(Video) Mini Rant on the PPV Price for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao

$100 too much? Depends on what I'm buying.

 

$100 isn't that much. Less than 2 hours of work.

 

:good

 

What boxing really needs is a solid streaming service. A way to "cut the cable". The reason PPVs get so insane is because of the last mile carriers - if the fighter/promoters want to make an extra 10$, they have to charge an extra 20$ on the PPV because approx half goes to the carrier.

ie: Amazon or someone needs to start doing live events. This is feasible now since most households have a Roku or Appletv or Xbox/PS hooked up anyhow.

That being said I will be buying the fight. I will also be inviting whomever over, admission price of one drink.

 

My Filipino friend in the Philippines only pays less than $10 USD to watch Pacquiao fights live in the movie theater. I doubt that price would change drastically. Damn lucky pinoys....

 

I think the $100.00 is justified. It is such an event, and the price tag is part of that. A lot of people are attracted to, or interested in high priced things and this will create a buzz that the casuals will hear about. (And do what Rumsfeld is saying and throw or join a party but, parties are good for sports)

Most people will want to watch this fight with as many friends as possible just for the atmosphere, and they will see it as getting to watch a big $100PPV for $10 or $20 bucks. People love a good bargain, a $100 PPV means they can feel special for saving $80-$90 bucks!

People say PPV kills boxing but I disagree. If boxing were on prime time T.V. today, it would be 1 minute of fighting and three minutes of commercials just like the NFL!

When the highest paid athlete in the world is a boxer - then you can't say boxing is dead. When something creates $300 million dollars, you can bet there are people who will take good care of that golden goose and ensure the sport is promoted and fostered to keep producing that coin.

I myself have not yet gotten excited about this fight, I used to buy every Floyd PPV hoping to see him get beat, over time I started to respect the guys skills, and now he is at the age where I would almost hate to see him lose because his age caught up with him. I like PAC, but I kind of worry about him getting the KTFO6 treatment. Nevertheless, I'll be watching this with a bunch of casuals and hoping casuals around the world get really entertained. Rooting for both guys in this one.

But, I doubt this show can top the Seahawks choking on the 1yd line - that was the most glorious sporting moment in my lifetime

 

I think they did marketing research and found results similar to this:

Price @ $80 = 3.6 million buys = 288 million PPV revenue
Price @ $100 = 3 million buys = 300 million PPV revenue <== Best Option
Price @ $120 = 2.3 million buys = 276 million PPV revenue

So they probably did calls/surveys that indicated that they could make the most money charging this amount for the PPV. NOTE: THESE ARE BY NO MEANS REAL NUMBERS. I was just using an example that shows how charging less, although resulting in more buyers, may not have made them more money.

However, I agree with what you said about this being "the fight that will save boxing".

I think if they did a lower pricing option, boxing would gain MANY more fans. This would result in more PPV buys in the future. Unfortunately many businesses focus on the NOW. And not the good of the sport of boxing.

 

I predicted a long time ago that PPV would be around $100. They are rich and are robbing the fans................who are not rich..............

 

Rumsfeld, good points but something you said really concerns me:

Why would anyone wait all the way until noon to start drinking??

Where I'm from you wouldn't get away with wasting half your day like that!