leagues want maximum eyeballs. Going 100% YT content creators/streaming platforms will not give them what they want. Jomboy's relationship with MLB is interesting in that he negotiated that the MLB can have 100% of the associated YT revenue in exchange for using their clips -- Jomboy makes their money on the in-video sponsorships. If MLB balked at that arrangement, Jomboy would be nowhere. (game show network forced Jomboy to pull some of his game show reviews due to copyright, for example)

All corporations are in the business to make money, some do it better than others. But Disney is not even close to being at the top. I don't fault any company for making money --- if they provide me my expected value for their prices, I'm happy to pay. If I don't find value or worthwhile use, I'll pass it by - but won't dissuade others from being willing to pay up. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, NVidia, Facebook are all in the Top Ten (among a few lesser well-known names).

Good luck on getting access to the SW rides. They're fantastic, but your patience may be tested.