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Idk if his strategy is suicidal. I'm not sure what it is with these 3 PPV's in the first 3 months of this new deal.
If its legit a TVKO type strategy of low cost PPV's ($50 or under) I don't see a real upside with it long term & its not sustainable with customers long term I wouldn't think. The UFC has taken a TVKO-like approach with PPV's that seems to be working out for them, but they seem to have a reverse payment model where the UFC is taking in more of the revenue then the fighters. The UFC has also created an event feel more than most PPV boxing has with a competitive nature to all the events of their PPV's that is strong enough that a main fighter can fall out of an event & a last minute opponent can be thrown in or a whole new main event can be established & still selling 200k-300k+ PPV's. If the PBC is doing PPV's like that I think they'd need to average at least a number around that of the UFC like 200k-300k+ buy range which is giving the boxing side of the revenue approx. $5M-$7.5M+ (assuming a $50 PPV price, which could be a low number) to split up which is covering most fights.
It could also be that although we got 3 PPV's in the first 3 months that this is an anomaly for PBC & there will only be 3 PPV's for this 2018-2019 season so it looks worse than it is.
But I'm super curious what the strategy is going to be here exactly cuz this did not seem to be the PBC goal in the beginning, but I've theorized the PBC strategy has pivoted with all these lawsuits & them getting a regular TV deal now & also with DAZN & ESPN+ coming into the landscape.
I won't act like any strategy is superior in this sphere cuz its just as easy that the fans aren't ready for streaming boxing as fans aren't ready to pay for more PPV boxing. Its all up in the air still in my eyes, but my money would be on DAZN winning this war eventually. But its not like I've never been wrong like most of the non-trolls here.
If its legit a TVKO type strategy of low cost PPV's ($50 or under) I don't see a real upside with it long term & its not sustainable with customers long term I wouldn't think. The UFC has taken a TVKO-like approach with PPV's that seems to be working out for them, but they seem to have a reverse payment model where the UFC is taking in more of the revenue then the fighters. The UFC has also created an event feel more than most PPV boxing has with a competitive nature to all the events of their PPV's that is strong enough that a main fighter can fall out of an event & a last minute opponent can be thrown in or a whole new main event can be established & still selling 200k-300k+ PPV's. If the PBC is doing PPV's like that I think they'd need to average at least a number around that of the UFC like 200k-300k+ buy range which is giving the boxing side of the revenue approx. $5M-$7.5M+ (assuming a $50 PPV price, which could be a low number) to split up which is covering most fights.
It could also be that although we got 3 PPV's in the first 3 months that this is an anomaly for PBC & there will only be 3 PPV's for this 2018-2019 season so it looks worse than it is.
But I'm super curious what the strategy is going to be here exactly cuz this did not seem to be the PBC goal in the beginning, but I've theorized the PBC strategy has pivoted with all these lawsuits & them getting a regular TV deal now & also with DAZN & ESPN+ coming into the landscape.
I won't act like any strategy is superior in this sphere cuz its just as easy that the fans aren't ready for streaming boxing as fans aren't ready to pay for more PPV boxing. Its all up in the air still in my eyes, but my money would be on DAZN winning this war eventually. But its not like I've never been wrong like most of the non-trolls here.
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