If this was a chess game Delaney seems to be thinking 3-4 moves ahead while others are reacting. Whatever happens I cant help but trust the guy to do something outstanding for B1G, as the only thing he ever disappointed with was approving the old division names.
My single concern is Fox sports cable FS, while they do have a OTA network that will do fine coverage, their FS1 network seems to be doing their best not to be watched. Their CEO actually said, that they have no plans to do web streaming like espn or nbcsn because they want to provide value to the cable bundle. Essentially he is saying, we want to continue providing value for the VCR tape as we believe the VCR tape is the future.
These streaming sites do far more then just get eyeballs, they keep peoples minds on your channel. If anyone was to add value to the bundle it would be espn anyway, however not only do they allow streaming on espn 3, they allow those who dont have cable to watch all the college games that aired in replay. So instead of someone downloading the game elsewhere they keep you tuned to their brand.
FS1 also has problems making things into a "event". Take NBCSN for instance, after they took over the English Premiere League rights from Fox sports, the ratings went through the roof, they had a great cast, nice studio and most of all, you can watch any game you want, it's a true game day excitement in the early morning. So what does FS do?(they got the German league rights) They put most their games on some 1990's like $15 a month channel. So you get maybe 2 games of teams you may not care for, you hardly hear any buzz and the whole thing is like, meh, watch it or dont, will just put it out there, do what you want., instead of this bounty of choice and proper hype like NBCSN.
So yea, that is not good, but I'll give the CEO of theirs 3 years tops before he's fired anyways, unless he get's he's act together, or Delaney has a chat with him on how to be active rather then reactive.
