If its more than hes making playing minor league baseball....

It could also be a way to get a better minor league contract.

yes, or even a transition to a larger ($$) school via the portal if he performs, etc

IIRC he had an offer or commit to Florida to play QB when we drafted him

When we signed Janko I said why are we signing an older Bubba Thompson we already have that guy. How wrong I was.

I think it was Bama actually

First step of Rangers TV strategy: Games to be available on paid streaming app. https://t.co/77H9Ps5TH8

— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) January 15, 2025

Now the question, how much will you pay to watch?

Bout .99.

I'll take the subscription service. I live in Dallas and can't even get all the mavs games on YouTube tv even though it is aired on a local channel. I will not be switching. Rather pay the $10-20 for the subscription.

Aren't they offered OTA?!

All you have to do is get a silly antenae. We did that for an Aggie game once. Antennae was like $25.

I think this is just one route they'll ultimately have.

Just the principle of it, I'm glad they didn't go with the new Bally's.

So, to capture $100M... 7months, so you need $14.2M per month.

1M subscribers @ $15M for 7months => $105M. I doubt they'd capture 1M subscribers... but commerical/ad revenue would get there, I'd think. Add post-season.
Stars+Rangers+Mavs could get you some serious year-round revenue.

Live sports don't lend itself to commercial-free. The time space is there.

In radio conversation about subscriptions, they had mentioned an Ad-Free live sports would only mean dead air.

Obviously they will always fill dead time with ads. It's more of the 2nd bite at the apple of subscriptions, and specifically subscriptions specific to one asset/team. Maybe the price will be very low and no big deal. However, this is a sport where attendance has dropped 20% over the past 15-20ish years (peaked at 80mm, now about 64mm). It needs to get in front of eyeballs. I think going to these "you must have my specific app" models may only accelerate decline in interest. It feels a bit like when local newspapers went online and started charging. Subscribers decreased. They offset it with higher prices that then only result in even fewer subscribers. Death spiral. Baseball won't be that extreme, but they need to be very careful about the effort and price required for those eyeballs to see your team.

Again, it's why I think the Mavs model was a smart approach and hope the Rangers find a way to emulate it