Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:26:18 11/19/98
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On November 19, 1998 at 13:19:43, Graham Laight wrote: > >On November 19, 1998 at 08:27:57, Mike Saavedra wrote: > >>I read in rccc and confirmed it on ICC that Kasparov and Kramnik match (24 >>games/blitz)can only be seen on ICC on Pay-per-view for 16 checkels (16 US$). >>The money goes to the prize fund. I have a few questions for the group. >> >>1. Do you think these PPV events will encourage high profile GM to play more >>games? > >I don't know - but clearly professional boxers (the most obvious example of >successful PPV in sport) do not do more fights as a result of the higher fees. > >For example, Lennox Lewis would not consider it worth getting out of bed for >less than $5,000,000 these days. > >>2. How much do you think they will earn in total via ICC at 16$ a pop? > >It's a worthy experiment, but I'm afraid this is not boxing. I think they'll get >about 500 viewers, which will at least pay the cost of setting the PPV up. And >the software will be there in place for the next time. > >>3. If you think the price is too high, what do you think is a fairer price? (I >>personally would not pay more than 5 bucks, but then again, i'm po' ;) ) > >I would have paid UKP 10 to see GK v DB. > >I suspect the true fans for this match will be in Russia, where they do not have >convertible money. > >Given that the results and moves will be immediately available to the world, I >don't see how they can seriously consider charging anything for this. > >Better to treat their existing customers (who already pay) - show them a good >time and make them feel like they belong to a good club. > >I think this shows what a good value service members of FCS get! I think in the e-mail I received they are playing for $1000/game. $1K to the winner $0 to the loser. They split the $1k in case of a draw. So It cost $24K to hold the match so 500 people at $16 each would not pay for it. Jim Walker
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