paramount just fucked disney/espn in the ass

bonus question, once sports leaves cable is it over for cable?

discuss

>>213592129 (OP)
Do muricans still watch UFC?

No they didn't. ESPN is losing UFC and Formula 1. But they're using that money to get more NFL and WWE. ESPN just bought the NFL Network.

>>213592334
Millennials aged out of it, but zoomers are big fans. But they all know how to pirate it, so this is a good move for the sport and fans.

PPV fighting sports should die you never know if the fight will end in 1 minute and be a waste of money.

>>213592129 (OP)
>paramount was only worth $300 million more than seven years of UFC rights
lol
>>>/sp/

The last time I ever threw in money toward a PPV fight Tyson lasted like 3 minutes before he took a bite out of Holyfield's ear. I'll never understand who are the people paying to watch Jake Paul rigged fights.

>>213592545
Thank goodness it's not boxing right

>>213592545
You must be under 25 to post here.

>>213592334
maybe if it's coincidentally on at a bar that i happen to be in
i would not go out of my way for it and i certainly would not pay money for it

>>213592334
I haven't actively followed it in over a decade. I dont know anyone who pays for PPV. However, there are big turn outs at sports bars here for the main fights.

>>213592129 (OP)
Good fuck ESPN/Disney. They treat the NHL like absolute dogwater and they have some of the worst people who run the program as well
>serious playoff games with Sean "LEADING TACKLER OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHIEFS" McDonaugh or John "Jesus fucking christ shut up" Buccigross calling games
>Horrendous analysts who don't understand basic hockey
>reluctance to showcase players outside of the "big markets"
>Horrible camera angles
>cheap lazy sets
>forcing PK Subban and Mark Messier to constantly talk

i genuinely don't know if this is a good thing, are they connected to cbs or what?

>>213592334
yes

>>213592577
MUH MONSTER ENERGY MUH TAP OUT AND MUH TRANNY LIGHT BEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>213593164
Imagine having bet for the black guy lmao

>PPV points gone
lol

>>213593409
How did he get knocked out and bleed? He barely punched him

>>213593489
little guy has nuclear power

>>213592129 (OP)
ufc fucking sucks. its just hours of midgets and women fighting. no one fucking cares about featherweight 80 lbs losers. the ref looks like he could just hold both fighters by their heads as they swing fists impotently. and women are just terrible. literal turn it off whenever they come on.

>>213592334
It's pretty social
Young bloods enjoy their action

>>213592129 (OP)
This will save Paramount+
They've been trying to get a big sporting deal for a while

>>213592129 (OP)
>The company Trump just extorted for its merger just happens to follow up right after with a huge payout to one of his biggest supporters for an organization whose events he frequents
really makes you think

>>213593596
>no one fucking cares about featherweight 80 lbs losers
The majority of wars were fought by those fools
That's why they still fight today

>>213593732
Paramount+ has SerieA, which unironically is really good as well.

>>213592406
>zoomers
>pirate

Who's the biggest heemer ITT?

>>213592372
This. UFC is not even a zit on the NFL’s ass when it comes to ratings.

>>213592129 (OP)
sportsball is for smoothbrains

>>213592528

>>213592129 (OP)
The problem is cable ending or being phased out will just lead to MORE ads on streaming

>>213592129 (OP)
cable dies with the last boomer

actually it might limp along on gen x for a few more years

>>213593940
>MORE ads on streaming
Which will cause less people to subscribe

>survivor season with ufc promotion
dana won

This is hilarious. TKO owns both the UFC and WWE. ESPN just signed a big deal to broadcast all the WWE PLE's on their new streaming service. TKO then immediately leaves ESPN and brings the UFC PLE's to Paramount.

>>213592129 (OP)
Ppl who watch sports are subhumans who should be gassed

>>213593000
Whos behind the pride night faggotry?

>>213594457
(((sponsors))), but thats the least of the issues. the NHL on ESPN is a fucking joke. They really are trying so hard to market Bedard like Crosby as well.

>renews South Park
>gets UFC
From where is Paramount getting the money?

>>213592406
>but they all know how to pirate it
ANON....

>>213593489
Pretty sure he was already cut before that. And it happens often that the ones that don’t seem like heavy shots but still slip through unseen can be the ones that turn out the lights.

>>213592129 (OP)
Their app is so unstable this is only gonna make it worse. Also I like their Smithsonian content, old Comedy Central stuff and the Champions League, I don't watch heem. I don't want to be paying more than I already am so that some wrestling adjacent Rogansphere shit can crash my documentary on otters in California or Saudi Arabia's coral reef.

paramount is slowly becoming spiketv

>>213594684
Spike TV became the Paramount Network, now Paramount+ will become Spike TV.
Frankly women can find a different streamer.
I'm sure once the PMS dies down she'll be fine.

>>213592129 (OP)
Meanwhile Rumble sitting in the corner eating Elmer's glue with their exclusive Power Slap broadcast rights.

>>213594509
Money really doesn't exist in media, the goal is to always be broke so when the unions come around you can get away with swindling them.

>>213592528
>what is debt

>>213594684
only when they buy the video game awards

>>213592129 (OP)
All godless heathens, to an even greater degree than myself. Who cares? Go watch musical Star Trek.

Network tv is being held up by tech illiterate and poor viewers. The instant that a simple user interface is available, cable and tv will be destroyed.

>>213593409
Did he dieM

>>213592406
>zoomers are big fans.
>But they all know how to pirate it
lmao

>>213592406
>zoomgroids
>pirating

>we need the ufc contract because we need a sport with men who suck cock and eat ass and get fucked in his ass with cocks and eat cum

>>213592334
Do 3rd worlders still watch soccer?

>>213594684
spike was based

>>213594684
Wasn't that advertised as "tv for men"?

>>213592372
>ESPN just bought the one NFL-related product no NFL fan gives a fuck about

lol of course they did

>>213598511
18 Thursday Night games a year is better than all the UFC combined

>>213598483
Love ass!

>>213592334
brown and brown presenting ones can't get enough of it.

>>213592129 (OP)
Who the fuck watches UFC? Trans people?

>>213592129 (OP)
Imagine still watching professional sports in the year 2025

>>213592334
>do human beings still enjoy gladiatorial combat
Until every star in the night sky winks out

>>213592129 (OP)
I mean, how? Does anyone actually watch this shit? At least wrestling is basically gay ass soap opera with fake violence. This shit is just gay.

>>213598958
>1.4 billion in revenue yearly
Yes people watch it, just because you're out of the loop doesn't mean everyone else is

>>213592129 (OP)
They got too cocky. Many such cases. Sad!

heems have been the only reason to switch on a TV for over a decade now.

>>213592334
No

>>213598958
>I mean, how?
The estrogenized redditor can't even hide his soi levels while communicating through text. Grim times.

>>213593832
Me. Not one poster here has heemed anyone. I heem twice daily

>>213592129 (OP)
Human dog-fighting is not a "sport".

>>213598958
It's replaced Boxing in the first world. It was never intended to replace gay-ass Wrasslin'.

Golf, Cornhole, Billiards, E-"sports" = A fucking Game
Divegrass, Yard Ape, Ape Hoop, actual Wrestling, ect = A sport
NASCAR = competition
Boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, = competitive violence
Wrasslin' = live-action homoerotic cartoon show

>>213592334
Not really. It's a dying sport with no stars right now and this deal will only continue the decline. UFC had the world on a silver platter in the 2010s but they squandered it. No need to try when you are a monopoly. Now they move to make boxing even worse.

>>213592129 (OP)
That’s actually clever of them considering their entire audience is Taylor Sheridan fans

>>213599552
>Now they move to make boxing even worse.
Those E-celeb Paul brothers have effectively killed 1st world boxing. No one will ever take it seriously in the 1st world again.

>>213599640
Especially since Jake Paul, a Disney kid Youtuber, who started boxing on a lark, would wipe the floor with boxing’s biggest star, if he and Canelo ever fought. How can you take the sport seriously after that?
If Jake tried to fight Islam or Topuria he’d be beheaded in five seconds

>>213592129 (OP)
Wait a second anon... is they gay anal or straight anal? the media these days is confusing.

>>213593409
Damn ai getting really good. This almost looks real

>>213592372
NFL Network didn't air games though. It was just nonstop shitty talking heads & ESPN has too much of that already

>>213593000
That's because ESPN execs threw a fit years ago when they didn't get the hockey rights so they've been burying hockey ever since. Yet they'll suck the wnba's cock and promote the fuck out of it even though nobody fucking watches it

>>213598849
Amazon has the tnf rights now

>>213592334
a ticket for shitty seats at the T Mobile are like 350$. Id say yes...

>>213592129 (OP)
Sports are so fucking gay; I can't imagine still watching it. Bunch of retards.

>>213592129 (OP)
I thought Paramount was broke.

>>213599557
they just got south park long term. Larry Ellison's money is behind it. Paramount is trying to become king.

>>213598849
Those TNF games are all dogshit.

I hope you guys invested in TKO
I made so much money today

>>213598915
>>213592334
this.
the only person I've ever known to even watch this shit is brown, and he buys every single event for $80. I even showed him how to just bring it up on literally any pirate stream site but he still buys that shit.

Is it not already over for sports? Boomers watched sports because they were the only thing on. Zoomers watch people stream video games. Both of these are equally retarded.
Sports were meant to relieve hostilities between communities. Sports haven't represented communities in my lifetime. Maybe 100 years ago they did.

>>213593596
Kneel and say that to my face and not online, see what happens.

I don't understand how Americans watch fake sports like wrestling, ufc or handegg
What's the appeal if you know it's all scripted?

>>213599527
>NASCAR
>competition

>>213602024
They got bought by Larry Ellison's son