Comments on: Homecoming Q&A: David Matlin https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/homecoming-qa-david-matlin/ Sat, 22 Sep 2018 15:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Raider Dogs https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/homecoming-qa-david-matlin/#comment-2689911 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 15:55:56 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46890#comment-2689911 Fix your bathroom in the Stan sherriff and the athletic facilities. Yellow toilet seats and black stained sinks need to replaced don’t show you don’t care about these things.

]]> By: Amosilatus https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/homecoming-qa-david-matlin/#comment-2689910 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 15:34:15 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46890#comment-2689910 If anyone were to have a good, thorough understanding of the Spectrum contract one would hope it would be Matlin. I assume it is Matlin, and his thoughtful and informed comments in the interview above only reinforce my assumption.

]]> By: H-Man https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/homecoming-qa-david-matlin/#comment-2689905 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 06:00:01 +0000 http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46890#comment-2689905 I think Matlin is wrong in his view of the financial benefit of the PPV contract with Spectrum. He is only looking at the upfront annual $2.5 million the contract generates. PPV has negatively impacted football attendance at Aloha Stadium….Big Time. Even with a chance for a winning season and renewed excitement behind the run ‘n shoot offense, the average attendance will be around 21,000 fans per game this year. Only Spectrum benefits.
Without PPV, attendance may average 28,000 fans per game. The additional 7,000 fans per game may generate an estimated minimum of $1 million in additional ticket sales revenue per season. And without the contract with Spectrum, Hawaii would be eligible to share in the conference’s TV revenue which is something north of $1 million per team. This is just football we’re talking about.

The full scope of Spectrum’s contact includes exclusivity to air UH sports….all sports. If UH Athletics were to return to it’s previous arrangement such as they had with K5, that contract may also generate another $1 million annually. From a revenue perspective, UH would actually increase its annual revenue. But to do that, not all games are automatically televised live. Games were telecast on a one-day delayed basis. But whatever games were televised live, it would be for free.

What I am trying to say is that the contract with Spectrum needs to be examined fully. The view that AD Matlin cites is only on face value. There are other factors to consider.

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