For Rivals subscribers, on July, 1 we will have access to https://on3.com. They have some good analysts and information there and I look forward to accessing it.
Rivals Subscriptions
- Thread starter Bill Lowery
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This is a pretty big deal, especially in the recruiting landscape, but just for college sports overall. ITS will be transitioning to On3, but Rivals will still be in place as the recruiting piece. On3 will be the college sports / national sports piece. But it is all combined under one subscription. You've probably noticed we've ramped up our coverage this month, and that will only continue.
I believe our site will simply become an On3 site with Rivals still as the recruiting piece. Both On3 and Rivals have the same message board platform, so it should be a seamless transition. I'm debating the elimination of the free message boards, or maybe there will just be one free board...I haven't decided.
One free board? I have a name for it - Free For All, because that will be what it will be with all miscellaneous topics covered (imagine Crossfire and Other Sports combined).
The board within a topic within the new Mish Mash board will be something. (Youth Soccer Club)
That's why I might eliminate them altogether.
Feel like ditching the free board likely leads to the end of growth on the platform. It likely acts as entry to subscriptions.
Subs have actually decreased, even as we have increased the volume of content -- it seems many folks think by reading the free boards, they are getting most of the pertinent info. They don't realize the large volume of news and inside information they are missing by not subscribing, much of it in the form of premium articles, not to mention the daily info provided in Hurricane Alley.
With the combination of Rivals and On3, the access to great info -- even outside of just TU -- is going to be incredible. I believe it will also include access to The Athletic. It's going to be an awesome value and loads of content.
As I mentioned, I might leave one free board for non-subscribers to congregate.
