EZE85
03-23-2008, 05:00 PM
just to toss this one out as I dont know if its been mentioned though I'll be suprised if it hasnt in passing;
PPV Deals could be totally overhauled to be more of a challenge and more realistic. Instead of 'here you go, host PPV's whenever you like' you could negotiate contracts to be awarded a NUMBER of PPV's in a year. This way you better simulate the biz.
You get an initial deal maybe for 1 or 3 PPV's in a year and at the TIME OF CONTRACT you schedule the date of those events (potentially presenting you with a booking headache later on). Next time you negotiate a deal your success with them could be reflected and you could get to have 4 to 6 PPV's. Then you get up to the holy grail of 12 PPVs.
Likewise small PPV carriers can offer you weekly PPV model. Or even the big ones can but they take a much larger share of the buyrate off you. So you have to weigh up EXPOSURE (pop gain) w/ Costs. Like TNA you could end up running at deficits but benefit from the media exposure. Then sign a future PPV deal to go to the monthly ones which give you the largest share of buyrates.
A sliding scale of the buyrates that the provider takes off it would also add another level of detail.
Principally though its the whole # of PPVs that this idea is about. Seems daft to suddenly get access to as many PPV's as you like.
PPV Deals could be totally overhauled to be more of a challenge and more realistic. Instead of 'here you go, host PPV's whenever you like' you could negotiate contracts to be awarded a NUMBER of PPV's in a year. This way you better simulate the biz.
You get an initial deal maybe for 1 or 3 PPV's in a year and at the TIME OF CONTRACT you schedule the date of those events (potentially presenting you with a booking headache later on). Next time you negotiate a deal your success with them could be reflected and you could get to have 4 to 6 PPV's. Then you get up to the holy grail of 12 PPVs.
Likewise small PPV carriers can offer you weekly PPV model. Or even the big ones can but they take a much larger share of the buyrate off you. So you have to weigh up EXPOSURE (pop gain) w/ Costs. Like TNA you could end up running at deficits but benefit from the media exposure. Then sign a future PPV deal to go to the monthly ones which give you the largest share of buyrates.
A sliding scale of the buyrates that the provider takes off it would also add another level of detail.
Principally though its the whole # of PPVs that this idea is about. Seems daft to suddenly get access to as many PPV's as you like.